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Two Researchers Receive State Funding Two Northwestern researchers were awarded the Penny Severns Breast, Cervical and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund grants from the State of Illinois. The funds from the Illinois Department of Public Health will support the work of Victor Levenson, MD, PhD and Brian Hoffman, PhD. Levenson, Research Associate Professor at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, received the grant for research into the use of a newly developed technique to establish a molecular signature of ovarian cancer that can be used for diagnosis of this disease, including its early detection. Hoffman, Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern, is doing research using optical absorbance / fluorescence imaging as an emerging method of tumor detection and monitoring. This research fund was established in 1994 and renamed in 1999 to honor the late state Sen. Penny Severns of Decatur, who died from breast cancer. "Without this type of support," said Levenson, "it would be impossible to develop innovative ideas that may significantly advance cancer care and improve the lives of thousands of cancer patients." |
