Zeynep Madak Erdogan, Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Associate Director for Education and Sylvia D. Stroup Scholar of Nutrition and Cancer, received the prestigious 2024 Michael B. Kastan Award for Research Excellence given by the American Association for Cancer Research’s (AACR) Molecular Cancer Research (MCR) journal. The award recognizes one paper annually with “the potential to shift paradigms, inspire translational activity, and raise awareness of new scientific areas.” Madak Erdogan was honored as the corresponding author for this highly collaborative paper, “Targeting Metabolic Adaptations in the Breast Cancer-Liver Metastatic Niche Using Dietary Approaches to Improve Endocrine Therapy Efficacy,” published in June 2022.

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