CaNCURE is a partnership between Northeastern University and
Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center funded by the National Cancer Institute.
Thursday, April 18, 2019 5:12 PM
Biochemistry student Brian Cortese found mentorship, experience, and opportunities through the CaNCURE program. After a six-month research co-op followed by volunteer work in his CaNCURE laboratory, he is now selecting between multiple medical school offers. Along his journey, Brian found that, “There’s a lot more to it than just learning bench and lab skills. It’s […]
Thursday, April 18, 2019 5:12 PM
14 CaNCURE students presented their co-op research at the 2018 Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo. This annual event features the work of over 400 students and is attended by over 2,000 industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, and technology enthusiasts. Victoria D’Agostino (Bioengineering, ’19) and Neha Shankar (Health Sciences, ’19) were both awarded a first place prize. […]
Thursday, April 18, 2019 5:12 PM
Kaitlin Moore (Health Sciences, ’19) was awarded the Fredrick Urbach Memorial Student Travel Award by the American Society of Photobiology to present her research titled, “Nanoliposome-Based Modulation of Photosensitizer Localization to Enhance Photodynamic Therapy Efficacy” at the 2018 Annual ASP Conference.
Thursday, April 18, 2019 5:12 PM
Sarah Sherman ’17, points to her CaNCURE co-op at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2015 as a seminal moment in her Northeastern experience. Not only did she receive her first hands-on experience in cancer research—which has become her passion—but she also learned of the hospital’s work to enhance cancer care in Botswana, where she says poor […]
Thursday, April 18, 2019 5:12 PM
Three CaNCURE students presented their CaNCURE co-op at Northeastern’s Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo. The annual RISE event features the work of over 400 students and is attended by over 2,000 industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, and technology enthusiasts. “RISE gave me a chance to share my passion for research with others both inside and […]
Thursday, April 18, 2019 5:12 PM
CaNCURE Director Srinivas Sridhar was recently awarded the 2016 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Diversity Award for his outstanding contributions to improving gender and racial diversity in biomedical engineering. “I am honored to be recognized for our work in broadening participation and diversity through the national training programs organized by the Nanomedicine Academy,” said Sridhar. “These […]
Thursday, April 18, 2019 5:12 PM
CaNCURE trainee Zachary Silber (Health Sci, ’17), was awarded an Frederick Urbach Memorial Student Travel Award to present the poster titled “Tumor-selective photodynamic therapy using copper-free click-conjugated liposomes” at the American Society for Photobiology Conference in Tampa, FL (May 31-26). Zachary is currently completing his research project in laboratory of Dr. Tayyaba Hasan at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Thursday, April 18, 2019 5:12 PM
Noelle Castilla-Ojo (Behavioral Neurosci, ’17), a recent graduate of the CaNCURE co-op program, has been awarded the prestigious AACR-Thomas J. Bardos Science Education Scholar Award. This award is intended to inspire young scientists to enter the field of cancer research by providing funding to attend and present at two consecutive AACR Annual Meetings. Noelle is […]
Thursday, April 18, 2019 5:12 PM
We are pleased to announce that one of our CaNCURE program alumni, Sarah Sherman (Biology/English, ’17), has recently accepted a position with St. Jude’s Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program. This highly competitive summer internship seeks to encourage undergraduates to pursue a career in cancer research. Program participants spend 11 weeks working alongside a clinical or […]
Thursday, April 18, 2019 5:12 PM
CaNCURE leaders Sri Sridhar and Anne van de Ven, together with with Chemical Engineering Chair Tom Webster, have established a scalable, interactive network that uses Web-based videoconferencing to teach graduate courses in nanomedicine simultaneously to multiple classrooms across across the nation. The students who attend these courses work to complete collaborative assignments that span institutions. […]