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DR HWANG RECEIVES NIH R35 ESI MIRA AWARD

July 2024

Hwang Lab received a prestigious R35 award which provides $1.8 million over 5 years! See press release here.

SYDNIE PASSES PROPOSAL EXAM

May 2023

Sydnie has successfully passed her proposal exam! Great work Sydnie!

TREY AND SANTIAGO GRADUATE FROM VCU Biomedical Engineering

May 2023

We're so proud of our two graduating seniors this year! Congratulations Trey and Santiago!

JESSANNE RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

May 2023

Jessanne received the Distinguished Service Award from the College of Engineering for her involvement with Engineering Practices in Color Outreach Program.

DR HWANG PRESENTS AT AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH CONFERENCE

April 2023

JESSANNE RECEIVES KOERNER FAMILY FOUNDATION DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP

December 2022

HWANG LAB RECEIVES NSF CAREER AWARD

February 2022

Dr Hwang has received a NSF CAREER AWARD to study the biomechanics of leader cells! See story here, here , and here

JESSANNE PASSES PROPOSAL EXAM

February 2022

Jessanne has successfully passed her proposal exam! Great work Jessanne! 

HWANG LAB RECEIVES AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY THEORYLAB GRANT

January 2022

The Hwang Lab, in collaboration with the Bos Lab at VCU, have received a grant from the American Cancer Society to investigate how immune cells in the tumor microenvironment regulate collective cell migration

DURI FELLOW, CORINNE, WINS POSTER AWARD

November 2021

Our DURI fellow, Corinne Leonard, presented her work at the Undergraduate Research Symposium and won a poster award! Congratulations Corinne. See photos here.

HWANG LAB WELCOMES NEW STUDENTS

September 2021

The Hwang Lab welcomes new undergraduate student Alina Jafri and high school student Anna Young.

HWANG LAB RECEIVES PRESIDENTIAL RESEARCH QUEST FUNDING

September 2021

The Hwang Lab received a Presidential Research Quest Grant! See full story here and here

HWANG LAB WINS PHOTO BME PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT!

January 2021

The Hwang Lab won 1st place in the BME photo scavenger hunt for Research Labs! Extra congrats to Corinne and Jessanne for taking home 1st and 2nd place in the individuals category- they each won gift cards to the Rams bookstore! Can't wait to see them rock their new VCU gear! 

HWANG LAB WELCOMES NEW STUDENTS

January 2021

The Hwang Lab welcomes new undergraduate students Corinne Leonard (DURI Fellow) and Amanda Pearson.

HWANG LAB RECEIVES AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH GRANT

October 1, 2020

The Hwang Lab received an American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (IRG) from the VCU Massey Cancer Center. See full story here

DR HWANG WINS FAVORITE SPEAKER AND POSTER AWARD AT NCI PHYSICAL SCIENCES OF ONCOLOGY (PSON) JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR CONFERENCE

September 11, 2020

See full story here.

NEW GRADUATE STUDENT

August 2020

The Hwang Lab welcomes new graduate student, Sydnie Tran 

NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS

August 2019

The Hwang Lab welcomes new Graduate students, Jessanne Lichtenberg and Logan Petry

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