AWARDS & HONORS
Researcher Wu Draws Multiple Accolades
UH Cancer Center Associate Professor Lang Wu was named the UH nominee for the 2024 Governor’ s Award for Distinguished State Service Employee of the Year. Wu is the founding director of the UH Pacific Center for Genome Research, which was established in 2023 through a $ 10.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
In 2024, Wu also received a $ 3.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to continue research on improving pancreatic cancer risk prediction and prevention. He is collaborating with experts nationwide to tackle critical gaps in understanding this disease.
Lang Wu, PhD, center, with Board of Regents Chair Gabriel Lee, left, and then-UH President David Lassner
Chief Scientific Officer Shepherd Secures Endowed Professorship
John Shepherd, Chief Scientific Officer at the UH Cancer Center, was named the B. H. and Alice C. Beams Endowed Professor in Cancer Research at UH Mānoa’ s John A. Burns School of Medicine. Shepherd is using the award to advance breast cancer awareness, prevention, and treatment in Hawai‘ i and the U. S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands.
John Shepherd, PhD and Chief Scientific Officer
Research Program Manager Kazemi Wins Densitometry Award
UH Cancer Center Clinical Research Program Manager Leila Kazemi, MS( C), CMRI, CBDT, CCRP, was awarded the 2024 Dr. Sydney Bonnick ISCD Award for Excellence in Densitometry by the International Society for Clinical Densitometry. This honor announced in April 2024 is a testament to Kazemi ' s remarkable contributions to the field of densitometry, which is a procedure that measures the amount of bone minerals and density by passing X-rays with two different energy levels through the body.
Leila Kazemi, MS( C), CMRI, CBDT, CCRP and Clinical Research Manager
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