Fighting Cancer Podcast

In this episode, Carlo Navarro - the host of the CRF Podcast sits down and talks about some End of Year Thoughts and reflection of the past year and the year to come. Thank you for listening to the podcast and we are excited to bring you more in the new year! About the Cancer Research Foundation: www.cancerresearchfdn.org Our mission is to raise funds to fund early-career cancer scientists and new directions in cancer science research with the goal of contributing to “Transformational Events” in the prevention, treatment and cure for cancer. Donate to help support early-career cancer science: www.cancerresearchfdn.org/support/

This episode we speak with Dr. Milan Chheda from the Washington University in St. Louis. We spend time talking about his Young Investigator Proposal focused on Glioblastoma, working with a team to discover a way to potentially use the Zika virus to treat brain tumors, and what he is most excited about in Cancer Research. You can learn more about Dr. Chheda below: https://www.cancerresearchfdn.org/recipient/milan-g-chheda-md https://www.icce-wustl.org/milan-chheda-lab.html Patient Advocacy Resource / American Brain Tumor Association: https://www.abta.org/ About the Cancer Research Foundation: www.cancerresearchfdn.org Our mission is to raise funds to fund early-career cancer scientists and new directions in cancer science research with the goal of contributing to “Transformational Events” in the prevention, treatment and cure for cancer. Donate to help support early-career cancer science: www.cancerresearchfdn.org/support/

We have a special conversation for Episode 002. This episode our Executive Director of the Cancer Research Foundation, Zanna Nikitas sits down with Dr. Lucy Godley. Dr. Godley is a Professor at the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago. Dr. Godley was a 2003 Young Investigator Award Recipient as well as a 2016 Fletcher Scholar Award Recipient. This episode is a conversation about Dr. Godley’s Fletcher Scholar Award Proposal. Learn more about Dr. Godley: https://www.cancerresearchfdn.org/recipient/lucy-godley/ https://genes.uchicago.edu/directory/lucy-godley-md-phd About the Cancer Research Foundation: www.cancerresearchfdn.org Our mission is to raise funds to fund early-career cancer scientists and new directions in cancer science research with the goal of contributing to “Transformational Events” in the prevention, treatment and cure for cancer. Donate to help support early-career cancer science: https://www.cancerresearchfdn.org/support/

This episode we have a conversation with Dr. Jonathan Barnes, PhD. He is a recipient of the 2017 Young Investigator Award from the CRF. The Barnes group is developing a universal ‘plug-and-play’ type of drug delivery system to fight cancer. Learn more about Jonathan Barnes: https://www.cancerresearchfdn.org/recipient/jonathan-barnes https://twitter.com/jonathancbarnes http://pages.wustl.edu/barnes About the Cancer Research Foundation: https://www.cancerresearchfdn.org Our mission is to raise funds to fund early-career cancer scientists and new directions in cancer science research with the goal of contributing to “Transformational Events” in the prevention, treatment and cure for cancer. Young Investigator Award: https://www.cancerresearchfdn.org/program/young-investigator-awards/ Connect with us: https://www.cancerresearchfdn.org/ https://www.instagram.com/cancerrf Donate to help support early-career cancer science: https://www.cancerresearchfdn.org/support/

Welcome to Fighting Cancer: A Podcast from the Cancer Research Foundation. Join us as we interview researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs who are fighting cancer through their bold ideas in science and technology. About the Cancer Research Foundation: Our mission is to raise funds to fund early-career cancer scientists and new directions in cancer science research with the goal of contributing to “Transformational Events” in the prevention, treatment and cure for cancer. To Learn more about the Cancer Research Foundation: https://www.cancerresearchfdn.org/ https://www.instagram.com/cancerrf Donate to help support early-career cancer science: https://www.cancerresearchfdn.org/support/