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Resident Mohamad El Moheb, MD Receives $30,000 AAS Research Fellowship Award
Congratulations to Dr. Mohamad El Moheb who received the 2024 Basic Science/Translational Research Trainee Fellowship Award from the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS). This is a highly competitive award, worth $30,000, given to a one surgery resident in the nation to pursue their project. Dr. El Moheb’s project will investigate how preoperative exercise therapy modulates the immune microenvironment to protect the liver from colorectal cancer metastasis. He will work on this project under the mentorship of Dr. Allan Tsung and will present his work at the 2026 ASC meeting. This is the first time a surgery resident from UVA has received this award!
Susan Kim, MD Awarded $25,000 UVA Cancer Center Trainee Fellowship
Congratulations to Dr. Susan Kim, whose application Preoperative Exercise Therapy Attenuates Surgical-Stress Induced Liver Metastases and Preserves Anti-Tumor Immunity has been selected as an awardee for Cancer Center Trainee Fellowship FY2024. Dr. Kim has been awarded $25,000 to be used during a funding period of July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025, for her current research project.
Hongji Zhang, PhD Awarded $25,000 CRX Pilot Award
Congratulations to Dr. Hongji Zhang, whose application Targeting Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) to Improve Response to Immunotherapy has been selected as an awardee for Cancer Therapeutics (CRX) Research Program Pilot Awards FY2024. Dr. Zhang has been awarded $25,000.