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August 2023 MARIO SHIELDS RECEIVES NCI CANCER MOONSHOT SCHOLARS AWARDFeaturing: Mario Shields, PHD
Mario Shields, PHD, research assistant professor of Hematology and Oncology and a member of Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, has received the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Moonshot Scholar Award. The NCI has awarded $5.4 million to support the first 11 Cancer Moonshot Scholars, a new program that aims to advance cancer science while diversifying NCI-funded early-stage investigators and research approaches. The program was developed to help the White House’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative achieve the goal of inspiring and supporting world-class scientists from diverse backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups in the biomedical sciences. NCI intends to fund up to 30 additional Cancer Moonshot Scholars. “We are at our best when we capitalize on the diversity of the nation’s skills, talents, and viewpoints to solve the complex problems in cancer research,” says Sanya A. Springfield, PhD, director of the NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities. “The Cancer Moonshot Scholars program is a critical step in that direction of equity.” Shield’s primary research focus is aimed at understanding the mechanisms of pancreatic cancer development and progression. The NCI’s award will support his research to define a role for the mTOR pathway in the development and progression of pancreatic cancer in the context of Ga13 loss. “Dr. Shields is a superb investigator,” says Leonidas Platanias, MD, PhD, director of Lurie Cancer Center. “We are pleased to see this recognition of his work and especially proud that he was also the first recipient of Lurie Cancer Center’s Diversity Scholars Award.” Read the announcement from the White House Read about the first 11 Cancer Moonshot Scholars and their funded projects. This article was originally published in the Feinberg School of Medicine News Center on August 3, 2023. |
Mario Shields, PHD, research assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology
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