Research Updates & News

Dr. Randall Kimple from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Carbone Cancer Center, will kick off our 2025 Meteorite Lectures with “Working together to widen the therapeutic ratio” at WashU Medicine on Tuesday, April 1.

Benjamin Major, PhD, BLST bioinformatics Core Lead, has been awarded a grant for his work entitled “Drugging NRF2 to improve radiation therapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma“. Total Award Amount (including Indirect Costs): $3,183,128 ($1,827,136 Washington University portion)

First author Brett Tortelli, MD, PhD, has been mentored by Dr. Julie Schwarz over the past three years as he has been studying the associations between the vaginal microbiome and the response of standard of care chemoradiation in locally advanced cervical cancer.

Clifford Robinson, MD, FASTRO, and Stephanie Markovina, MD, PhD, were both granted tenure by the WashU Medicine Board of Trustees in Fall, 2024.

Julie Schwarz, MD, PhD, presented her research in Paphos, Cyprus on November 1, 2024.

Ana Carolina Paschoalini Mafra, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate in the Schwarz Lab, presented cervical cancer research on November 1, 2024 at the Cancer Research Symposium held at WashU Medicine.

Acknowledged for contributions to the field, they have been named fellows of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). Click to read full article.

Stephanie Markovina, MD, PhD inspired cancer biology PhD students by teaching them about radiation therapy and how to perform clinically relevant preclinical studies.

Stephanie Markovina, MD, PhD, METEOR Clinical Trial and Project 1 Co-l (Cervix) Lead has been awarded an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health in the amount of $2,865,128. Her work is entitled “The role of SERPINB3 in cervical cancer therapeutic resistance”.

Click to view photos – Jin, Matt, Trevor and Rohil present their work at the Radiation Research Society Meeting in Tucson, AZ – September, 2024