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Cancer Uncovered creator and host Kristen Wynn is excited to discuss the Cancer Uncovered Podcast at the 2024 South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas.  She is part of a panel discussion called Scientific Storytelling: the Audio Advantage, on March 11, 2024.  This preview of part 2 of Episode 35 with Oncology Physician Assistant Lindsay Kozicz (and her cat) […]

In Part 1 of this episode, we prepare to shadow Livestrong Cancer Institutes Clinic Physician Assistant Lindsay Kozicz, by learning about the basics of a PA’s role in a cancer clinic, the history of the position and Lindsay’s personal journey towards this path.  

Dr. Ozbakken returns for part 2 of her discussion with “Cancerland”. She discusses Generation Z’s power to demystify cancer with the power of social media, she also brings up how cancer changes generationally amongst populations, and she ends the episodes with how students themselves can make a difference within cancer.

This summer the University of Texas at Austin together with the Livestrong Cancer Institute hosted a group of select undergraduate students for the opportunity to work with the institute and do yearlong cancer research on any topic of their choosing. Livestrong had the pleasure to work alongside these special students and put together their research. We saw many of their ambitions turn into […]

Cancer’s role in our society is oftentimes not looked at from a sociological standpoint. Rather, we approach cancer through a research and biological lens, however, there is much more to it than it meets the eye. In our latest podcast episode professor and sociologist at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Stephanie Osbakken dives […]

Clinical research manager within the department of oncology here at the Dell Medical School, Monae Carpenter, guides us through her career in research while also giving her perspective on how clinical research trials can better be understood and demystified.