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Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a treatment for advanced prostate cancer that could eliminate a side effect so debilitating that patients often refuse the life-saving therapy.

CCIR member Susann Brady-Kalnay, PhD, and CWRU spinout company BioInVision Inc have jointly received a $2.5 million NIH Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, advancing technology that enhances the ability to locate therapeutic cells or diseased cells like cancer.

Agata Exner, PhD, Director of CCIR, was recently awarded a Fulbright Program grant that will take her to Poland to collaborate with international investigators, making strides in cancer research and radiationtechnology through cross-cultural collaboration.

The  CCIR Trainee Council recently welcomed alumnae, Drs. Sherry Huang, Nadia Ayat, and Wei-Ching (Tina) Lo, who shared highlights from their career journeys and offered guidance on how to effectively leverage the skills acquired during a PhD program to enhance success as an industry professional.

Prerna Singh, an MD/PhD student in the lab of David Wilson, PhD, received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship (F30) from the NHLBI. Her research project is titled, "Cardiovascular risk prediction from small, low-density calcifications detected on CT calcium score exams".

Tenesha Connor received two poster awards, one from KSU and one from Case CCC. Fred Bell received a poster award and Kemal Ozdemirli received the best trainee abstract and gave an oral talk at the Case CCC Annual Retreat. In addition, Dr. Murat Yildirim was awarded an American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) Discovery Grant.

Congratulations to Ari Blitz, MD, Professor, and Daniel Herzka, PhD, Associate Professor, in the CWRU/UH Dept. of Radiology, on this recognition!

Lighthanded Enterprises and Visano Theranostics will participate in the Fourth Cohort of JumpStart’s Trailblazer HealthTech Accelerator, a program supporting pre-seed and seed-stage startups that are solving real-world problems in the health care industry with their innovative technologies.

Congratulations to Jeffrey Sunshine, MD, PhD, VP and CMIO, University Hospitals (UH) and Exec. Vice Chair, Radiology, UH and CWRU, and Amit Gupta, MBBS, MD, Associate Prof., Radiology, UH and CWRU, on this recognition!

The vision of CCIR is to lead the next generation of transformative imaging research that will radically improve disease prevention, diagnosis and therapy. A recent BME Newsletter article highlights work by CCIR’s multidisciplinary investigators to combat prostate cancer.