News & Breakthroughs at Siteman
Stay informed with the latest cancer news and breakthroughs from Siteman Cancer Center. Our news feed provides timely updates on research breakthroughs, clinical trials, and community events.
In the Media, Staff/Faculty Update
Margenthaler Named Inaugural Endowed Chair for Surgical Excellence in Breast Cancer
New endowed chair honors renowned breast surgeon and will advance innovative care and research WashU Medicine surgeon Julie Margenthaler, MD, FACS — nationally recognized for her surgical expertise and compassionate, personal approach to care — has been installed as the inaugural Endowed Chair for Surgical Excellence in Breast Cancer through The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The endowed chair was […]
In the Media, Staff/Faculty Update
Renowned Gastroenterology Leader at Siteman Cancer Center Honored for Mentorship
Nicholas O. Davidson, MD, DSc, AGAF, will receive the 2026 Distinguished Mentor Award from the American Gastroenterological Association. Nicholas O. Davidson, MD, DSc, AGAF, the John E. and Adaline Simon Professor of Medicine and Developmental Biology and chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at WashU Medicine and a nationally recognized physician-scientist who treats patients at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish […]
In the Media, Research, Staff/Faculty Update
Grants Bolster Research on Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Foundation awards $1.5 million total in grants to WashU Medicine researchers at Siteman Cancer Center to advance precision diagnosis and treatment for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes The Edward P. Evans Foundation has awarded separate three-year Discovery Research Grants to Jeremy Baeten, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine, and Matthew Walter, MD, the Edward P. Evans Endowed Professor of Myelodysplastic […]
In the Media, Research, Staff/Faculty Update
Siteman Cancer Center Prevention Expert Named Guggenheim Fellow
With the prestigious award, Yin Cao, ScD, MPH, will write a book examining why cancers are increasingly occurring earlier in life — and how this shift can be better understood, communicated and prevented. Yin Cao, ScD, MPH, has been named a 2026 Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, one of the nation’s most prestigious […]
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 […]