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Face to Face: Paula Cupertino on Finding Community and Eliminating Health Disparities
As Wilmot Cancer Institute’s first Associate Director of Community Outreach, Engagement and Disparities, Paula Cupertino, Ph.D., came to Rochester knowing that she had big challenges ahead.
Fresh Faces, New Energy: Transforming Research at Wilmot
Wilmot Cancer Institute leadership has enlisted bright minds from across the nation to come here, to Rochester, as part of a team that pledges to defeat cancer.
Fresh Faces, New Energy: Patrick Murphy, Ph.D.
Working with zebrafish, Patrick Murphy, Ph.D., wants to understand some of the most fundamental questions in cancer including how cells divide and change inappropriately.
Fresh Faces, New Energy: Stephano Mello, Ph.D.
Stephano Mello, Ph.D., has always lived for those “eureka” moments in the lab, but it was a series of personal eureka moments that shifted him toward cancer research.
Fresh Faces, New Energy: Isaac Harris, Ph.D.
After a friend died of breast cancer at age 34, Isaac Harris, Ph.D., felt the urgency of his work to better understand how cancer cells grow and resist treatment.
Fresh Faces, New Energy: Rachael Turner, M.D., PH.D.
A family history of cancer pushed Rachael Turner, M.D., Ph.D., into an oncology career, where she’s studying an ovarian cancer biomarker, HE4.
Fresh Faces, New Energy: Ian Kleckner, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Ian Kleckner, Ph.D., M.P.H., has always found the mind-body connection fascinating, and today, his work focuses on discovering whether exercise may help with a common cancer treatment side effect: ...
Fresh Faces, New Energy: Michael Giacomelli, Ph.D.
Michael Giacomelli, Ph.D., has two babies: His daughter, born just as he was setting up his lab in Rochester, and a prized invention, a novel 3D imaging device that helps surgeons detect whether a ...
Fresh Faces, New Energy: Ben Frisch, Ph.D.
Ben Frisch, Ph.D., grew up on a dairy farm and is no stranger to hard work. As a researcher, he’s working to understand how cancer impacts healthy bone marrow.
Fresh Faces, New Energy: Thomas Ciucci, Ph.D.
His interest in science started at a young age, and today Thomas Ciucci, Ph.D., wants to better understand T-cells, in hopes of making them better fighters against cancer.