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Global Scholar-in-Training Awards Recipients

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is proud to offer Global Scholar-in-Training Awards (GSITA) to support the career development of meritorious early-career scientists from countries building cancer research capacities. The GSITA program, now in its seventh year, will bring promising scientists from 11 countries—Argentina, Brazil, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Jordan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey, and Zambia—to participate in AACR Annual Meeting 2025 in Chicago.

Alessandro Pascon Filho

Barretos School of Health Sciences (FACISB), Brazil

Abstract 7436: MiRNA signatures in liquid biopsy for early detection of non-small cell lung cancer

Blessing Oyindamola Olunloyo, M.Ed

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Abstract 2967: Cognitive behavioral and acceptance-commitment therapies in the management of suicidal ideation among cancer patients in the Southwest Nigeria

Cemile Uslu, MSc

Sabanci University, Türkiye

Abstract 3115: Specific OXPHOS inhibitors can overcome chemoresistance of triple negative breast cancer

Joaquin Merlo

Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental (IBYME), Argentina

Abstract 7508: Myeloid-specific disruption of α(2,6)-linked sialic acid enhances their regulatory and tumorigenic functions by unmasking GAL1-specific ligands

Mariel Fusco

Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional (IIMT – CONICET), Argentina

Abstract 1166: Carbonic anhydrase IX and hypoxia-induced metabolic adaptations in tumor immune microenvironment: Insights into enhancing anti-PD1 efficacy in lung cancer

Meron Yohannes Nigussie, MSc

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Abstract 6436: Prognostic relevance of immune phenotyping of the tumor immune microenvironment and its interactions with the mammary microbiota in Ethiopian breast Cancer patients

Muhammad Awais Khan

Khyber Medical College Peshawar, Pakistan

Abstract 3122: Methylation-based epigenetic “switches” in group 3/4 medulloblastoma

Noor Al-Bzour

Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

Abstract 1647: Single-cell and bulk RNA sequencing reveal SPINK1 and TIMP1 as epithelial cell marker genes linked to colorectal cancer survival

Özlem Yedier Bayram, PhD

Research Center for Translation Medicine, Koç University, Türkiye

Abstract 6921: BRPF1 inhibition restores chemosensitivity in triple-negative breast cancer via ribosomal pathway modulation

Patience Commey, MD

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Abstract 537: A decade of discovery: Unveiling the prevalence, patient characteristics and histopathologic features of early-onset prostate cancer at a West African tertiary institution

Rafat Malik, MSc

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India

Abstract 2438: Characterization of long non-coding RNAs in ependymomas: Uncovering potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets

Rocio Seniuk

University of Buenos Aires (CONICET-IQUIBICEN), Argentina

Abstract 5520: Heme oxygenase 1 and Its nuclear interactors: A novel perspective on neuroendocrine prostate cancer

Senthilmani Rajendran, MSc

Cancer Research Malaysia, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

Abstract 4898: Barriers and facilitators influencing the implementation of a mHealth (MeMoSA) oral cancer screening program in rural communities in a low- and middle-income country: Preliminary findings of a qualitative study

Umer Majeed Khaja, PhD

Lovely Professional University and University of Kashmir, India

Abstract 3622: Unveiling the anticancer potential of Rheum webbianum in colorectal cancer defense through modulation of key Wnt/β-catenin and TGF-β signaling pathways: An in-vitro and in-vivo investigation

Victor Mapulanga, MD

University of Zambia, Zambia

Abstract 5279: The use of surgical staging of inguinal lymph nodes in penile squamous cell carcinoma in the HIV era