News & Breakthroughs at Siteman
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In the Media News & Stories
In the Media, Research, Staff/Faculty Update
Siteman Catalyst Awards Support Groundbreaking Science
Four researchers receive new funding to explore brain‑sparing radiation, smarter leukemia drugs, better BRCA1 risk prediction and new strategies against aggressive pancreatic cancer Four WashU Medicine researchers at Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, have received Siteman Catalyst Awards to pursue innovative ideas that could change how cancers are detected and treated. Each awardee is receiving $100,000 […]
In the Media, Research
mRNA Technology Opens Doors for Potential New Ways of Preventing and Treating Cancer
WashU Medicine researchers at Siteman Cancer Center are leading next-generation cancer vaccine development. The advent of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in 2020 changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the Nobel-prize–winning technology is being adapted to fight cancer, with mRNA vaccines in clinical trials for melanoma, small cell lung cancer and bladder cancer, among […]
In the Media, Research, Staff/Faculty Update
Siteman Cancer Center Experts to be Recognized, Present Key Research at AACR Annual Meeting
Two WashU Medicine physician-scientists will be honored, and 30 faculty members and others will present findings at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2026, taking place April 17-22 in San Diego. At the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2026, WashU Medicine scientists and physician-researchers at Siteman Cancer Center are demonstrating […]
In the Media, Staff/Faculty Update
Siteman Leader Installed as President of Society of Gynecologic Oncology
Matthew Powell, MD, to head national efforts to advance innovative gynecologic cancer care for patients Matthew A. Powell, MD, the Ira C. and Judith Gall Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at WashU Medicine and a nationally recognized physician-scientist who treats patients at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, has been installed as […]
In the Media, Staff/Faculty Update
Podany Named to Inaugural NCCN Advocacy Academy
WashU Medicine physician-scientist Emily L. Podany, MD, MPHS, has been selected for a new fellowship program that aims to connect people on the front lines of cancer care to share their knowledge and experience with federal policymakers. Launched by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), the Advocacy Academy aims to provide oncology fellows and junior faculty at NCCN member […]
In the Media, Staff/Faculty Update
DiPersio Honored with National AACR Research Award
American Association for Cancer Research highlights physician-scientist’s pioneering advances in leukemia biology, stem cell transplantation and cellular immunotherapy John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD, a pioneering WashU Medicine physician-scientist at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, will be recognized for his groundbreaking contributions to science at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2026 in […]
In the Media, Staff/Faculty Update
Murphy to Receive AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology
Recognition honors pioneering discoveries that have paved the way for more effective cancer immunotherapies WashU Medicine researcher Kenneth M. Murphy, MD, PhD, has been named the recipient of the 2026 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)-Cancer Research Institute (CRI) Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology. Murphy, the Eugene Opie First Centennial Professor in pathology and immunology at WashU Medicine and […]
Health & Wellness, In the Media, Patient Resource
For Your Health — What to Know About GLP-1 Drugs for Weight Loss and Health
As many of us know, keeping weight in check can be hard. And national numbers certainly reflect this. Rates of overweight and obesity in the U.S. have steadily climbed since the early 1980s. The impact this has had on health and well-being is very significant. Weight gain and obesity increase the risk of 13 cancers, […]
In the Media, Staff/Faculty Update
NCCN Recognizes Podany as 2026 Young Investigator Award Recipient
WashU Medicine physician-scientist Emily L. Podany, MD, MPHS, has been named a 2026 recipient of a prestigious NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Award, given by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and NCCN Foundation. Podany is an assistant professor of medicine at WashU Medicine and a medical oncologist who treats patients diagnosed with breast cancer at Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish […]
Clinical, In the Media, Research
Tumor Markers May Help Doctors Decide Which Head and Neck Cancer Patients Need Immunotherapy Before Surgery
WashU Medicine physician-scientists at Siteman Cancer Center identify a promising way to help guide immunotherapy treatment decisions and enhance patient care Building upon more than a decade of investigator-initiated clinical trials at Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, researchers have identified a malignant cell biomarker that may predict which patients will respond to the […]