Sara C. Rockwell, Ph.D.

Sara C. Rockwell, Ph.D., professor of therapeutic radiology and pharmacology, was honored in May as the second Virginia Logan Lecturer at the Department of Radiation Oncology and Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Medical College/Thomas Jefferson University. The award recognizes her contributions to the field of tumor biology. She presented two lectures, “Micro-environmental Heterogeneity in Solid Tumors: Problems and Targets for Therapy” and “Adverse Microenvironments in Solid Tumors: Their Role in Tumor Resistance, Tumor Evolution and Tumor Progression.”