{"id":47970,"date":"2005-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2005\/04\/18\/2005-harris-awards-in-cancer-research-announced-2\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T21:40:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T02:40:24","slug":"2005-harris-awards-in-cancer-research-announced-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2005\/04\/18\/2005-harris-awards-in-cancer-research-announced-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2005 Harris Awards in Cancer Research announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><DIV>Six University of Nebraska Medical Center graduate students have received the 2005 Norman and Bernice Harris Awards in Cancer Research.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>\u201cTraining and educating new researchers in cancer is a critically important mission of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center and we appreciate the support of Norm and Bernice Harris in recognizing these outstanding student researchers,\u201d said Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Eppley Institute and the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>Each award winner receives $500, thanks to the Norman &amp; Bernice Harris Graduate Student Cancer Research Award Fund, which was established at the University of Nebraska Foundation in 1999. The couple&#8217;s interests are in colorectal, breast and uterine cancer due to their personal battles with these diseases. <\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>Nineteen students&nbsp; \u2013 a record number \u2013 applied for the six awards, said Bob Lahue, Ph.D., an associate professor at the Eppley Institute. This year\u2019s winners represent four disciplines at UNMC and include one graduate student who received the award for the second consecutive year.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>The award recipients, including their hometowns and UNMC departments, are listed below: <\/DIV><br \/>\n<UL type=\"disc\"><br \/>\n<LI>Austin, Minn. \u2013 Gina Razidlo, the department of pathology\/microbiology and the Cancer Research Training Program. <\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>Firesteel, S.D. \u2013 Janel Kopp, the department of pathology\/microbiology and the Cancer Research Training Program. <\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>Yankton, S.D. \u2013 John Dickinson, the department of genetics, cell biology and anatomy.<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>Elkhorn, Neb. \u2013 Marissa Stanton, department of pathology\/microbiology and the Cancer Research Training Program. <\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>Winner, S.D. &#8212; Heth Turnquist, the department of pathology\/microbiology and the Cancer Research Training Program. Turnquist won the Harris award last year.<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>Taiwan \u2013 Ta-Chun Yuan, department of biochemistry and molecular biology.<\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<DIV>A panel of faculty judges, representing several different UNMC departments, evaluated the applications independently. The results were tabulated to determine the winners. Applications were evaluated based on publications, research presentations and other honors and awards for research, plus the cancer focus of the work and the clarity of its description. Applicants are evaluated solely on their accomplishments since the previous year&#8217;s award. <\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>Originally from Omaha, the Harrises have lived in San Diego since 1965. Norman Harris earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree in political science from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln in 1941. Until his retirement in 1973, he was a manager for a chain of retail discount stores. He then embarked on entrepreneurial adventures in real estate, franchising, accounting, tax preparation, banking and finance. Norman Harris has been a University of Nebraska Foundation Trustee since 1993. Bernice Harris is an artist who taught at the Golden Door Spa near San Diego for several years. She also has written a book on Japanese flower arranging and is a decorative arranger and consultant.<\/DIV><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six University of Nebraska Medical Center graduate students have received the 2005 Norman and Bernice Harris Awards in Cancer Research. &nbsp; \u201cTraining and educating new researchers in cancer is a critically important mission of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center and we appreciate the support of Norm and Bernice Harris in recognizing these outstanding student researchers,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","department-press-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2005 Harris Awards in Cancer Research announced<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Six University of Nebraska Medical Center graduate students have received the 2005 Norman and Bernice Harris Awards in Cancer Research. &nbsp; 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