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Pharmacy Student Receives Award for Cancer Research
UCC scientists received three of the nine awards granted to Irish third level institutions for cancer research at the recent annual Irish Cancer Society Research Awards Ceremony.
James Evans was awarded a Research Scholarship for research in the area of prostate cancer under the supervision of Professor Caitriona O’Driscoll, School of Pharmacy. James hopes to improve on existing prostate cancer treatments by designing a gene-based therapy.
The Fellows and Scholars awards are designed to foster home-grown cancer research talent in Irish educational institutions and to ensure that new research projects are undertaken on breast, oesophageal, colorectal, gastrointestinal and prostate cancers. The research projects span a wide range of research areas and will investigate a number of potentially important topics, such as the response of cancer cells to chemotherapeutics and the manner in which they interact with our immune system.