Stephenson Cancer Center Physician Proposes New Clinical Trial Concept for Ovarian Cancer

Katherine Moxley, M.D.

Stephenson Cancer Center Physician Proposes New Clinical Trial Concept for Ovarian Cancer

Gynecologic oncologist Katherine Moxley, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is one of only 10 physician-scientists nationwide to receive a leadership award from the National Cancer Institute.

This highly competitive honor – the NCI Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award – recognizes Moxley’s efforts to improve the lives of people with cancer through leading NCI-funded clinical trials. The award acknowledges her leadership efforts at the Stephenson as well as with clinical trials collaborators throughout the United States.

The award comes with a monetary prize that she will use to develop a comprehensive precision medicine program at the Stephenson Cancer Center. The program will further the investigations of basic and translational scientists across OU and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, specifically studying areas of cancer treatment for which effective drugs are lacking.