Women & Infants oncologist wins national research award

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Cara Mathews, of the Program in Women’s Oncology at Women & Infants Hospital, has earned the national Young Investigator Award for 2015 from the Gynecologic Oncology Group Foundation.

The award was given for her research presentation, “Survival in advanced endometrial cancer: Does time to chemotherapy initiation matter?” The research was sponsored by Genentech BioOncology.

“Cara represents the latest generation of oncologist researchers, balancing time with her patients in the operating room with a desire to get to the root of the enigma of gynecologic cancers,” Dr. Cornelius Granai III, director of the Program in Women’s Oncology, said in a statement. “She is gifted and compassionate, and this is a great tribute to her tenacity as a researcher.”

The goal of the Young Investigator program at the nonprofit Gynecologic Oncology Group Foundation is to encourage physicians who are not more than five years out of fellowship to participate in leading-edge research and become familiar with the inner workings of the organization.
The foundation is dedicated to promoting excellence in quality and integrity of clinical and basic scientific research in the field of gynecologic oncology. It consists of gynecologic oncologists, medical oncologists, pathologists, radiation oncologists, nurses, statisticians, basic scientists, quality of life experts, data managers and administrative personnel.

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The award provides all data for the project from prior trials done through GOG, financial support for statistical analysis, travel and any other costs of the project.

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