MENUNews Archive
Date: 09/06/2024
On Sept. 5, journalists Stephen Henderson and Nolan Finley joined a virtual group of nearly 100 Rogel staff to discuss their initiative, the Civility Project, and share ideas to develop more respectful and enriching conversations in our lives. The event was organized by the Oncology Clinical Trials Support Unit’s DEI committee.
Date: 08/28/2024
The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer has named Veera Baladandayuthapani, Ph.D., as associate director for quantitative data sciences, a role that recognizes the increasing significance of data-driven and data-intense endeavors such as Big Data in cancer research. He will facilitate cancer research efforts using biostatistics, bioinformatics, computational biology and other advanced data science approaches.
Date: 08/21/2024
Researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have proposed an enhanced model of communication focusing not only on what is said in the clinic but also nonverbal communication of the doctor and how doctors in turn interpret patients’ nonverbal cues.
Date: 07/25/2024
The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center has created two new associate director positions to further advance cancer health equity for patients and communities across the State of Michigan and inclusive excellence for the center’s research workforce and leadership teams. Erika Newman, M.D., will serve as associate director for cancer health equity, and Simpa Salami, M.D., M.P.H., will be associate director for research workforce and leadership development.
Date: 07/24/2024
A team of researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center has designed a molecule that impairs signaling mediated by two key drivers of cancer therapy resistance.
Date: 07/22/2024
Preclinical models show that combining an inhibitor of a metabolic pathway with chemotherapy could improve outcomes in triple-negative breast cancer brain metastases.
Date: 07/17/2024
The University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center is once again the highest rated center for cancer care in Michigan, according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals rankings. Rogel ranked No. 34 in the nation, and is the only hospital ranked for cancer care in Michigan.
Date: 07/12/2024
University of Michigan Medical School students asked young people what was stopping them from using sunscreen more often. They learned young people were well aware of the importance of sunscreen and the cancer risk that comes with repeated sunburns — the problem was, though, that sunscreen just wasn’t handy when it was needed.
Date: 06/28/2024
The Last Mile Initiative is a partnership through the National Cancer Institutes to assess effectiveness of self-collection based HPV testing for cervical cancer.
Date: 06/27/2024
Researchers from the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center have discovered a biomarker that could help identify which renal cancer patients have a higher risk of recurrence.