Byu Simmons Center for Cancer Research

the byu simmons center for cancer research is an organization composed of distinguished professors in the fields of chemical engineering; chemistry and biochemistry; health sciences; integrative biology; microbiology and molecular biology; nutrition, dietetics and food science; physiology and developmental biology; and statistics. these professors are some of the best noted and productive researchers in their respective departments. every year the sccr funds numerous cancer research fellowships, allowing students a chance to work with these prestigious researchers to study cancer and its mechanisms. these professors and students are driven to make a significant contribution to the discovery of a cure for cancer. since 1997, when the fellowship program was initiated, more than 200 undergraduate and graduate students have been funded for full-time cancer research over a semester. their research has resulted in more than 140 publications with more to come. more importantly, the sccr fe