University of Illinois Cancer Center

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The Cancer Center hosted “Eat Right, Be Right” on July 17 — promoting healthy eating for #cancerprevention! The event featured cooking demos, chair yoga, breathwork, fresh produce bags and expert presentations from Cancer Center members. bit.ly/4nUp4aO

University of Illinois Cancer Center member Steve Seung-Young Lee, PhD, is the Principal Investigator on a $386,000 @theNCI R21 grant that includes other Cancer Center co-investigators. Read more here: bit.ly/44FgBAP

Don't miss the @BigTenCRC Summit on September 12, at the Big Ten Conference Headquarters from 7:30 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. CT. The Cancer Center, part of @thisisUIC and its academic health system @UIHealth, is in the consortium. #CancerResearch bit.ly/4kUXXKb

Cancer Center member Sandeep Kumar, PhD, is the PI on a $709,000 U.S. @DeptofDefense Breast Cancer Research Program award, along with fellow Cancer Center member co-investigators Kent Hoskins, MD, and Kiwook Kim, PhD. #CancerResearch Read more here: bit.ly/40VQJy9

Join the University of Illinois Cancer Center for its second annual 5K walk and run on September 20! All proceeds from the event benefit the Cancer Center. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. #5KWalk #5KRun #RunnerLife #Fundraiser Register here: bit.ly/3HeGj5Z

Cancer Center Associate Director for Shared Resources @D_Vander_Griend joined the podcast Prostate Cancer: Real Talk for a two-part episode entitled “Prostate Cancer Research and Clinical Trials – What You Should Know.” #CancerResearch #ClinicalTrials bit.ly/4kpK4U5

Take a deep breath and join us Wednesday, July 16, for a relaxing afternoon to care for your mind, body and lungs at this FREE community event. Beginners welcome! #Yoga #LungCancer #CommunityEvent Register here: bit.ly/4lOZnGL

The Cancer Center held its annual Community Day for @thisisUIC summer #cancerresearch students—an energizing mix of inspiring talks and outdoor fun, offering a refreshing break from their research. bit.ly/45Ukl2o

Join us, on Thursday, July 17, 2025, from 5 - 7:30 p.m. at @QuarryEvent, to learn more about how #healthyeating can help to prevent cancer. Register here: bit.ly/44K79fp

Cancer Center members Gye Young Park, MD, and Kevin Haas, MD, received our 2025 Pilot Project Award! Their $50K award will help to develop biomarkers to boost EBUS/TBNA accuracy in detecting #lungcancer spread. Read more here: bit.ly/3Gj3mfQ

All summer cancer research programs are underway at the University of Illinois Cancer Center on the @thisisUIC campus, with the start of a program for four medical students now in progress. #CancerResearch Read about each program here: bit.ly/4ewbupG

Missed it? You can still catch the Cancer Center's segments on “Cafecito con Vicky," on WRLL 1450 AM – Spanish radio, Chicago! ☕️ Ep 1: Cancer’s impact on the Latino community ☕️ Ep 2: Focus on #ColorectalCancer #CancerAwareness #LatinoHealth bit.ly/3ZYvlYT

Join the University of Illinois Cancer Center for its second annual 5K walk and run on September 20! All proceeds from the event benefit the Cancer Center. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. #5KWalk #5KRun #RunnerLife #Fundraiser Register here: bit.ly/3HeGj5Z

Tune in July 6 at 10 a.m. to @WVON1690's "Dr. in the House with Dr. Terry Mason." Topic: Vax Facts—Vaccines & #CervicalCancerPrevention Guests: Ian Jasenof, MD, FACOG, MHA, CPE, and Christina Wells, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAFP, DipABLM. Listen Live Here: ihr.fm/4fR7kYK

The Best of ASCO Africa Conference, was held June 27-28 in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. Cancer Center member Abiola Ibraheem, MD, the North American Vice President for @AORTIC_AFRICA, helped organize the event. #AORTIC2025 #CancerCare More here: bit.ly/4lxffxp

The new Spatial and Genome Technologies Core launched as part of the UIC Research Resources Center. The core offers advanced spatial and single-cell technologies, including the Chromium, Visium and Xenium platforms from @10xGenomics. Read more here: bit.ly/4lqkK14

University of Illinois Cancer Center member Jean Reading, PhD, is the corresponding author of a study funded by the @theNCI and published in the @AACR journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. #BreastCancer #CancerResearch Read more here: bit.ly/3Glx9nW

Join us for #BreastCancer Screening Day on July 9, co-hosted by the University of Illinois Cancer Center and the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program. You can call 312-610-0463 or use the link below to register. Register here: bit.ly/45LWK42

Cancer survivors, their families and friends, and community organizations joined the us to celebrate “Survivorship Superheroes” during an annual Surviving and Thriving event to mark #NationalCancerSurvivorsMonth in June. Read more here: bit.ly/3TI9aSY

Cancer Center’s Vivian Pan, MS, CGC, and Maya Brouette are amoung authors of an article published in the Journal of Genetic Counseling, that examined Medicaid programs for genetic counselors enrolled as providers. #GeneticCounseling More here: bit.ly/4niu5K5