Since 1992, the City of Hope has been the recipient of K-12 Clinical Oncology Career Development Awards to train academic oncologists in a variety of multidisciplinary fields for clinical translation.  Several fellows at Ctiy fo Hope have had the honor of continunig their fellowship research projects with the support of the K-12 grant.

City of Hope is proud to be one of only two centers that have offered the K-12 program since its inception in 1982.  Through an intensive curriculum in both basic science and clinical research, participants develop the skills necessary to fulfill the demanding role of a physician and scientist.

Current faculty members that have gone on to obtain K-12 grants include:

Jana Portnow, M.D., assistant chief of Neuro-oncology, joined the faculty in 2002. Her research interests include the pharmacokinetics of femozolomide and signal transduction inhibitors in brain tumors.

Warren Chow, M.D., director of the Sarcoma Research Program, joined the faculty in 1994. His research involves assessment in preclinical models of sarcoma tissue growth and evolution.

For more information on the K-12 research program, contact:
 
Lynn Baltazar
Senior Research Coordinator
626-256-4673