Impact of IASLC Fellowship and Grant Funding

On this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, three past IASLC Fellowship Grants winners share their own stories of how these grants helped propel their careers.  Hosted by Dr. Narjust Florez, guests include:

Dr. Grace Dy is an associate professor of medicine at Department of Medicine at Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo and a medical thoracic oncologist at Roswell Park Cancer Center. Dr. Dy received an IASLC fellowship grant in 2007.

Fred R. Hirsch, MD, PhD, is Executive Director at the Center for Thoracic Oncology in The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai (TCI) and the Joe Lowe and Louis Price Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Medical Oncology) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also Associate Director of Biomarker Discovery for TCI and a previous CEO of the IASLC. Dr. Hirsch received an IASLC fellowship grant in 2001.

Dr. Jarushka Naidoo is a medical oncologist at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, and an assistant professor at John Hopkins. She is a clinical/translational investigator, specializing in immunotherapy for lung cancer, and immune-related toxicity. Dr. Naidoo received an LCFA/BMS/ILCF Young Investigator Grant in 2020.