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Pharmaceutical Professor at

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Receives $67,858 Grant from the Herb Kosten Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund

Memphis, Tenn. (September 13, 2011) – The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is pleased to announce that Ram I. Mahato, PhD, professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy has received a grant for $67,858 from the Herb Kosten Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund.  The award, which will be distributed over a one-year period, will fund his study titled “Combination Therapy with EGFR and Hedgehog Inhibitor for Treating Pancreatic Cancer.”  Dr. Mahato’s research team includes Stephen Behrman, MD, UTHSC associate professor of Surgery and director of the collaboration between the Herb Kosten Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund and UTHSC.