Cancer

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Promoting healthy memory aging in older cancer survivors

Postdoctoral fellow Ashly Westrick receives grant from National Institute on Aging

Postdoctoral fellow Ashly Westrick discusses her epidemiological research on health inequalities in cancer outcomes. Westrick was recently awarded a grant from the National Institute on Aging to examine memory aging in older cancer survivors in the US and England.

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Examining the association between Malaria and Burkitt lymphoma in sub-Saharan Africa

New research from Kelly Broen

A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and led by University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers is adding to growing evidence of the association between cumulative malaria infections and endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) in the sub-Saharan African countries of Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya.

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Christopher Friese appointed to National Cancer Advisory Board

President Joseph Biden named Christopher Friese among seven new members of the National Cancer Advisory Board, an elite group of 18 cancer clinicians and researchers who play an important role in guiding the director of the National Cancer Institute in setting the course for the national cancer research program. Friese’s term will last six years.