Every Warrior Rises: Wayne State University launches Student Success 2.0 to propel graduation rates, career success
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Nerissa Viola
School of Medicine
Nerissa Viola, Ph.D., associate professor of Oncology at the University School of Medicine and leader of the Molecular Imaging Research Program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, has won the 2024 Drs. Anthony and Joyce Danielski Kales Endowment Faculty Award for Innovative Cancer Research. Dr. Viola received the award for her role as the principal investigator in a collaborative preclinical study that succeeded in finding a way to potentially suppress tumor growth for prostate cancer patients.
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Every Warrior Rises: Wayne State University launches Student Success 2.0 to propel graduation rates, career success
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