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Angie Rizzino, Ph.D., presents the Award for Excellence in Cancer Research by Postdoctoral Fellow Participating in the Cancer Biology Program to Mohammed Zahid, Ph.D. |
The cancer center’s cancer biology program awards travel funds annually to postdoctoral fellows involved in cancer research.
These awards, which are made on a competitive basis, provide funds to travel to scientific meetings.
This year, Dr. Zahid has been awarded $1,500 to attend a scientific meeting and to present his research on estrogen-mediated cancer initiation.
During the past five years, Dr. Zahid has worked with Drs. Cavalieri and Rogan in an effort to better understand the metabolism of estrogens and to understand the role of specific estrogen metabolites in the initiation of cancer.
Dr. Zahid also has worked to identify natural antioxidant compounds, which could be used to prevent the initiation of cancer.
In the future, Dr. Zahid plans to continue his efforts to elucidate the mechanisms that regulate estrogen metabolizing enzymes and to develop antioxidant cocktail formulations that can additively and/or synergistically modulate the expression and/or the activity of estrogen metabolizing enzymes with the ultimate objective of preventing the initiation of cancer.