MD Anderson’s Dr. Guillermina Lozano Wins AACR Prize for Cancer Research

The 2013 receipient of the 16th annual Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship is a Ph.D. who has been a professor and chair of the Department of Genetics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston for the last two and a half decades. Dr. Guillermina Lozano, who recently revealed that her interest in science and discovery stretches back as far as her freshman year of high school, will be receiving the prize, which is awarded by The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in recognition of contributions in “the field of cancer research and the advancement of women in science,” according to a recent article on NBCLatino.

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MD Anderson Professor Receives Honors From AACR and MICR

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and its Minorities in Cancer Research (MICR) membership group has awarded their Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship Award to Gabriel Hortobagyi, MD. Dr. Hortobagyi is a professor in breast medical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/10/md-anderson-professor-receives-honors-from-aacr-and-micr/

MD Anderson’s Guillermina Lozano, receives AACR Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship Award

Chair and professor in the Department of Genetics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Guillermina “Gigi” Lozano, Ph.D., recognized at the 16th annual Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship awarded by The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) for her exemplary work in oncologic research and promoting the role of women in science.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/08/md-andersons-guillermina-lozano-receives-aacr-charlotte-friend-memorial-lectureship-award/