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Annual American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Special Session Features Stephen Hursting’s Cancer and Obesity Research
The annual American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) meeting took place April 5-10 in San Diego. It is the focal point of the cancer research community, where scientists, clinicians, other health care professionals, survivors, patients, and advocates gather to...
The UNC Nutrition Research Institute welcomes Deborah Tate, PhD, as interim director
Deborah F. Tate, PhD, became interim director of the UNC Nutrition Research Institute on April 1, having been named by Vice Chancellor for Research Penny Gordon-Larsen. Tate follows Stephen D. Hursting, PhD, MPH, who served the NRI as director from 2021 to 2024....
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