{"id":67218,"date":"2020-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/21\/dr-cook-earns-american-cancer-society-scholar-grant\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:41:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:41:09","slug":"dr-cook-earns-american-cancer-society-scholar-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/21\/dr-cook-earns-american-cancer-society-scholar-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Cook earns American Cancer Society Scholar Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does it take to outsmart cancer? Research. <\/p>\n

Leah Cook, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, was honored on Feb. 13 as a recipient of a $792,000 American Cancer Society (ACS) Scholar Grant. <\/p>\n

The grant which took effect on Jan. 1 of this year, adds to the combined 186 grants that the University of Nebraska System and UNMC have received from the society since 1953. These grants total more than $22.5 million and contribute to the organization’s mutual goal of leading the fight for a world without cancer. It is one of only two ACS awards currently granted to faculty members at UNMC. <\/p>\n

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The American Cancer Society<\/h3>\n

The American Cancer Society is a global grassroots force of 1.5 million volunteers dedicated to saving lives, celebrating lives and leading the fight for a world without cancer. From breakthrough research, to free lodging near treatment, a 24\/7\/365 live helpline, free rides to treatment and convening powerful activists to create awareness and impact, the ACS is the only organization attacking cancer from every angle. Find more information at the American Cancer Society website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dr. Cook’s research work focuses on prostate cancer with a special emphasis on prostate cancer that is metastatic to bone. <\/p>\n

“Prostate cancer is very common in men over 60 years of age, and it can be treated even if it metastasizes to lymph nodes,” she said. “However, if prostate cancer metastasizes to bone it is typically incurable and leads to early death.” <\/p>\n

The new research funded by the American Cancer Society will attempt to:<\/p>\n