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Peter Mac’s Shom Goel becomes Australia’s first Era of Hope Scholar Award winner
Peter Mac Associate Professor Shom Goel has won a substantial USD $3 million (AUD $4.5 million) United States Department of Defence grant for his research into developing the next revolution in breast cancer treatment.
Associate Professor Goel is the first Australian scientist to receive the Era of Hope Scholar Award which supports individuals early in their careers who have demonstrated significant potential to effect meaningful change in breast cancer.
His research will focus on addressing a critical knowledge gap on senescent cancer cells – a specific type of “dormant” cell state - and develop therapies that can successfully target or kill these cells, which has the potential to dramatically reduce breast cancer mortality.