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IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center expands summer research programs for students and teachers with new grants totaling $3 million

More students than ever will be able to participate in meaningful cancer-focused research experiences through summer programs at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, thanks to two new five-year grants from the National Cancer Institute.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center | Dec 08, 2023

Huda Salman holds a sample up to the light in the lab while Niaz Muhammad examines it over her shoulder

IU leukemia expert awarded $1 million grant from Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

An Indiana University leukemia physician-scientist has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to evaluate a new treatment for an extremely rare and incurable blood cancer.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center | Nov 09, 2023

portraits of Mark Kelley and Melissa Fishel

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers receive $2.4 million NCI grant to develop new pancreatic cancer treatments

Two researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center have received a five-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to explore new therapies that target the critical pathways pancreatic tumors use to survive.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center | Nov 06, 2023

$4.5 million gift from Tom and Julie Wood Family Foundation funds mobile lung cancer screening program at IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and IU Health

A mobile lung cancer screening program will soon take life-saving screenings to eligible high-risk Hoosiers statewide, thanks to a generous $4.5 million gift from the Tom and Julie Wood Family Foundation that will include matching dollars from Indiana University Health, bringing its impact to $8.5 million.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center | Nov 03, 2023

Harikrishna Nakshatri, PhD IU Simon Cancer Center

IU cancer center researchers identify biology behind aggressive breast cancers in Black women

Researchers at Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center are unlocking the biology behind aggressive breast cancers in Black women.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center | Oct 25, 2023

$1.5 million gift to support prostate cancer research and cardiology research and education

In a gesture that continues their family’s long history of extraordinary generosity to Indiana University, Carmel residents W. Gerald and Diane Throgmartin made gifts earlier this month totaling $1.5 million to support lung and prostate cancer research and cardiology research and education at Indiana University School of Medicine.

IU School of Medicine | Oct 16, 2023

IU cancer center receives training grant for cancer drug discovery

he Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center was awarded a prestigious grant to train the next generation of cancer drug discovery and development researchers.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center | Oct 10, 2023

a close up photo shows a sample being prepared in the lab

IU cancer researcher receives $2.2 million grant for metastatic breast cancer research

A breast cancer researcher at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center received a five-year, $2.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to examine how certain immune cells support metastatic breast cancer development—and how to stop it.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center | Oct 03, 2023

Driver Marcus Armstrong poses with the new No. 11 IU Simon Cancer Center race car.

Chip Ganassi Racing Honda sports IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center livery

Chip Ganassi Racing revealed its new livery: the No. 11 IU Simon Cancer Center race car that will be driven by Marcus Armstrong at this weekend’s Gallagher Grand Prix.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center | Aug 10, 2023

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center launches online early detection prevention campaign

A new public education campaign that focuses on cancer early detection and prevention has been launched by the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center | May 16, 2023