Program News Archive

In the news

Jeannette Zinggeler Berg was interviewed by Elsevier Publications about her study that found African Americans may experience higher nicotine levels per cigarette. The study was selected for a media briefing presentation December 7, 2007 at the American Association of Cancer Research's Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research conference in Philadelphia. Read more about her findings on the Cancer Center Web site.

In the journals

A first-author paper by MD/PhD student Lisa Jasperson was published in the March 15, 2008 issue of Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology. See commentary on her paper in the journal's "Inside Blood" section.

On the Web

The Masonic Cancer Center Web site features 2  MD/PhD students who are conducting research in cancer center labs. Read more.