Dr. Dustin Deming Receives Ride Scholar Award to Explore New Colorectal Cancer Therapies

Dr. Dustin Deming wants to “fundamentally change the way we treat colorectal cancer.” Deming is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public …

Dr. Jim Cleary Receives Ride Scholar Award to Expand Access to Essential Pain Medications

Opioids can improve the lives of patients with advanced cancer. But 80 percent of the world’s population does not have access to these crucial pain medications. This is a problem …

Dr. Zach Morris Receives $25,000 Ride Scholar Award

Can radiation increase the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies? That’s a question that Zach Morris, assistant professor of Human Oncology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, …

Dr. Jessica Miller Receives Ride Scholar Award to Improve Tumor Imaging

CT imaging is a critical part of treatment planning for radiation therapy. However, conventional CT does not always clearly show the edges of tumors in certain sites in the body. …

Still Making Music

In his 30 years as a trumpet player, David Cooper had never gone more than three days in a row without playing—a strict regimen that helped him maintain his embouchure—the …

Why We Ride

Advances in cancer therapy often begin in the laboratory, but tight budgets and decreasing availability of federal grants are making it difficult for researchers to find funding for projects that …

Carrying on a Shared Passion

If Ben Pinkerton were alive, you’d probably find him biking the 100-mile route of The Ride, a bicycle fundraiser for cancer research developed by the University of Wisconsin that takes …

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