Items Tagged ‘cancer’
November 9, 2018
Pediatric Cancer Researcher Awarded $1.1M Quantum Grant
Hyundai Hope on Wheels recently awarded Richard Vile, PhD, a $1.1M Quantum Grant, funds specifically awarded to support research on pediatric cancers with low survival rates. Dr. Vile and his research team, who develop experimental cancer therapies based on stimulating antitumor immune responses, will use the grant to focus on new treatments for aggressive pediatric […]
Tags: cancer, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota news, news
March 2, 2017
Mayo Clinic Well Represented At Cancer Summit
The 2017 Minnesota Cancer Alliance Summit was held on February 1st with Mayo Clinic well represented. The event served as an annual gathering of Minnesota’s cancer researchers, care providers, and patient advocates, as well as the platform for unveiling the new Minnesota Cancer Plan 2025, a statewide framework for action in reducing cancer burdens. Both […]
May 29, 2015
Dr. Judith Kaur — Teacher, Healer, Role Model
Judith Kaur, M.D., says it was her grandmother who first put the thought of becoming a doctor into her head. “My grandmother, Ada, had no formal education, but she was a very wise woman and a very keen observer,” Dr. Kaur, medical director for Native American Programs at the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, says in […]
Tags: American Indians, cancer, Dr. Judith Kaur, news
September 4, 2014
Assessing Patient Experience in Cancer Care: an Observational Communication Study
By OHDR Admin 
Researcher Jon C. Tilburt, M.D.
Tags: cancer, health disparities, Jon C. Tilburt M.D., Mayo Clinic, Minnesota project, project
September 3, 2014
Supportive Care Needs & Resource Assessment in Cancer Patients
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Researchers Scott J. Leischow, Ph.D. Julie McNulty, Ph.D. (Arizona State University) Sunny Kim, Ph.D. (Arizona State University) Edna Ramos
Tags: Arizona project, Arizona State University, cancer, Edna Ramos, http://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/african-american-professional-women-positive-on-medical-research, Julie McNulty Ph.D., project, Scott Leischow Ph.D., Sunny Kim Ph.D.
September 3, 2014
By OHDR Admin
Location Rochester, Minnesota Contact warner.david@mayo.edu Research Summary Alaska Native, tobacco control, cancer health disparities, behavioral change David O. Warner, M.D., is a professor of anesthesiology in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and co-director of the Mayo Clinic Office of Health Disparities Research. Dr. Warner is active in a variety of institutional administrative roles, including […]
Tags: Alaska Natives, cancer, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, David O. Warner M.D., health disparities, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota researcher, researcher, tobacco cessation
September 2, 2014
By OHDR Admin
Location Jacksonville, Florida Contact kaur.judith@mayo.edu Research Summary American Indian, Alaska Native, cancer control, community-based participatory research, palliative care, hospice Judith Salmon Kaur, M.D., is medical director for the Native American Programs of the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center: Native C.I.R.C.L.E. provides and develops culturally appropriate cancer education materials for lay persons, allied health staff and […]
Tags: Alaska Natives, American Indians, cancer, community-based participatory research, health disparities, Judith Salmon Kaur M.D., Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, Minnesota researcher, researcher