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Researchers

Meet a Research Grantee: Daria Esterházy, PhD
sep 23, 2020
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Krushna Patra, PhD
sep 16, 2020
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Kenneth Olive, PhD
sep 2, 2020
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like to introduce you to each grantee to […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Susan Bates, MD
aug 26, 2020
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Xiaoyang Qi, PhD
aug 19, 2020
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Jill Smith, MD
aug 12, 2020
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Alexander Muir, PhD
aug 5, 2020
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Gillian Gresham, PhD
jul 22, 2020
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Mustafa Raoof, MD, FACS
jul 15, 2020
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Fengzhi Li, PhD
jul 8, 2020
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: May is National Cancer Research Month, which provides an opportunity to highlight the incredible scientific and clinical research […]
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Grantees Explore New Treatment Combination
may 7, 2020
All the way across the country from one another, two pancreatic cancer researchers made similar discoveries in their labs. Rushika […]
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Grantee Helps Fight Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
apr 14, 2020
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) research grantee Kenneth Olive, PhD, is dedicated to keeping his lab as connected as possible […]
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New research suggests that pancreatic tumors can be classified into two broad categories – and this information can help guide […]
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Grantee Finds New Pancreatic Cancer Drug Target
nov 22, 2019
The goal of cancer treatment is to identify – and attack – vulnerabilities that make cancer cells different from healthy […]
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In Memoriam: David Boothman, PhD
nov 7, 2019
We are extremely sad to share that Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) research grant recipient David Boothman, PhD, died on […]
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Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy Clues Revealed
aug 23, 2019
When immunology expert Ingunn Stromnes, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Minnesota, unexpectedly discovered a […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Wantong Yao, MD, PhD
aug 8, 2019
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Yuan Chen, PhD
aug 1, 2019
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Ingunn Stromnes, PhD
jul 24, 2019
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Dannielle Engle, PhD
jul 17, 2019
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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A Look into the Research Lab
may 14, 2019
Editor’s note: May is National Cancer Research Month, and we recently had the opportunity to speak with two leading pancreatic […]
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A study published in Nature today describes how mutant KRAS impacts pancreatic cancer cells’ ability to gather nutrients – and […]
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Editor’s note: In this Washington Post article, Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz wrote about his experience launching biopharmaceutical company Nivien Therapeutics in […]
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I Demand Better: Stephanie Dougan, PhD
nov 26, 2018
Editor’s note: Stephanie Dougan, PhD, is an immunologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. She is also the recipient of […]
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I Demand Better: Andrew Aguirre, MD, PhD
nov 19, 2018
Editor’s note: Andrew Aguirre, MD, PhD, is an oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, where he also heads a […]
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I Demand Better: Michael Curran, PhD
oct 31, 2018
Editor’s note: Michael Curran, PhD, is a 2018 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) Translational Research Grant recipient. He is an […]
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It Starts with Someone: Willy Hoos
oct 16, 2018
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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Editor’s note: On July 25, 2008, 10 years ago today, professor Randy Pausch, PhD, of “The Last Lecture” fame, died […]
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A Grantee’s Long Road ‘Home’ to Research
may 10, 2018
If you had asked Jason Doles, PhD, five years ago where he anticipated he’d be today, he would not have […]
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Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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Not all heroes wear capes; some of them wear lab coats. And if Jennifer Wargo, MD, MMSc, were to gain superhero […]
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Love at First Lab Meeting
feb 14, 2018
Both Wantong Yao, MD, PhD, and Haoqiang Ying, MD, PhD, underwent medical training in China. They both became deeply interested […]
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Last week, we shared the exciting news that an immunotherapy agent, Keytruda, was the first drug approved by the FDA […]
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It Starts with Someone: Florencia McAllister
may 19, 2017
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2016, but we are sharing it again this month in celebration and […]
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Changes that cause a normal cell to become cancerous are often genetic in nature – mutations or altered expression of […]
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Even the name of the grant mechanism – Research Acceleration Network, or RAN – conveys speed. And that’s exactly what […]
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Researcher Story: Andrew Aguirre, MD, PhD
feb 28, 2014
From a young age, I knew that I wanted to be a doctor. During my freshman year of college, I […]
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Researcher Story: Channing Der, PhD
oct 25, 2012
In the early 1980s, I was honored to be a part of the scientific team that discovered the Ras oncogene […]
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My 2003 Career Development Award from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network helped validate my decision to focus my scientific and […]
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Researcher Story: James Eshleman, MD, PhD
oct 27, 2011
I have dedicated my nearly 30-year career to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Pancreatic cancer has historically stood out […]
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Researcher Story: David T. Ting, MD
may 26, 2011
Pancreatic cancer first came into my life when I was a 3rd year medical student working on the medicine wards. […]
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Researcher Story: Vikram Bhattacharjee, PhD
apr 20, 2011
My journey to pancreatic cancer research is an unusual one. In graduate school, I was trained in a DNA laboratory […]
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Researcher Story: Gloria Su, PhD
jan 4, 2011
My initial interest in cancer was purely academic. I was curious how genetic mutations would transform a normal cell and […]
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Researcher Story: Frank McCormick, PhD, FRS
nov 1, 2010
One of the reasons that pancreatic cancer has been so notoriously difficult to treat is that it depends on a […]
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Researcher Story: Jonathan Brody, PhD
mar 26, 2010
I began my journey into cancer research by training under world-class physicians and scientists such as Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, […]
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Researcher Story: Anirban Maitra, MD
feb 25, 2010
My interest in pancreatic cancer was sparked by the aggressiveness of the disease and the urgency of finding early detection […]
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Researcher Story: David Dawson, MD, PhD
jan 8, 2010
I am an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where I am a sub-specialty gastrointestinal pathologist […]
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Researcher Story: Paul Grippo, PhD
sep 16, 2009
I learned a valuable lesson about this disease firsthand. In a weekly men’s group meeting at my church, I watched […]
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Researcher Story: William Hawkins MD
sep 15, 2009
The most difficult part of tackling what seems to be an insurmountable problem is getting started. When I reflect on […]
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Researcher Story: Ru Chen, PhD
sep 11, 2009
I started to realize that cancer was a very serious word when I was a child. My mom was then […]
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Researcher Story: Ben Stanger, MD, PhD
aug 31, 2009
The first time I came face-to-face with pancreatic cancer, as a third year medical student, I had no idea how […]
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