January 23, 2026

Award Announcements

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Announcing the We Care Fund 2026 Faculty Seed Grants!

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• Faculty Mentorship/Student Help: The Division of Research has an established process for matching research residents and medical students with faculty members for research opportunities. These opportunities are to be strictly for volunteer work done by the student. Specifics on task work is completely up to the faculty member’s discretion. If you are interested in mentoring, please fill out this Qualtrics survey.
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• Abstract Deadlines and Meeting List: List is updated weekly. | More Information

GRANT$ Alert

CVRC JIT Pilot Award
$15,000 through June 30, 2026
No GCO
Application due: February 1, 2026 (3rd cycle)

Funding to address questions/concerns in summary statements for "near miss" applications. Must have applied for an R01 or equivalent, R21, or K award OR a non-profit with total cost of greater than $200,000/year. "Not Discussed" grant applications are not eligible. 

MCW Cancer Center Internal Funding
$60,000 over 2 years
LOI due: February 12, 2026
GCO deadline: N/A
Application due: April 1, 2026

American Cancer Society - MCW Cancer Center Institutional Research Grant (ACS-IRG). 

Abstracts Alert

Latino Surgical Society (LSS) 2026 Surgical Symposium
April 24-26, 2026 | Chicago, IL
Abstract deadline: January 26, 2026

Abstract categories: Basic and Translational Science; Clinical Research; Community and Global Surgery; Health Equity and Outcomes; Medical Education; Technical Innovation

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2026 Annual Meeting
May 29-June 2, 2026 | Chicago, IL
Abstract deadline: January 27, 2026

Abstract categories can be found here.

The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Annual Meeting
September 16-19, 2026 | Dallas, TX
Abstract deadline: February 15, 2026

Submission guidelines can be found here.

American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting
September 26-30, 2026 | Boston, MA
Abstract deadline: February 24, 2026

Presentation Formats: Plenary Session; Clinical Trials Session; Oral Scientific Sessions; Quick Pitch Sessions; Poster Q&A Sessions

Department of Surgery Recent Publications

Does neoadjuvant systemic therapy in clinical T1-2 N0 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive breast cancer increase the extent of axillary surgery?. Surgery. (Rogers CC, Cohen LN, Lloren JIC, Huang CC, Cobb AN, Kong AL, Singh P, Teshome M, Cortina CS)

Characterizing the burden of care for children with solid tumors in the United States: A cross-sectional analysis from the Child Health Evaluation of Surgical Services Group. Cancer. (Tracy ET, Leraas HJ, Phillips MR, Van Arendonk KJ, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Padilla BE, Russell KW, Niba V, Gadepalli SK, Goldin AB, Hall M, Ehrlich PF)

Disparity in Timely Breast Cancer Treatment: Concordance with Commission on Cancer Quality Measures and the Influence of Socioeconomic Factors in the National Cancer Database. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. (Nataliansyah MM, Lizarraga IM, Xing Y, Boughey JC, Snyder R, Mobley E)

Risk Factors Associated With High Post-Void Residual Urine and Urethral Re-Catheterization in the Early Postoperative Period Following Kidney Transplantation. Clinical Transplantation. (Kimura J, Rawashdeh B, Thomas B, Dunn TB, Cooper M, Arpali E)

The association of contemporary mortgage lending bias and receipt of guideline-concordant systemic treatment among older women with breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research & Treatment. (Yen TWF, Canales B, McGinley EL, Tarima S, Zhou Y, Beyer KMM)

ASO Visual Abstract: Surgical Management and Outcomes in Pediatric Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Annals of Surgical Oncology. (Srivatsa S, Aldrink JH, Haque MR, Murphy A, Gehle D, Halepota H, Newman EA, Williams K, Mattei P, Johnston WR, Hwang R, Lautz TB, Ayala SA, Piche N, Lemoine CP, Debertin J, Polites SF, Rothstein DH, Riehle KJ, Nchinda N, Malek MM, Rinehardt HN, Gestrich C, Castle SL, Lopez A, Mayes MS, Myers EK, Roach JP, Craig BT, Lal DR, Schuh J, Cromeens BP, Mannava SV, Austin MT, Mayon LK, Kastenberg ZJ, Wallace M, Alexander A, Stellon MA, Le HD, Joshi DS, Chidiac C, Rhee DS, Cameron D, Stetson A, Rich BS, Glick RD, Fialkowski EA, Fowler K, Fareh R, Brown EG, Doyle K, Abril P, Grant C, Dasgupta R, Boehmer C, Mansfield SA)

Cross-platform comparison of gene expression-based cancer molecular subtyping reveals discrepancies with exome capture methods. Npj Precision Oncology. (Lee JJ, Aldakkak M, Morrison AB, Thalji SZ, Peng XL, Li Y, Gulley ML, Borazanci EH, Tsai S, Rashid NU, Yeh JJ)

Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: Penetrating thoracic injury. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. (Lorenzo M, Coimbra R, Croft CA, Hartwell JL, Schuster KS, Moore EE, Schreiber MA, Biffl WL, Livingston DH, Croce MA, Karmy-Jones R, Kuckelman JP, Namias N, McIntyre RC Jr, Keric N, Hynes AM, Tesoriero R, Privette AR, Magee GA, Schellenberg M, Kopelman TR, Kerwin AJ, Bower KL, Sperry JL, Malhotra A, Fox CJ, Stein DM)

Effective transfer of tumor annotations from hematoxylin and eosin to fluorescence images of breast and lung tissues. Journal of Biomedical Optics. (Niu T, Ampo E, Jorns JM, Patton M, Lu T, Ye DH, Yen TWF, Yu B)

PIEZO1 channel mechanosensing in hepatobiliary physiology and disease. [Review]. American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology.  (Konstantinou C,Patel SK, Lalor P, Moore JB, Roberts LD, Endesh N, Wah TM, Samson A, Hakeem AR, Prasad KR, Beech DJ, Lichtenstein L)

Efficacy and safety of letermovir for cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in thoracic organ transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases. (Aldalati AY, Hussein AM, Aldalati K, Hammadeh BM, Alrabadi B, Al-Dabagh A, Albliwi M, Abuassi M, Rawashdeh B)

Cost-Effectiveness of Home-Based Self-Sampling vs Clinician Sampling for Anal Precancer Screening. JAMA Network Open. (Damgacioglu H, McAuliffe TL, Ridolfi TJ, Chiao E, Fernandez ME, Schick V, Smith JS, Brzezinski B, Nitkowski J, Deshmukh AA, Nyitray AG)

Organ Preservation for Gastroesophageal Junction and Gastric Cancers: Ready for Primetime?. [Review]. ASCO Educational Book. (Mehtsun W, Van Doosselaere L, Maduekwe UN)

Renal sarcomas in children and adolescents: a retrospective, multicenter cohort study. EClinicalMedicine. (McKay KG, Beckhorn C, Kontchou NT, Kastenberg ZJ, Roach J, Mullapudi B, Lautz TB, Dasgupta R, Talbot LJ, Aldrink JH, Piche N, Craig BT, Cromeens B, Castle SL, Short J, Petroze RT, Mattei P, Rothstein DH, Fialkowski EA, Rich BS, Brown EG, Seemann NM, Le HD, Ahmed TM, Newman EA, Grant CN, Polites SF, Cameron DB, Kim ES, Austin MT, Coakley BA, Murphy JT, Boehmer C, Malek MM, Tracy E, Lovvorn HN 3rd)

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