Researchers

Read stories and watch short videos about scientists making new discoveries every day.

We call on the nation to join us in the fight against pancreatic cancer.

Dr. Nicolette Juliana Rodriguez wants to improve pancreatic cancer outcomes in Black and Latino/a/x communities by increasing access to early detection and cancer prevention care.

Research from Dr. Michael Goggins shows routine screening for pancreatic cancer confers survival benefits.

Take a peek behind the scenes of PanCAN’s Research Grants Program.

Editor’s note: In honor of International Women’s Day, we are celebrating several PanCAN research grant recipients whose experiences in different […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like to introduce you to each grantee to […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: May is National Cancer Research Month, which provides an opportunity to highlight the incredible scientific and clinical research […]
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All the way across the country from one another, two pancreatic cancer researchers made similar discoveries in their labs. Rushika […]
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Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) research grantee Kenneth Olive, PhD, is dedicated to keeping his lab as connected as possible […]
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New research suggests that pancreatic tumors can be classified into two broad categories – and this information can help guide […]
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The goal of cancer treatment is to identify – and attack – vulnerabilities that make cancer cells different from healthy […]
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We are extremely sad to share that Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) research grant recipient David Boothman, PhD, died on […]
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When immunology expert Ingunn Stromnes, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Minnesota, unexpectedly discovered a […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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Editor’s note: May is National Cancer Research Month, and we recently had the opportunity to speak with two leading pancreatic […]
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A study published in Nature today describes how mutant KRAS impacts pancreatic cancer cells’ ability to gather nutrients – and […]
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Editor’s note: In this Washington Post article, Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz wrote about his experience launching biopharmaceutical company Nivien Therapeutics in […]
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Editor’s note: Stephanie Dougan, PhD, is an immunologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. She is also the recipient of […]
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Editor’s note: Andrew Aguirre, MD, PhD, is an oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, where he also heads a […]
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Editor’s note: Michael Curran, PhD, is a 2018 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) Translational Research Grant recipient. He is an […]
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Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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Editor’s note: On July 25, 2008, 10 years ago today, professor Randy Pausch, PhD, of “The Last Lecture” fame, died […]
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If you had asked Jason Doles, PhD, five years ago where he anticipated he’d be today, he would not have […]
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Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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Not all heroes wear capes; some of them wear lab coats. And if Jennifer Wargo, MD, MMSc, were to gain superhero […]
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Both Wantong Yao, MD, PhD, and Haoqiang Ying, MD, PhD, underwent medical training in China. They both became deeply interested […]
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Last week, we shared the exciting news that an immunotherapy agent, Keytruda, was the first drug approved by the FDA […]
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Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2016, but we are sharing it again this month in celebration and […]
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Changes that cause a normal cell to become cancerous are often genetic in nature – mutations or altered expression of […]
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Even the name of the grant mechanism – Research Acceleration Network, or RAN – conveys speed. And that’s exactly what […]
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From a young age, I knew that I wanted to be a doctor. During my freshman year of college, I […]
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In the early 1980s, I was honored to be a part of the scientific team that discovered the Ras oncogene […]
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My 2003 Career Development Award from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network helped validate my decision to focus my scientific and […]
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I have dedicated my nearly 30-year career to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Pancreatic cancer has historically stood out […]
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Pancreatic cancer first came into my life when I was a 3rd year medical student working on the medicine wards. […]
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My journey to pancreatic cancer research is an unusual one. In graduate school, I was trained in a DNA laboratory […]
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My initial interest in cancer was purely academic. I was curious how genetic mutations would transform a normal cell and […]
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One of the reasons that pancreatic cancer has been so notoriously difficult to treat is that it depends on a […]
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I began my journey into cancer research by training under world-class physicians and scientists such as Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, […]
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My interest in pancreatic cancer was sparked by the aggressiveness of the disease and the urgency of finding early detection […]
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I am an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where I am a sub-specialty gastrointestinal pathologist […]
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I learned a valuable lesson about this disease firsthand. In a weekly men’s group meeting  at my church, I watched […]
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The most difficult part of tackling what seems to be an insurmountable problem is getting started. When I reflect on […]
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I started to realize that cancer was a very serious word when I was a child. My mom was then […]
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The first time I came face-to-face with pancreatic cancer, as a third year medical student, I had no idea how […]
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