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Ameer Mansur presents at SABCS
December, 2023
Ameer Mansur presented an oral presentation at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in December 2023.
Patrick Song, Ameer Mansur and Dr. Sorace at SABCS
December, 2023
Ameer Mansur presented an oral presentation and Patrick Song presented a poster at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in December 2023.
Patrick Song, 2nd Place O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Retreat
October, 2023
Congratulations to Patrick Song!! He was awarded 2nd place in the trainee section at the 2023 O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Retreat. We are so proud of him for this great achievement!
O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Retreat
October, 2023
Dr. Sorace’s team at the 2023 Comprehensive Cancer Center Retreat.
O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Retreat
October, 2023
Dr. Sorace’s team at the 2023 Comprehensive Cancer Center Retreat.
Shannon Lynch, Poster Presentation
October, 2023
Shannon Lynch presents her poster on “PET imaging to characterize the tumor microenvironment in a breast cancer model of obesity” at the 2023 O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Retreat
Corinne Crawford, Poster Presentation
October, 2023
Corinne Crawford presents her poster on “Characterizing SSTR2 Expression as a Biomarker for Targeted Therapy in Breast Cancer” at the 2023 O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Retreat
Sharon Samuel and Director of the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, Barry Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D.
October 2023
Sharon Samuel, Associate Director of the Small Animal Imaging Facility and Director of the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, Barry Sleckman at the 2023 O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Retreat
Anna Sorace, Ph.D. Dean’s Excellence Award
May, 2022
The Dean’s Excellence Awards are annual honors to recognize outstanding contributions made by faculty across the School of Medicine in the areas of service, teaching, research, mentorship and diversity enhancement. Awardees are selected through a peer-review process facilitated by a member of the dean’s leadership team.
Andrew Fellowship
May, 2022
Andrew Burns was accepted for The St. Jude pediatric oncology education (POE) fellowship for the summer of 2022. The program is a funded by the NIH/NCI and focuses on educating students about pediatric oncology and careers in cancer research. Students will write a paper in the form of a manuscript and do a presentation based on their research at the end of the 11-week program.
Ameer Internship
May, 2022
Ameer Mansur has accepted a summer internship position with MIM Software Inc. in Algorithms Research and Development in Beachwood, OH. Interns will be responsible for providing significant progress to MIM’s research and engineering teams by developing novel algorithms for medical imaging.
Sharon SNMMI Presentation
June, 2022
Sharon Samuel has been accepted to give a poster presentation at the annual Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada in June 2022. Abstract: “Spatial Resolution and Image Quality of Unique Radionuclides for PET Imaging”
Carlos SNMMI Oral Presentation
May, 2022
Carlos Gallegos has been accepted to give an oral presentation at the annual Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada in June 2022. Abstract: “CD8 targeted PET imaging of M002 oncolytic virus and checkpoint blockade therapy in preclinical model of glioblastoma”
Carlos T32 Fellowship
May, 2022
Carlos Gallegos has been granted a Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) (T32). This award supports grants to institutions to develop or enhance research training opportunities for pre and postdoctoral fellows to be trained in cancer research. Grant: ‘Development and Functional Assessment of Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Therapy‘ and it is under Dr. Jay Zhang and Dr. Jack Rogers from Biomedical Engineering.
Yun Lu Travel Award/AACR Abstract
April, 2022
Yun Lu has been granted an AACR Scholar-in-Training Award. These awards are highly competitive and recognize outstanding young investigators presenting meritorious proffered papers at the AACR Annual Meeting. Scholar-in-Training Award funds are to support attendance at the Annual Meeting. Yun Lu’s abstract was accepted. Abstract 2482: Evaluating immune checkpoint blockade treatment efficacy via [89Zr]-CD4 and [89Zr]-CD8 PET imaging in breast cancer mouse models.
Tiara Scholar Award
May, 2022
Tiara Napier has been selected as a Scientist Mentoring & Development Program (SMDP) Biotech Scholar. The SMDP mentoring program brings together diverse students and early career researchers for a professional development training experience. SMDP Biotech Scholars are paired with mentors from biotechnology and consumer healthcare. Each Scholar/Mentor team will be provided the opportunity to attend The BIO International Convention. They work together for one year after the training session to carry out a personalized professional mentoring plan.
2021
Patrick AMC21 Fellowship
June, 2021
Patrick Song has been granted an AMC21 fellowship. The AMC21 Scholar Program is a program designed to attract the top graduate student applicants to UAB. Up to 8 awards are given per year to recruit the top candidates to the Graduate Biomedical Sciences program.
Tiara/Anna HHMI
April, 2021
Anna Sorace, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Radiology, and her student in cancer biology, Tiara Napier, Ph.D., received an HHMI Gilliam Award. This award will support Napier during her Ph.D. research. Napier’s research project focuses on Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging to identify early predictive biomarkers of response to immunotherapy and chemotherapy in triple negative breast cancer by noninvasively quantifying hypoxia (FMISO-PET) imaging and activated T-cells with Granzyme B (GZP) PET imaging.
Anna Sorace Women to Watch Award 2021
May, 2021
Anna Sorace, PhD received the Birmingham Business Journal’s Women to Watch Award in 2021. This award recognizes both up-and-coming executives and established business leaders who have big things on the horizon.
