Tulane Cancer Center

09/03/2026

🩶🌊 Go Gray. Make Waves.

Nearly 25,000 Americans will be diagnosed with a malignant brain or spinal cord tumor in 2026. Though these cancers account for only about 1% of new cancer diagnoses, some are especially difficult to treat. Glioblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in adults, is also one of the most aggressive.

More answers. Better treatments. More hope. That’s what cancer research is working toward.

Join Joseph Lockwood, MD, and James Park, PhD, on Team Gray: Brain Cancers at Tulane Cancer Center's Wave Makers 5K and help their team surge to the top of the Largest Team Competition, all while supporting cancer research at Tulane Cancer Center.

📅 Sunday, October 18
⌚ "The Swell" Kids' Half-Mile Run - 8:00 AM, 5K Walk/Run - 8:30 AM
📍 Lafreniere Park, 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, 70003

Ready to make some waves? 🌊 Choose Team Gray and join the movement!

Register here: https://runsignup.com/Race/LA/Metairie/TCCWaveMakers5K

Make a Difference. Make Waves. Be a Wave Maker.

New Orleans Track Club
Tulane University School of Medicine
The Doctors of Tulane Medicine
Tulane Medical Alumni Association
Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Tulane School of Science and Engineering
Tulane Biomedical Engineering - BME
Tulane Center for Clinical Research
Tulane University Innovation Institute
Tulane Medicine - Neurosciences
Tulane - Department of Surgery
Tulane Urology
East Jefferson General Hospital
LCMC Health

09/02/2026

🎉 Where Population Science Meets Social Innovation

Michael Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA, Tulane Cancer Center’s Population Science Research Program Leader, has been appointed the Siegel Professor in Social Entrepreneurship by The Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking at Tulane, one of three Social Entrepreneurship Professorships announced.

Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Dr. Hoerger studies patient-centered communication, healthcare decision-making and supportive care for patients and families facing serious illness.

The Taylor Center advances interdisciplinary approaches to complex social challenges. During his five-year appointment, Dr. Hoerger will build connections across Tulane and with communities throughout Louisiana and beyond, advance his research through a social innovation lens, and continue to collaborate with students, scientists, clinicians and community members to elevate patients’ voices.

Please read more at the link below and join us in congratulating Dr. Hoerger on this well-deserved honor! 👏

https://tinyurl.com/yc7d3ru6

Tulane University School of Medicine
Tulane University Department of Psychology
Tulane Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Tulane School of Science and Engineering

09/01/2026

🔬 It takes a team to make MAGIC.

FOX 8 recently highlighted MAGIC-SCAN, an innovative cancer imaging project led by Tulane Cancer Center Researchers J. Quincy Brown, PhD, of Tulane Biomedical Engineering - BME, and Brian Summa, PhD, of Tulane Computer Science.

Their goal: develop technology that could help surgeons determine within minutes whether all of a patient’s cancer was removed during surgery.

And it’s truly a team science effort. The collaboration brings together Tulane Cancer Center Member Jacquelyn Turner, MD, and Jennifer Silinsky, MD, LCMC Health colorectal surgeons performing these cancer surgeries right here in our community at East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie; Tulane Cancer Center Member Spencer Krane, MD, and Sharon Fox, MD, PhD, of the New Orleans Veterans Medical Center; and Andrew Sholl, MD, of Delta Pathology, among others, combining expertise in engineering, computer science, surgery, clinical research and pathology to move this technology forward.

It’s team science in action, with local experts and other partners working across disciplines and institutions toward one shared goal: better outcomes for patients with cancer.

📺 Watch the FOX 8 story: https://www.fox8live.com/2026/08/31/tulane-researchers-aim-reduce-cancer-treatment-time-with-new-tech/

Tulane University School of Medicine
The Doctors of Tulane Medicine
Tulane School of Science and Engineering

Biden-era White House funding is supporting new tech at Tulane

08/31/2026

🍫🥂 Chocolate for a cause? Yes, please!

Join Krewe de Pink on Saturday, October 3, for the 7th annual Death by Chocolate…NOT Breast Cancer fundraiser, a one-of-a-kind chocolate tasting and culinary competition benefiting breast cancer research at Tulane Cancer Center.

Your ticket gets you an evening filled with indulgence and fun, including:

🍫 Sweet AND savory chocolate creations prepared by local chefs using white, milk and dark chocolate
🥂 Bubbly to sip while you sample — plus non-alcoholic options
👩‍🍳 A live culinary competition, with guests casting their votes for the People’s Choice Awards while official judges select their 1st- and 2nd-Place favorites
💗 A special celebration honoring Krewe de Pink’s “Sweet Survivors”
🎷 Live jazz by the Jake Francis Jazz Combo
🎟️ Raffles and a silent auction
📸 A fabulous photo station
🔬 And, most importantly, the opportunity to help advance breast cancer research at Tulane Cancer Center

📍 Schoen Mansion | 3827 Canal Street
🎟️ General Admission: $60 in advance/$75 at the door | Entry at 6:30 PM
🌟 VIP: $100 in advance/$125 at the door | Early entry at 5:30 PM, plus special takeaways and exclusive time to mingle with the chefs and Krewe de Pink’s Sweet Survivors.

Come hungry, taste them all, vote for your favorites and help turn a love of chocolate into support for innovative breast cancer research. 💗🔬

🎟️ Get your tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/death-by-chocolatenot-breast-cancer-2

Tulane University School of Medicine
The Doctors of Tulane Medicine

08/27/2026

🌊 Make Waves with Team Gold: Pediatric Cancers! 💛

About 9,680 children in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer this year. But research is changing the story. Today, about 85% of children with cancer survive at least five years, a dramatic improvement from just a few decades ago.

There’s still more work to do. Progress has been uneven across childhood cancers, and researchers continue to seek more effective treatments with fewer long-term side effects.

Help Team Gold make waves for cancer research at the Tulane Cancer Center Wave Makers 5K! Join co-captains Susan Cheng, PhD, MPH, and Justin Farge, MD, in the race for the Largest Team trophy while supporting cancer research at Tulane. 🌊🏆

📅 Sunday, October 18
⌚ "The Swell" Kids' Half-Mile Run - 8:00 AM, 5K Walk/Run - 8:30 AM
📍 Lafreniere Park, 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, 70003

Make a Difference. Make Waves. Be a Wave Maker.

Register today: https://runsignup.com/Race/TCCWaveMakers5K/Page/TCCLargestTeamCompetition

Statistics: American Cancer Society, Cancer Facts & Figures 2026

New Orleans Track Club
Tulane University School of Medicine
The Doctors of Tulane Medicine
Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Tulane Biomedical Engineering - BME
Tulane Center for Clinical Research
Tulane University Innovation Institute
Tulane Urology
Tulane Neurocritical Care
Tulane - Department of Surgery
East Jefferson General Hospital
LCMC Health

08/26/2026

💪 MAN UP. GEAUX GET SCREENED.

Football season is here and Tulane Urology and East Jefferson General Hospital are teaming up with some familiar faces to encourage men to take care of their health.

Join us for Man Up, a FREE men’s health event where you can meet Tulane Urology experts, learn about prostate cancer screening and meet NFL legends Rickey Jackson, Bobby Hebert and MORE! 🏈

📅 Saturday, September 26 | 9 AM–Noon
📍East Jefferson General Hospital, 4200 Houma Blvd., Metairie - Esplanade Conference Room, 1st Floor

🩸 The first 100 eligible men will receive a FREE PSA blood test — a simple test that can help detect prostate cancer early.

Know your number. Know your risk. And encourage the men in your life to do the same.

💚 Man Up. Geaux get screened.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3VnDUcM

Tulane University School of Medicine
The Doctors of Tulane Medicine

08/25/2026

Meet Tulane Cancer Center Researcher Wu-Min Deng, PhD, the Gerald & Flora Jo Mansfield Piltz Endowed Professor in Cancer Research.

Since childhood, Dr. Deng has had a curiosity for the science of living things, and he eventually found a love of developmental biology.

In this episode of Tulane Med Insider, he shares how he enjoys working in a community of young scientists and developing therapies that could help cancer patients in the future, all using fruit flies as a model.

View the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtAXZFdRfwA

Tulane University School of Medicine
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine

Wu-Min Deng, PhD, is the Gerald & Flora Jo Mansfield Piltz Endowed ...

08/24/2026

🎗️ University Medical Center New Orleans & LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center expand Cancer Care for New Orleans and Beyond

Today, we helped celebrate our partners’ achievements with the ribbon-cutting for the newly expanded cancer center at UMC.

Thanks to the hard work of the LSU and LCMC teams, this expansion doubles the UMC Cancer Center’s size, creating more space to see patients, deliver lifesaving treatments and meet the growing need for cancer care across our region.

This progress was made possible by a $2 million federal grant secured by Congressman Troy A. Carter, an investment in greater access to high-quality cancer care for the people of New Orleans and Louisiana.

We’re proud to be part of the partnership:
LCMC Health + LSU Health + Tulane Medicine = better cancer care, together.

Congratulations to everyone who helped bring this expansion to life and thank you to Congressman Carter for supporting this important investment in our patients and our community.

LCMC Health
Tulane University School of Medicine
The Doctors of Tulane Medicine

08/21/2026

Congratulations to Our LCRC Trainee Travel Award Recipients! 🎉

Four of the eight recipients in the latest round of Louisiana Cancer Research Center - LCRC Trainee Travel Awards are Tulane Cancer Center trainees.

Congratulations to:

🔬 Mareme Daniel-Pougault in Hongbing Liu, PhD's Lab
🔬 Makalakshmi M. Kumar in Victoria Belancio, PhD's Lab
🔬 Katie Hebert in Elizabeth Martin, PhD's Lab
🔬 Wills Kpeli in Mark Mondrinos, PhD's Lab

The LCRC Trainee Travel Awards help undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral trainees share their research on the national stage by supporting travel to conferences where they have been selected to give poster or oral presentations.

We’re proud to see Tulane Cancer Center trainees representing our research community, building connections and gaining valuable experience while increasing the national visibility of cancer research happening right here in Louisiana.

Congratulations to our trainees and their mentors! We can’t wait to see where their research takes them. 🌊

Tulane University School of Medicine
Tulane School of Science and Engineering

08/20/2026

🌊 Make Waves with Team Navy: Colorectal & Gastrointestinal Cancers.

Nearly 159,000 Americans are expected to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2026. While overall rates have declined over the past several decades, colorectal cancer is increasingly affecting younger adults, making continued research, prevention and early detection more important than ever.

And here's an important fact: colonoscopy screening can prevent colorectal cancer by finding precancerous polyps before they become cancer.

Ready to make a splash? Help Team Navy make waves at the Tulane Cancer Center Wave Makers 5K.

📅 Sunday, October 18
⌚ "The Swell" Kids' Half-Mile Run - 8:00 AM, 5K Walk/Run - 8:30 AM
📍 Lafreniere Park, 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, 70003

Join Suzana Savkovic, PhD, and Jacquelyn Turner, MD, on Team Navy and help them race for the Largest Team trophy while supporting cancer research at Tulane Cancer Center. 🏆🌊

🌊 Make a Difference. Make Waves. Be a Wave Maker.

Register for the Wave Makers 5K: https://runsignup.com/Race/LA/Metairie/TCCWaveMakers5K

New Orleans Track Club
Tulane University School of Medicine
The Doctors of Tulane Medicine
Tulane Medical Alumni Association
Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Tulane - Department of Surgery
Tulane Biomedical Engineering - BME
Tulane Center for Clinical Research
Tulane University Innovation Institute
Tulane Medicine - Neurosciences
Tulane Urology
East Jefferson General Hospital
LCMC Health