New Directions in Leukemia Research Supported by Discovery Grant

A Discovery Research Grant by the Lauri Strauss Leukemia Foundation was recently awarded to Filiz Sen, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, for her project on FBW7 Mutations in T Cell ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia). Dr. Sen is a hematopathologist working in the laboratory of Dr. Iannis Aifantis with a particular focus on the molecular pathogenesis of hematopoietic neoplasms. A primary mission of the Laurie Strauss Leukemia Foundation is to "find a cure for leukemia and allied cancers by means of awarding Discovery Grants for innovative developmental research." In this endeavor, the foundation's grants support innovative projects by investigators with the promise of finding "new directions in much-needed research in the cause and treatment of leukemia."