Singh Awarded for Excellence In Cancer Research

Cancer researcher Dr. Seema Singh has been named the recipient of the 2020 Mayer Mitchell Award for Excellence in Cancer Research. Singh, a professor of pathology at the University of South Alabama (USA) College of Medicine and a cancer researcher at the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute, conducts research on the role of inflammatory signaling in cancer progression, angiogenesis and metastasis, cancer stem cells and cancer health disparities. The $10,000 award was established in 2009 by University of South Alabama Trustee Arlene Mitchell in memory of her late husband, Mayer Mitchell, a Mobile businessman, longtime USA trustee and formative figure in the establishment of the Mitchell Cancer Institute.