{"id":8391,"date":"2019-11-20T13:41:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T18:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/?p=8391"},"modified":"2019-11-20T13:41:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T18:41:42","slug":"dr-luke-wilkins-awarded-funding-from-the-department-of-defense-and-the-american-cancer-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/2019\/11\/20\/dr-luke-wilkins-awarded-funding-from-the-department-of-defense-and-the-american-cancer-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Luke Wilkins Awarded Funding from the Department of Defense and the American Cancer Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uvahealth.com\/findadoctor\/profile\/luke-r-wilkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Luke Wilkins<\/a>, Associate Professor in Vascular and Interventional Radiology Division of the <a href=\"https:\/\/uvahealth.com\/services\/imaging\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UVA Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging<\/a>, has been awarded two grants for his research on embolization for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). 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