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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
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 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