Houston scientist wins prestigious Pew Scholar award for brain cancer research (opens original article in a new tab)

A Houston scientist has won a prestigious biomedical award to advance brain cancer research using innovative hydrogel models to study tumor behavior and potential treatments.

• Christina Tringides, an assistant professor at Rice University, won the Pew Biomedical Scholar award
• The award provides $300,000 over four years to support her research on glioblastoma brain cancer
• Tringides uses hydrogels to model brain tissue and study how cancer spreads and interacts with neurons
• She is the first Rice University faculty member to receive this distinction