Mary Kay’s philanthropic organization The Mary Kay Ash Foundation celebrated its five-year partnership with Southwestern Medical Center as they endeavor to improve the future of cancer research. Together, the two entities host the International Postdoctoral Scholars in Cancer Research Fellowship program, which is a two-year postdoctoral program hosted at the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
The goal of this collaborative program is to recruit top international researchers in their respective fields, then provide them with experience, mentorship and a return grant to continue their pursuits in their home country. Since its inception, the partnership has recruited 13 researches from Brazil, China, Germany, Mexico, Singapore, Spain and Portugal, all of whom have made significant contributions to notable research publications.
The 2023 class includes Dongqi Xie, PhD; Principal Investigator Jerry Shay, PhD; Pedro Nogueira, PhD; Debora Andrade Silva, PhD; Hong-Yi Liu, PhD; Maria Del Chica Parrado, PhD; Quan Wang, PhD; Rodrigo Catalan, PhD; and Malini Rethnam, PhD.
