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Congratulations to Jeanie Malone for recently being awarded one of the three Nancy McKinstry Trainee Excellence Awards for 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nancy McKinstry Endowment Fund for Ovarian Cancer Research<\/a>, held at BC Cancer Foundation, is cultivating the next generation of ovarian cancer experts. Celebrating cutting-edge research, this award recognizes rising scholars at the Masters, Doctoral, and Postdoctoral level who are poised to accelerate new treatments and improve care for British Columbians facing ovarian cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Jeanie Malone is redefining what\u2019s possible in early cancer detection by developing state-of-the-art optical imaging devices. In a first-of-its-kind study, Dr. Malone is pioneering a minimally invasive method to visualise the inside of fallopian tubes and identify Serous Tubal Intraepithelial Carcinoma lesions \u2013 the earliest signs of the most common and aggressive form of ovarian cancer. Her research could pave the way for screening method for this type of cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read the full funding announcement here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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