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The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation and National Medical Fellowships have selected Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Kristin E. Rojas, M.D., F.A.C.S. for its inaugural Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Program, which includes a two-year $240,000 grant for her research “Effects of Perioperative Opioids on Gut Microbiome Composition in Breast Cancer Patients.”
The Clinical Trials Career Development Program recognizes community-oriented clinical researchers for their outstanding professional achievements and promise. Dr. Rojas, assistant professor of surgical oncology in the Dewitt Daughtry Department of Surgery and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, is among a distinguished group of physicians and one of six surgeons selected for the Foundation’s initiative to strengthen partnerships between clinical investigators and communities, increase the diversity of patients enrolled in clinical trials, and enhance the development of therapeutics for all populations.
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