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Baylor and TCH researchers honored with AACR Team Science Award
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has recognized the St. Baldrick’s Foundation-Stand Up To Cancer Pediatric Cancer Dream Team with the 2021 AACR Team Science Award. Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Cancer Center team leader Dr. Nabil Ahmed and researchers Dr. Meenakshi Hegde, Dr. Sujith Joseph, and Dr. Will Parsons are among those recognized. Bambi Grilley and Melanie Frost Moll also were recognized for their contributions to the team as advocates of childhood cancer research.
In early 2013, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) collaborated to create a Pediatric Cancer Dream Team to help develop new immunotherapy approaches for high-risk childhood cancers. The collaboration has resulted in 319 peer-reviewed published manuscripts, 44 patent applications, the generation of more than $118 million in additional grant funding, the creation of a new ped