It can take years before scientists understand how a basic research discovery will impact the clinical care of cancer patients. IU Simon Comprehensive Cencer Center is committed to following these discoveries from the laboratory to the clinical environment and back.
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The awardees of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center’s 2024 Merilyn Hester Scholarships – Noah Burket and Maya Krishnan – believe medical research will inform their patient interactions.
"Concocting slime in crazy goggles and giant white lab coats” in high school science classes turned out to be Emily White’s first step toward helping cancer patients at the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Both awardees of the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center’s 2024 Deutsch Scholarship – Eyram Kpenu and Devon McCourry – have one thing in common: the passionate desire to solve medical problems through discoveries.
Lung cancer therapies have come a long way since the 1980s, when treatments were limited and screening was decades away. Today, a lung cancer diagnosis comes with hope for recovery—and research through clinical trials is the primary reason why.
The National Cancer Institute has renewed the prestigious comprehensive cancer center designation to the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, awarding it a five-year, $14.2 million grant.
Researchers at the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered that Black patients with breast cancer who are treated with a chemotherapy called docetaxel experience less of a harmful side effect called peripheral neuropathy. Their findings represent an important shift in knowledge about a patient population who’ve historically been underrepresented in breast cancer research.
~In-Person~ IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar Series with Monica Kasting, Ph.D.
JOSEPH E. WALTHER HALL
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IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar Series presents, Monica Kasting, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Purdue University “Community-Engaged Research to Improve He...Read more
~Virtual~ IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Grand Rounds with Christian (Chris) Nelson, Ph.D.
IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Grand Rounds presents, Christian (Chris) Nelson, Ph.D., Chief of Psychiatry Service, Attending Psychologist of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan K...Read more
Memorial Service for Karen Liby, PhD
JOSEPH E. WALTHER HALL
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In partnership with her family, we invite you to join us in celebrating the life and impact of Dr. Karen Liby during a brief memorial service. Light refreshments will be served in the Walther Hal...Read more
