{"id":57515,"date":"2017-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/01\/17\/research-leadership-robert-lewis-ph-d\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:22:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:22:29","slug":"research-leadership-robert-lewis-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/01\/17\/research-leadership-robert-lewis-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Leadership: Robert Lewis, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><i>This profile is part of a series to highlight the researchers who will be honored at a ceremony for UNMC&#8217;s 2016 Scientist Laureate, Research Leadership, Distinguished Scientist and New Investigator Award recipients.<\/i> <\/p>\n<div class=\"callout-right\">\n<h3>The Research Leadership Award<\/h3>\n<p>The Research Leadership Award is intended to honor scientists previously recognized as Distinguished Scientists who have a longstanding research funding history and also serve as research leaders and mentors on campus.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Name:<\/b> Robert Lewis, Ph.D.\n<li><b>Title:<\/b> Edward and Lida Robinson Professor of Cancer Research, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases\n<li><b>Joined UNMC:<\/b> 1991\n<li><b>Hometown:<\/b> Downey, Calif.<\/ul>\n<p><b>Research focus:<\/b><br \/>\nColon cancer<\/p>\n<p><b>The best advice I could give a beginning researcher is<\/b> to work for the best interests of those you train and employ, and those of your employer. Hope that they will work in your best interest in return. My guess is that&#8217;s the only way to build lasting loyalty and respect.<\/p>\n<p><b>The toughest lesson I&#8217;ve learned is<\/b> whatever lesson life is currently teaching me. Each prior lesson seems easier by comparison. <\/p>\n<p><b>The best part of my job is<\/b> the arrival of new data from the lab. For an acute rush, that&#8217;s No. 1. 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