AI can predict cancer risk through mammograms
Deep learning has been found to be better at using mammograms to differentiate between women who will and will not be diagnosed with breast cancer in the future.
$2M for mentorships help Mānoa students pursue biomedical research
The “Maximizing Access to Research Careers” grant will enroll 30 juniors and seniors in a two-year program that pairs trainees with research mentors.
Search officially opens for new UH Cancer Center director
Review of applications will begin in October 2021 and will continue until the position is filled.
$700K award to study robotics for prostate cancer treatment
A UH Mānoa researcher will formulate a first-of-its-kind model procedure in prostate brachytherapy.
UH Cancer Center commemorates its 50th anniversary
Legislators, community partners, and UH and UH Cancer Center senior leadership attended the hybrid event on August 14.
$3.3M for game-changing type-2 diabetes study in Hawaiʻiʻs NHPI communities
The study involves a diverse multidisciplinary collaboration probing the socioecological determinants of diabetes risks in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
Lung cancer research focus of grad student, inaugural fellowship recipient
Zitong Gao’s fellowship is sponsored by the Friends of the UH Cancer Center and Clinical Labs of Hawaiʻi.
Learn about pancreatic cancer’s increased incidence, signs, symptoms
Learn about surgery and personalized treatment for pancreatic cancer at the Quest for a Cure Starlight Lecture Series, a free Zoom event on July 29.
$1.3M for undergraduate cancer research training
The CREATE program hopes to increase the number of students pursuing a career in cancer research.
UH Cancer Center increases access to education, information in Yap
The project will help make oral cancer information and education more accessible to the Satawal island community of Yap.
