Huntsman Cancer Institute physician and researcher Matthew Poppe, MD, received a National Cancer Institute grant to study side effects of different types of radiation—proton therapy and traditional radiation therapy—in the...
The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve presented Douglass Clapp, nurse manager at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI), the Patriotic Employer award. Nominated by Captain Christy Jonkman, Clapp received the...
Huntsman Cancer Institute predoctoral fellow Prasoona Karra, MS, was selected to receive the National Cancer Institute Predoctoral Fellow Transition Award to support her in her late stages of PhD training...
U.S. News and World Report has again ranked Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah among the best hospitals in the country for cancer care.
Misinformation on social media continues to spread. In a new study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, HCI's Skyler Johnson details how harmful information in cancer...
Patients, doctors, scientists, donors, and community members gathered on June 23, 2021 to mark the opening of a major new resource for cancer care in Utah. The Senator Orrin G...
A new study published today in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, reports findings that may change the understanding of how synovial sarcoma develops and...
Six new cancer researchers will receive funding through the 5 For The Fight Cancer Research Fellowship, which aims to bring innovative ideas and new ways of thinking to eradicate cancer.
Huntsman Cancer Institute highlights two examples of clinical trials at HCI exploring new innovations in cancer, including the I-SPY2 trial, studying new approaches for breast cancer treatment, and the SWOG...
Vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine have dropped dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. Huntsman Cancer Institute and other leading cancer centers urge families and providers to resume HPV...
Huntsman Cancer Institute now recommends all average-risk adults start colorectal cancer screening at age 45. The new recommendations are based on a rigorous evaluation of existing peer-reviewed evidence.
A study published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology expands on evidence of lower health care costs and fewer unplanned health care visits in an acute care model of...
Huntsman Cancer Institute announces Kevin Cheney, MBA, CPA, has been appointed executive director of finance and administration. In this role, Cheney will serve as an executive leader with responsibility for...
Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute have found critical new insights into how cells defend against melanoma. In a report published in Nature Communications, the team describes how an enzyme called...
Huntsman Cancer Institute recognizes new and renewed endowed chairs, along with the distinguished professorship of faculty. Endowed chairs play an important role in creating a partnership between donors and researchers...
The National Academy of Sciences has elected Mary Beckerle, PhD, Huntsman Cancer Institute CEO, as a member. Beckerle is among 120 newly elected members announced and according to the National...
Siqi Hu, PhD, is a member of the Hashibe Lab at Huntsman Cancer Institute. Hu presented results at the 2021 virtual American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting that women...
In response to a national reckoning on racism in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, HCI made a major commitment to create meaningful changes that would result in...
An international group of cancer clinical research experts reported new recommendations that receiving a COVID-19 vaccination should not preclude a cancer patient from participating on a clinical trial. Huntsman Cancer...
Huntsman Cancer Institute and University of Utah Health welcome Sachin Apte, MD, MS, MBA. Apte was recruited from Moffitt Cancer Center and will serve as chief clinical officer of HCI...
Huntsman Cancer Institute is teaming up with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network®, the American Cancer Society, and other leading organizations across the country to endorse resuming cancer screening and treatment...
HCI physician-scientist Ami Patel, MD, has been selected by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to receive a Scholar Award for her research in leukemia. ASH Scholar Awards are one...
Two researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah received awards from the V Foundation for Cancer Research. Charles R. Rogers was awarded the 2020 V Scholar Grant...
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah announces the appointment of four new members to its External Advisory Board: Olufunmilayo Olopade, MD, Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD, Leonidas C. Platanias, MD...
