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Dr. Laura Bukavina received a 2024 Kidney Cancer Association Trailblazer Award for research on "Assessing the Presence and Impact of Micro- and Nanoplastics Role in Renal Cell Carcinoma". Dr. Bukavina, a translational surgeon-scientist, is assistant professor of Urologic Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urologic Institute and translational science lead in GU oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine…

Dr. Mitchell Hayes received a 2024 Kidney Cancer Association Trailblazer Award in partnership with the Michael and Ina Korek Foundation for research on "Tracing the Seeds of Progression: Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis of Immunoresistant Kidney Cancer". Dr. Hayes is a Urologic Oncology Fellow at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. We spoke with Dr. Hayes about his research and the impact…

Dr. Elizabeth Ellis received a 2024 Kidney Cancer Association Chromophobe RCC Focus Award in partnership with the Chromophobe and Oncocytic Tumor Alliance for research on "Evaluating the Response of Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma to Novel Targeted Metabolic Therapies". Dr. Ellis is a Urologic Oncology Fellow at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. We spoke with Dr. Ellis about her…

The 2024 International Kidney Cancer Symposium (IKCS): North America, taking place in Louisville, Kentucky on November 7-9, will feature three special awards recognizing outstanding leaders in kidney cancer. Register now. Dr. Daniel J. George Dr. Daniel J. George will receive the Nicholas J. Vogelzang Humanitarian Award for his service to kidney cancer patients and his contributions to kidney cancer care,…

This is a guest post by Liam Piscetelli, the KCA’s 2024 Research Intern. Liam Piscetelli For the past 8 months, I have interned with the KCA as a research intern. As a student working towards their Masters of Public Health with a concentration in Applied Epidemiology from the University of Arizona, this opportunity to work with the KCA proved to…

Jamie Graves is a kidney cancer advocate and member of the Kidney Cancer Association's Board of Directors since 2017. She is running the 2024 Chicago Marathon to support kidney cancer research. Learn more about Jamie's fundraiser. Dressed in bright orange from her tutu to her racing flats – you can’t miss Jamie Graves when she’s running. And while the outfit…

This is a guest post by Christopher G. Wood, Jr, son of the KCA’s late Board Chair and friend, Dr. Christopher G. Wood, a world-renown urology surgeon at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Follow Chris’s “Journey to 30” as he aims to raise $30,000 by his 30th birthday on September 14th for the KCA’s Dr. Christopher G. Wood Endowment. Dr. Christopher…

Sean Healy joined the KCA’s Patient & Caregiver Advisory Council in 2024. Sean was diagnosed with stage 3 kidney cancer in 2018. He lives in Richmond, Virginia. What motivated you to get involved with the KCA? Sean with his family, left to right: Ryan, Paige, Patrick, Sean. When I was diagnosed with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in 2018,…

Nazy Zomorodian, RNC, MSN, CUNP, CCRC, is the Director of the Clinical Trials Program at the Institute of Urologic Oncology and a Urology Nurse Practitioner at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, as well as an associate Professor in the School of Medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. What motivated you to get involved with the Kidney…

Reena Cherry, MS, PA-C, is a Senior Physician Assistant at the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center in San Diego, California. What motivated you to get involved with the Kidney Cancer Association? Reena Cherry with her family in London's West End theater district. I had the distinct honor and pleasure of working with Dr. Christopher G. Wood at MD Anderson…