News & Accolades
KeyHunt Lab in the News & Media
Dr. Navarro-Yepes and Tuyen Bui collaborate on a project in the KeyHunt lab.
2019 in the News & Media
September 2019
Dr. Kelly K. Hunt contributed to U.S. News & World Report for a story titled "A Patient's Guide to Surgery."
May 2019
Congrats to Nicole M. Kettner, Ph.D. and
TRIUMPH Postdoctoral Fellow in the KeyHunt Laboratory for winning the
2019 Ben F. Love Fellowship in Innovative Cancer Therapies at the MD
Anderson Trainee Research Day.
Nicole is pictured with other awardees and Dr. Diane Bodurka, Vice President for Education at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
May 2019
Congrats to Amriti
Lulla, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow in the KeyHunt
Laboratory for receiving a 2019 Sheskey Family Fellowship in Breast
Cancer Research at the MD Anderson Trainee Research Day.
Amriti is pictured with Dr. Diane Bodurka, Vice President for Education at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
May 2019
Congrats to Kari Brewer Savannah, Ph.D., Program Manager of the CPRIT Research Training Program for her 2019 Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology Employee Performance Award.
May 2019
Congrats to Tuyen Bui, Research Investigator in the KeyHunt Lab for his 2019 Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology Employee Performance Award.
May 2019
Dr. Hunt is featured in Cancerwise this month!
HER2-positive breast cancer survivor: I believe in MD Anderson.
April 2019
Dr. Hunt is featured in this month's Cancerwise!
5 things newly diagnosed breast cancer patients should know.
2018 in the News & Media
August 2018
Dr. Hunt is featured in Cancerwise this month!
Inflammatory breast cancer survivor: Why I give back to MD Anderson.
2017 in the News & Media
December 2017
Dr. Hunt was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in recognition of her contributions to basic, translational, and clinical research.
Dr. Hunt was honored for "practice-changing breast cancer research involving sentinel lymph node biopsy, breast conservation, novel surgical staging systems, contralateral mastectomy, skin-sparing mastectomy, and quality outcome measures."
October 2017
Dr. Hunt is recognized for her contributions in the October 2017 Cancer Frontline publication titled:
Research training programs to address cancer disparities among minorities.
September 2017
Dr. Hunt is featured in Cancerwise this month!
Two-time breast cancer survivor is grateful for treatment innovations.
July 2017
Dr. Keyomarsi was recognized for her research to identify biomarkers to predict response to breast cancer treatment.
April 2017
Dr. Hunt is featured this month in Cancerwise!
March 2017
Dr. Keyomarsi was recognized for her research on the use of cyclin E staining for detecting breast cancer survival. The article appeared in the 2017 March edition of Cancer Frontline's March 2017.
2016 in the News & Media
April 2016
Dr. Hunt was recognized for developing a new breast cancer staging system that incorporates tumor biology as a critical prognostic indicator.
A new staging system for breast cancer.
The work was published in JAMA Oncology as The Neo-Bioscore Update for Staging Breast Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Incorporation of Prognostic Biological Factors Into Staging After Treatment. (PMID:26986538).
2015 in the News & Media
December 2015
Dr. Hunt was recognized for her work in leading breast cancer research in the December 2015 issue of Cancer Frontline.