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Karen Mustian, PhD, associate director for Population Science at Wilmot, leader of Wilmot’s Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program (CPC) and a professor in the Department of Surgery, Cancer Control, received the Davey Award for Outstanding Research at the 28th Annual Wilmot Cancer Institute Symposium.

Community engagement, done right, can have a major impact on cancer care and scientific advances. Wilmot’s Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) office is facilitating more of those inspirational moments between folks like Karen Mustian (Freeman calls her “Dr. Karen”) and CCAC members. In this case, Mustian was seeking input from Freeman and others on a National Cancer Institute grant involving yoga as a way to reduce pain among Black cancer patients.

Karen Mustian, PhD, MPH, tenured dean’s professor in the Division of Cancer Control, Department of Surgery, and a longtime leader at the Wilmot Cancer Institute, has been promoted to Associate Director of Population Science at Wilmot. The new position took effect July 1, 2023.

Research from the University of Rochester Medical Center recently presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) shows that yoga can help reduce fatigue and inflammation and improve the overall quality of life for older cancer survivors.

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