Dr. David Nanus
Dr. David Nanus, the Mark W. Pasmantier Professor of Hematology and Oncology in Medicine, professor of medicine and professor of urology, has been awarded the Dan Fogelberg Creativity Award, an honor bestowed by the Prostate Cancer Foundation. One of only 10 such prizes given by the Foundation, the award supports innovative ideas that are not currently funded by any existing government or private sources but have the potential to achieve breakthroughs for the detection and treatment of prostate cancer. Dr. Nanus' project combines, for the first time, an advanced system to capture circulating prostate cancer cells from whole blood with the discovery of a biomarker that may predict sensitivity to Taxotere, as well as other anti-prostate medicines. While clinical investigations have already shown that Taxotere prolongs survival for advanced prostate cancer patients, this new technology could predict which individuals are most likely to respond to this therapy while sparing many from unnecessary side effects.
Dr. Jason Spector
Dr. Jason Spector, assistant professor of surgery, has been named an Academic Scholar of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons. The honor was announced during the association's annual meeting, held this year in Rancho Mirage, Calif., on March 21-24. The two-year faculty research scholarship is awarded to surgeons to assist them in the establishment of a new and independent research program. Dr. Spector's areas of research include bioregenerative medicine and surgery, tissue engineering, gene therapy and wound healing, among others. He is the principal investigator and founder of the Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine & Surgery, the research arm of the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College.
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