Department of Oncology
Student Profile Cristina Paz (Kimple lab) Where are you from? Why Madison and the Cancer Biology program? I am from Chicago, IL. I chose the Cancer Biology program at UW–Madison because, as a 15- year cancer survivor, I have always wanted to do cancer research and make contributions to the field. The Cancer Bio program …
Student Profile Gayathri Ramakrishnan (Huttenlocher lab) Where are you from? Why Madison and the Cancer Biology program? I did my undergrad in India and moved to the US for a master’s program at Johns Hopkins. After my masters, I decided to pursue PhD in the cancer biology program, as I was interested in the research …
Dr. Wei Wang, a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Dr. Paul Lambert, was recently awarded an AACR-Genentech Immuno-oncology Research Fellowship. Dr. Wang is receiving $120,000 over two years to support her cutting-edge research studying how stress keratins modulate the immune response to cancers. These prestigious fellowships encourage and support postdoctoral or clinical research fellows …
It is with great sorrow that I must inform you of the death of our revered faculty colleague, Professor Emeritus Michael N. Gould. He passed away on Saturday, May 8th, 2021 of ALS. He is survived by his partner, Zoe Werth, their children, Alix Gould-Werth and her partner Spencer Reynolds, and Daniel Gould-Werth and his …
In this all-new University Place presentation, Rebecca Hutcheson, Graduate Research Assistant in the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, discusses researchers’ work to engineer safer versions of the virus that causes COVID-19. The less dangerous virus can be studied in labs with a lower biosafety level, allowing more scientists to work …
Dear colleagues. Today, Asians living in America face an unprecedented level of racism and violence. I want McArdle, the campus and our community to be a safe haven from this racism. I am saddened that many of our Asian friends and colleagues in McArdle and elsewhere on campus fear for the safety and security of themselves and …
Long-time McArdle administrative employee, Mary Jo Markham, is doing her part to support cancer research outside the office. Mary Jo is one of a dozen members of the BC Golf Rally Committee who organize a golf event every fall at Oregon’s Foxboro Country Club to raise funds for breast cancer research at the McArdle Laboratory …