Bili Helps to Fund Young Investigator Award to Further Research of Bile Duct Cancer
The Bili Project Foundation had the honor of collaborating with fellow leaders from AMMF of the UK, The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation and Target Cancer to fund The Conquer Cancer, Young Investigator Award (YIA) given at the ASCO Annual Conference in Chicago on June 2, 2018. The award was given to Dr. Marina Baretti of Johns Hopkins University Hospital (pictured left with Bili Co-Founder Sue Acquisto) to help fund dedicated research for new curative treatments for patients with Cholangiocarcinoma.
Young Investigator Awards
The Young Investigator Award (YIA) is a grant supporting early-career researchers to begin and establish the direction of their research. The award supports pre-clinical and clinical cancer research projects by oncologists who are undergoing a career transition from a fellowship program to a faculty appointment. Seventy-two investigators will receive YIAs this year.
Read the full press release from Conquer Cancer HERE.