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Medicine - Cancer Biology E-Newsletter [Vanderbilt University]

May 2020

 

 

Getting to Know You…

Faculty Spotlight:

 

Trainee Spotlight:

 

Eileen Shiuan is a MSTP student who recently defended her PhD dissertation in Cancer Biology!

Eileen grew up in the Bay Area in California and went to the University of Chicago, where she received a dual BS/BA degree in Biochemistry and Biological Sciences and a minor in Statistics. During those four years, she realized what it meant to be really cold and ended up fleeing south to the Vanderbilt MSTP in 2013. In 2015, she joined the Cancer Biology Department and laboratory of Dr. Jin Chen, where she primarily studied host-tumor interactions involving the EphA2 receptor and ephrin-A1 ligand axis and received a F30 individual predoctoral fellowship from the NCI. She has also collaborated with clinical faculty to investigate predictive biomarkers and toxicities of immune checkpoint inhibitors. Over the years, Eileen has been involved in various leadership roles in the CBSA, VMS, MSTP, and Shade Tree Clinic. More recently, she has been volunteering with the COVID-19 response efforts through the medical school while preparing for her thesis defense. She is excited and anxious to be returning to medical school and applying for research-track internal medicine residencies this summer. Before quarantine, she enjoyed playing and helping coach the Vanderbilt Club Water Polo Team, hosting game nights, and exploring new restaurants with her boyfriend and friends. Now, she enjoys talking strolls and refining her pre-existing wine and mezcal habit.

 

 Staff Spotlight

 

 


 


 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS @ VANDERBILT

VICC Seminars 

BRET Seminars

Discovery Lectures

Flexner Deans Lectures Series

Biomedical Seminar Series 

Discover Cancer Research Program

Pharmacology Seminars 

VICC Seminars past recordings of lectures 

CONFERENCES OF INTEREST

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Metastatic Melanoma Patient-Derived Xenografts Respond to MDM2 Inhibition as a Single Agent or in Combination With BRAF/MEK Inhibition

 

 

 


Program in Cancer Biology 
Newest PhD:

 

Vanderbilt Promotions:

 


ImmersionHub Launched: Class of 2022 can submit plan proposals,
faculty can submit student opportunities

Know your Core Facilities at VUMC/VU

Learn about the Quantitative and Chemical Biology (QCB) Program.
Vito Quaranta (Biochemistry) and Tina Iverson (Pharmacology)

Vanderbilt’s Farmers Market

Events at Vanderbilt

VUMC News

 


 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:

 

 

 

 

CURE Funding Opportunities and Deadline Reminders

 

NIH Guide
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Have a suggestion for a Cancer Biology newsletter item? Do you have an announcement or an upcoming event you want to share with the Cancer Biology community?

E-mail: kerry.w.vazquez@vanderbilt.edu


Newsletter header photo credit to Dr. Anna Vilgelm, “DNA Comets”.

Credit for the Wei Zheng & Xiao-ou Shu, article goes to Tom Wilemon and the Tennessean. Photo credit Susan Urmy. Clip art credit to Bing. NCI/NIH funding opportunities credit to NIH/NCI. 

 

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