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Grad student Emma Wrenn receives Weintraub Award
13 recipients of prestigious award selected for research originality, innovation
New Scientific Publications
Each week, Fred Hutch librarians search PubMed and Web of Science to discover new papers published by Fred Hutch authors
Week of February 28, 2021
Women’s Health Initiative to continue
NIH awards a new $72M extension for the WHI Clinical Coordinating Center, housed at Fred Hutch
Tip Sheet: COVID-19 vaccines, SARS-CoV-2 mutations, shedding pandemic pounds – and nematode nerve cells
Summaries of recent Fred Hutch research findings and other news
Could bacterial enzymes drive cancer formation by directly modifying human DNA?
W.M. Keck Foundation grant will help scientists pioneer new technologies to find out
New awards to spur innovation, commercialization in life sciences research
Funding from Washington Research Foundation continues longstanding collaboration with Fred Hutch
Fred Hutch joins Washington Employers for Racial Equity
New coalition includes over 50 companies and organizations across the state
Dr. Anna Wald lauded by Infectious Diseases Society
Virologist will deliver prestigious John F. Enders Lecture during annual conference
New Brave Fellowship powers Dr. Alyssa Webster’s race for new leukemia cures
Running community funded new program to develop leaders in rare cancer research and advocates for diversity in science
Seeking targeted treatments for pancreatic cancer
American Cancer Society fellowship to Dr. Nithya Kartha supports search for vulnerabilities in most aggressive pancreatic tumor subtype
Fred Hutch Evergreen Fund awards six grants to promising projects
Scientists receive up to $200K to boost research for projects deemed to have partnership potential
Trio of studies to evaluate metastatic breast cancer care
Hutch researcher awarded grants to study the use of biopsy to drive therapy choices and test new type of PET scan to stage lobular
Improving apps to help cancer patients quit smoking
Fred Hutch cancer prevention researcher awarded $3.5M NCI grant to run randomized trial of smartphone health apps
Discovering new strategies used in arms race between bacteria and the viruses that infect them
Dr. Kevin Forsberg tapped for NIAID New Innovators Award to study arms race between viruses and bacteria
Building genetic diversity into cancer research
NCI awards Fred Hutch $3.5M to create a colorectal cancer risk calculator based on data from multiethnic populations
Making clinical trial information more accessible
Dr. Heather Cheng wins NCI award to develop new ways to translate and educate patients and providers
Health equity trailblazers recognized
Dr. Kemi Doll, Marcela Suárez Díaz and Sea Mar’s community health workers honored for work with key underserved groups
$3.5M grant to develop safer treatment for inherited blood disorders
Scientists will study radioactive particles that can precisely deliver a potent punch
Injectable HIV drug prevents infections
Early data shows fewer infections than with daily pill; trial halted
Immune response in colorectal cancer: What helps, what hurts?
GECCO collaboration drills into mechanisms of specific T-cell response to germline variations, lifetime exposures and tumor environment
NIH grant to fund new financial-toxicity intervention
Randomized trial will test benefit of proactive financial counseling and navigation for cancer patients and caregivers