Justina McEvoy, PhD, a research member at the University of Arizona Cancer Center and assistant professor in the UA Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, has been named a St. Baldrick’s Scholar and awarded a $167,000 career development award for her research on rhabdomyosarcoma, a pediatric cancer that affects the developing skeletal muscle in young children.
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation was established in 1999 as a not-for-profit organization to raise funds to seek cures for childhood cancers. The career development award helps promising investigators early in their careers establish independent research programs.
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09/07/2017 - 3:01am
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