Cancer Researcher at Work

George Rebane

It’s time for one of my infrequent Proud Grandpa sessions.  Granddaughter Elizabeth is a project lead doing cancer research at UCLA.  Her work continues in the fight against Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), a particularly deadly form of brain cancer that took the life of our granddaughter and her cousin Ellen at the age of 14.  The research is part of her work toward a PhD in neurosciences.  Today she is at the Society for Neuro-oncology conference in Phoenix presenting her work, a project she actually started during her undergraduate studies, to the cancer research community.  The photo shows her with a storyboard illustrating her research and the published paper on which she is the lead author.

Elizabeth is part of our Northern Tribe from the Seattle area.  Today she lives in Westwood (home of UCLA) literally three blocks from the first apartment that Jo Ann and I rented after we married while still undergrads.  Elizabeth is the fifth in our family to get degrees from UCLA, and will be the second to earn her PhD from there.  Grandma and Papa (prenom de famille) couldn’t be prouder of this arrow into our future.

Comments

[Bill Tozer]

👏

[Russ]

Congratulations to Elizabeth.

In October I was the unnamed patient on a medical conference poster in New Orleans for a UC Davis Medical Center cancer research paper. It feels good to participate.

[MikeL]

Bravo.. when I see young people doing great things I have hope for humanity.

[Toomas Rebane]

Congratulations to Dad and to his well deserving daughter. Hästi tehtud!

[Scott O]

Gives us all a bit of hope to see such a positive and hard working younger person.
You and your whole family have a right to be proud.

[Don Bessee]

Dr. R there does appear to something to that genetics stuff!

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

This news is so darn good I am beaming with pride for the Rebane family and especially Elizabeth (whom I don’t know) that this needs an encore. Bro o, Bravo!👏👏👏👏👏

[scenes]

Excellent. It's good to see that.