Division of Biology and Medicine
Legorreta Cancer Center

Announcement of 2025 ACS IRG Awardees

We are proud to announce the awardees for the 2025 American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant.

 

Megan Kizer, PhD

Megan Kizer, PhD, Assistant Professor in Chemistry, has been awarded for her pilot project "Glycantargeted delivery systems for improved pancreatic cancer treatment"

 

Suchitra Kamle, PhD

Suchitra Kamle, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, has been awarded for her pilot project "Simultaneous targeting of CHI3L1 and PD-1/PD-L1 axis to overcome drug-resistance and immune tolerance of EGFR lung cancer"

 

Nicole James, PhD

Nicole James, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, has been awarded for her pilot project, “Clinically relevant implications of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 expression and associated antibody drug conjugate targeting in high grade serous ovarian cancer”

Congratulations to our awardees. We look forward to your forthcoming research.

 

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