Katherine Michaelis, graduate student in Physiology & Pharmacology has been selected to receive The John A. Resko Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award for their work “TLR7 as a therapeutic target for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and cancer-associated cachexia”.  

This award recognizes outstanding contributions to biomedical research in the School of Medicine and is presented to a graduate student in recognition of research leading to completion of an outstanding thesis. The award is made in honor of John A. Resko, Ph.D., chair and professor emeritus of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, for over 30 years of excellence in research, mentoring, and dedicated leadership of the basic science graduate studies program.