Nakea Pennant receives 2024 AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Award

Nakea Pennant, a PhD candidate at Clark-Atlanta University and a participant in the 2023 Clark-Atlanta University-UCLA DMMP Summer Research Program, won the 2024 AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Award with her project “CXCR4/CB2 Antagonizes CXCR4-mediated metastasis in Tumor Growth in-vivo”.

Congratulations, Nakea!

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