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A generous $1 million gift from John and Valli Duval will provide enduring support for cancer research and clinical innovation at the University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The gift established an endowed fund and the John F. and Valli S. Duval Endowed Professorship for Gastrointestinal Oncology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Dr. Rachna Shroff, associate director of clinical research at the Cancer Center, will be the inaugural holder of the professorship.

A postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sarah Yeo, Ph.D., has been awarded a $100,000 research grant from the Prevent Cancer Foundation to advance efforts to improve breast and cervical cancer screening among underserved women. Her research focuses on refugee women from Muslim-majority countries who face significant barriers to preventive health care in the United States.

The Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention’s Outreach and Engagement Core, a program of the University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center, hosted a three-day cancer patient navigation training at the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University in January to strengthen cancer care support across tribal and rural communities in Arizona.