A two-year, $50,000 Pre-doctoral fellowship has been awarded by the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research (NJCCR) to Rebecca Risman to examine the mechanisms of cancer associated thrombosis. Rebecca is a BME PhD student in Professor Valerie Tutwiler’s lab that focuses on the mechanics of blood.
BME PhD student Emily DiMartini has also been awarded a 2-year pre-doctoral fellowship from the NJCCR for research to design a new catch-and-release drug delivery system that uses the over-production of free radicals in tumors as a homing signal. Emily is advised by Professor David Shreiber.