{"id":24614,"date":"2017-05-01T11:45:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T15:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=24614"},"modified":"2017-05-01T11:45:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T15:45:58","slug":"gastric-cancer-foundation-awards-second-funded-scholar-to-accelerate-stomach-cancer-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/gastric-cancer-foundation-awards-second-funded-scholar-to-accelerate-stomach-cancer-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Gastric Cancer Foundation Awards Second Funded Scholar to Accelerate Stomach Cancer Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 1, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Jose Saenz, MD, PhD, of Washington University School of Medicine was named the American Gastroenterological Association\u00a0(AGA) Research Foundation-Gastric Cancer Foundation latest Research Scholar in Gastric Cancer.<\/p>\n

\"Gastric
\nThe AGA Research Award Program identifies and supports talented investigators who are pursuing careers in digestive disease research. In 2013,\u00a0the Gastric Cancer Foundation initiated the first gastric cancer award in collaboration with AGA to encourage talented young investigators to focus on stomach cancer, the most under-funded major cancer.<\/p>\n

This award is a $270,000 three-year research grant to support innovative research in gastric cancer, and ensures\u00a0that a major proportion of the recipient\u2019s time is protected for research.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Foundation is enormously proud to be able to fund promising young researchers who are working on new discoveries to improve the lives of gastric cancer patients,\u201d said Wayne Feinstein, Board Chair of the Gastric Cancer Foundation. \u201cWithout this kind of seed money, these young researchers would not be able to seek larger grants to pursue important basic research.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Saenz\u2019s winning project is the study of \u201cAlterations in the Gastric Landscape and the Effects on Helicobacter Pylori Pathogenesis.\u201d Helicobacter pylori\u00a0is a common bacterium, and infects approximately 50 percent of the world\u2019s population and is the cause of several gastrointestinal diseases.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am honored to have received this award and equally honored to receive your words of encouragement,\u201d said Dr. Saenz after being notified by Feinstein.<\/p>\n

The first Research Scholar recipient was recently selected to receive\u00a0Congressional funding through the Department of Defense to continue investigating \u201cTargeting B Cell-Mediated Type II Autoimmunity in Gastric Carcinogenesis,\u201d initiated with the Foundation\u2019s support.<\/p>\n

For more information visit:\u00a0http:\/\/www.gastriccancer.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE GASTRIC CANCER FOUNDATION & RESEARCH SCHOLAR AWARD:<\/strong>
\nThe Gastric Cancer Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by stomach cancer by working with leading researchers to initiate research in pursuit of a cure. The Foundation has granted over $2 million for research.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Foundation and AGA Research Foundation – http:\/\/www.gastro.org\/foundation\/<\/a> – joined together to provide perpetual funding for this award. Each organization committed $1,125,000 in order to establish an endowment of $2,250,000. This assures that funding will be available for young investigators\u00a0who are researching the fundamental pathobiology of gastric cancer.<\/p>\n

MEDIA CONTACT:
\nMaureen Barry
\nOf The Gastric Cancer Foundation
\n415-572-6646
\ninfo@gastriccancer.org<\/p>\n

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