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Vinita Takiar, MD is 2020 Grant Awardee

March 23, 2021
Dr. Takiar receiving Foundation grant award
Karen Gromad with awardee Vinita Takiar, MD, PhD and William Barrett, MD, co-Director, UCCC

Vinita Takiar, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, was awarded the 2020 Brandon C. Gromada Head and Neck Cancer Research Pilot Grant of $25,000 by the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center (UCCC) Grants Committee in late September for her research proposal, “Theranostic gold nanoclusters: Next generation radiosensititzers for improved head and neck treatment.” Thank you to Foundation donors! It is only through your generosity that this research is possible!