05/31/17  Portland, Ore.

Dr. Joshua Walker is the 6th member of the Dept to receive the highly competitive Young Investigator Award from the Conquer Cancer Foundation and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.  The project title is "Re-stimulation of Tumor-specific T cells using Radiotherapy in a Murine T cell Anergy Model". His scientific mentor is Will Redmond, PhD and his clinical/career mentor is CR Thomas, Jr.. Past OHSU Radiation Medicine recipients of the ASCO YIA includes Drs. Samuel J. Wang, Dave Fuller, Patrick Gagnon, Kristina Young, and Nima Nabavizadeh. [PDF]