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Congratulations to Dr. Damania on receiving this award honoring her research in oncology and virology!

Dr. Blossom Damania and Dr. Dirk Dittmir, recipients of the 2021 recipients of the Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award
Dr. Blossom Damania and Dr. Dirk Dittmir, recipients of the 2021 recipients of the Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award

“UNC Lineberger’s Blossom Damania, PhD, and Dirk Dittmer, PhD, are each 2021 recipients of the Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award. The two are being honored for their individual high impact research accomplishments that have advanced the field of tumor virology, their service to the UNC School of Medicine and university during the pandemic and their co-leadership of UNC Lineberger’s global oncology and virology programs, which collaboratively leverages UNC-Chapel Hill’s expertise in virology, AIDS-associated malignancies, cancer prevention and clinical trials to reduce the growing international disparities in cancer.”

“The impact of Blossom’s inventive work has been to provide much greater understanding of the means, mechanisms and intricacies of viral oncogenesis. [She] uses a unique multi-faceted, cross-disciplinary approach to understanding viral oncogenesis. This has resulted in knowledge spanning the fields of signal transduction, cancer, virology, angiogenesis, immunology, and molecular therapeutics. Her studies are beautiful examples of how excellent basic science research can be translated to the clinics.”

~Read the full article on UNC Healthcare News published February 7, 2022. The above are excerpts from that article.