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Bookmark or Share- About JAMA OncologyDr Disis is a Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Washington (UW), and a member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She is the Associate Dean for Translational Science in the UW School of Medicine, Director of the UW Center for Translational Medicine and Women's ...
- Mary (Nora) Disis named 2024 Inventor of the YearRecognizing a UW researcher whose work in research, product development, and industry partnerships has major impacts on health. Congratulations to Dr. Mary L. (Nora) Disis, professor (Hematology and Oncology) who has been selected as the 2024 UW Inventor of the Year.
- The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccineFor the experimental cancer vaccine to work, it needs to teach the immune system’s T cells to recognize cancer as dangerous, says Disis. Once trained, T cells can travel anywhere in the body to hunt down danger.
- Mary "Nora" L. Disis M.D. - UW MedicineMary “Nora” Disis, M.D., is director of the UW Institute of Translational Health Science and the Center for Translational Medicine in Women's Health.
- From Impossible to Reality: Vaccines to Treat CancerWhen Disis began her career, she faced considerable skepticism there would ever be a vaccine capable of curing or preventing cancer. In fact, many people didn’t think the immune system had anything to do with cancer.
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