City of Hope Physicians and Researchers Announce Breakthroughs at AACR 2018
Rahul Jandial, M.D., Ph.D.: Pediatric Neurosurgery Humanitarian Missions
March 13, 2018 | Denise Heady
Fourteen years ago, neurosurgeon and scientist Rahul Jandial, M.D., Ph.D., began to travel to underserved countries to perform brain surgeries on disadvantaged children.
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Inside the California Teachers Study: The Future
March 8, 2017 | Stephanie Smith
Researcher James Lacey Jr., Ph.D., wants to pool data from the California Teachers Study and other studies to create a personalized prevention tool.
Inside the California Teachers Study: The Disruptor
March 6, 2017 | Stephanie Smith
James Lacey, Jr., Ph.D., who now runs the California Teachers Study, is taking on the role of disruptor, as he transforms how study data is collected and shared.
Inside the California Teachers Study: The Teachers
March 4, 2017 | Stephanie Smith
Bridget Marshall, a former patient and current employee at City of Hope, one of the centers out of which the study is run, also has been a participant in the California Teachers Study for more than two decades.
Inside the California Teachers Study: The Finding
March 2, 2017 | Stephanie Smith
City of Hope researcher, Leslie Bernstein, made a big splash in breast cancer research. Earlier, she helped launch the California Teachers Study, a seminal breast cancer study involving more than 133,000 teachers.
Inside the California Teachers Study: The Statistician
March 1, 2017 | Stephanie Smith
The California Teachers Study, a more than two-decade long study of more than 133,000 teachers, started in 1994, but its eventual principle investigator, Leslie Bernstein of City of Hope, was dreaming about making her mark -- and making a difference -- long before then.
AACR 2014: Where 'meaningful advances' against cancer begin
April 5, 2014 | Hiu Chung So
More than 18,000 researchers, clinicians, advocates and other professionals will convene at the 105th American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting taking place in San Diego from April 5 to 9.
Brisk walking is enough to lower stroke risk, study finds (w/VIDEO)
February 25, 2014 | Hiu Chung So
When it comes to working out, harder and faster may not always be better. That's what Sophia Wang, Ph.D., associate professor at City of Hope's Department of Population Sciences, found about exercise and stroke risk when she looked into the connection between the two.
Weight gain can be an unexpected side effect of cancer treatment
February 18, 2014 | Nicole White
A side effect of cancer treatment many people don’t expect? Weight gain. Weight gain is an often unexpected side effect of cancer treatment that can expose survivors to higher risk. Foods like fruits and vegetables, high in nutrients and fiber while low in calories, can help weight control.
