UTSW Student Wins Nominata Award for their Kidney Cancer Research

Written By Kathleen Otto

Divya Bezwada, PhD

Divya Bezwada, Ph.D., is the 2023 winner of the Nominata Award, the highest honor bestowed on a student by the UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Dr. Bezwada’s research focused on clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), the most common type of kidney cancer. ccRCC cells are known to have a disordered metabolism in culture, but her work is the first to identify how ccRCC tumors use different fuels to support growth in humans.

Kathleen Otto
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