The Deborah E. Powell Center for Women’s Health awarded Emil Lou, MD, PhD a seed grant to support his research into the development of chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer. Dr. Lou and his team will study how tunneling nanotubes—long, thin structures that serve as “skyways” for cellular communication—enable the cells within a tumor to coordinate their activity to promote tumor formation, invasiveness, and resistance to chemotherapy. Dr. Lou’s research proposal was selected by the Powell Center because it clearly supports the foundation’s mission of improving the health of women and their families. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Lou on this achievement.  02/27/13

Anne Blaes, MD successfully competed for a BIRCWH Program award. The "Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health" (BIRWCH) Program is an internal K-12 grant sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The grant provides three years of support to foster career development of junior faculty members engaging in research relevant to women's health. With support from this award, Dr. Blaes will continue an ongoing research project examining the effects of aromatase inhibitors on the cardiovascular endothelium of women receiving treatment for breast cancer. Her mentor for this training award is Doug Yee, MD. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Blaes on the receipt of this prestigious award. 11/21/12

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