American Cancer Society Research, shared on LinkedIn:
“Spotlight On: Our Newest ACS Mentored Grantees!
As part of our recently announced slate of new grantees, the American Cancer Society (ACS) is proud to support a new cohort of 27 new Postdoctoral Fellows and 6 new Clinician Scientist Development Grant recipients, for a total of $9.39 million invested in promising researchers as they build the foundations of their careers.
‘Some of the most important advances in cancer research begin with investing in talented early-career investigators,’
said Melissa Cunningham, PhD, Senior Scientific Director of the Career Growth and Research Excellence program at the American Cancer Society.
‘As someone who recently joined ACS after a career supporting biomedical research, I’ve seen firsthand how critical mentorship and early funding can be in helping promising scientists build successful research careers.
Through our Postdoctoral Fellowships and Clinician Scientist Development Grants, ACS is helping cultivate the next generation of cancer researchers and physician-scientists whose work will drive future progress against cancer.’
Learn more about our new cohort of mentored grantees here:
Title: American Cancer Society Awards New Mentored Grants to Emerging Cancer Researchers
Author: Kristen Cincotta.
Read The Full Paper.
In this announcement, we’re highlighting the projects of three of our newest postdocs:
- Alberto Bueno Costa Bueno, Ph.D. – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Suyeon Kim, Ph.D. – Columbia University
- Arunachalam Sekar, Ph.D. – Jackson Laboratory
We are also highlighting three of our newest CSDGs:
- Benjamin Diamond, M.D. – Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami
- Ijeoma Julie Eche, Ph.D. – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- James Godfrey, M.D. – Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
You can learn more about each of their projects at the link above. Congratulations to all of our new grantees and welcome to the ACS Research family!
Missed our larger Summer 2026 grant slate announcement last week? You can read the whole thing here.”
Benjamin Diamond, Assistant Professor of the Myeloma Institute at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, shared on LinkedIn:
“I am overjoyed to have been selected as one of the new grantees for the Clinician Scientist Development Grant!
A whole host of mentors including C. Ola Landgren, and Francesco Maura have supported me through and through.
I will be studying a number of use-cases for minimally invasive plasma-based whole genome sequencing of cell-free DNA in multiple myeloma at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Huge thanks to the American Cancer Society for the endorsement and for bringing important assays in closer reach of our patients!”
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