The fellowships are enabling two early to mid-career hematologists to spend three months training in CLL in collaboration with a CLL Investigator in a Center that has a proven track record in diagnosis and management of patients with CLL and in CLL translational research in a high-income country and/or to pursue a research project.
iwCLL is supporting two projects focused on either research, laboratory or clinical management, however, emphasis is on how the projects will benefit CLL care/CLL research in their home country.
The two recipients were:
Valeria Sarapura Martinez
Valeria, of Experimental Medicine (IMEX)-CONICET- National Academy of Medicine (ANM), Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA was hosted by The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Karches Center for Oncology Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, United States.
Project title: The in vivo effect of opaganib in a xenograft model that employs primary cells from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and alymphoid mice
Fernanda Santos Azevedo
Fernanda, of the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), was hosted by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in Boston, MA, USA.
Project title: Characterization of Oral Microbiota in patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in Brazil and in the Dana Farber Cancer Institute