Joan Brugge, Louise Foote Pfeiffer Professor of Cell Biology at HMS, received the Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women’s Cancers 2022 Meritorious Awards, in partnership with Pelotonia and the American Association for Cancer Research. The new award recognizes influential female researchers who have made contributions to the fundamental understanding and treatment of gynecologic cancers.
Brugge was recognized for her investigations into the mechanisms of cancer initiation, progression, and drug resistance that contribute to human carcinogenesis, as well as isolation of the protein encoded by the SRC-transforming gene of Rous sarcoma virus, and the use of three-dimensional culture conditions to reveal significant changes in the organization of normal tissue associated with cancer.
