LI MA and JEFFREY TYNER were named the recipients of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Martin and Rose Wachtel Cancer Research Award.
The award honors investigators who have performed outstanding work in the field of cancer research, and have received their Ph.D. or M.D. within the last 10 years.
Tyner and Ma’s award entry essays were published in the July 2 edition of Science Translational Medicine. Both will deliver public lectures on their research July 7 at an event co-hosted by the NCI Center for Cancer Research at the NIH Lipsett Amphitheater in Bethesda, Md. They will split the award of $25,000.
Ma is an assistant professor of experimental radiation oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Tyner is an assistant professor of cell, developmental and cancer biology at the Oregon Health and Science University.
Ma’s research focuses on regulating breast cancer metastasis, breast tumor radioresistance, and key breast cancer proteins and pathways. Tyner helped develop a research program that more rapidly identifies the mutations driving a patient’s cancer and accelerates development of precision treatments.
