Two pediatric cancer researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham received a total of $262,824 from the St. Baldrick's Foundation to advance research and treatments for childhood cancer.
Jonathan McConathy, MD, PhD, associate professor in the division of molecular imaging and therapeutics, received $99,375 to combine imaging techniques to enhance the accuracy of treating brain tumors.
Corey Falcon, MD, fellow in the department of pediatrics, received $163,449 from St. Baldrick's Not All Who Wander Are Lost Fund to advance his research on developing a cellular suicide gene.
St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer-based charity dedicated to raising money to support pediatric cancer research.