Cancer Vaccine Institute News

Dr. Nora Disis is partnering with some of the nation’s top cancer researchers to fast-track cancer vaccines to market.

'Imagine if we could roll out our vaccines across many different centers in the country,' Dr. Kiran Dhillon said on The Boobie Docs podcast.

Take a look at the Cancer Vaccine Institute's 2023 Year in Review.

Dr. Nora Disis reflects on her career, starting as the only female student in her fellowship to now founder and director of the CVI.

'Can you imagine a world where no one would die of breast cancer because of a vaccine? The time is now,' said Dr. Nora Disis on TODAY.

Did you know September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month? We’re sharing the stories of Jamie Crase and Julie Duggan, two of our patients...

The American Chemical Society (ACS) announced today that Dr. Nora Disis, CVI Founder and Director, will receive the 2024 ACS Award for...

Photo Credits: Jennifer Childs and Kiran Dhillon The Cancer Vaccine Institute held our first ever patient reunion during the CVI Circle - Empowering Patients, Advancing Science event last week in Seattle and virtually. Festivities kicked off with an informal dinner for CVI patients and family members, along with key CVI faculty and staff, on the evening of Thursday, June 15th. Patients were very excited to meet others who had gone through the same or similar clinical trials f

We're delighted to announced that two Cancer Vaccine Institute faculty have been awarded funding by the Andy Hill Cancer Research...

From top left to bottom right: Dr. Raymonda Johnson, Dr. Kiran Dhillon, Glorianne Jackson, Marilyn Lacy, Dr. Shaveta Vinayak, Dr. Nora...

Friday, June 15th-16th, 2023 In-person in Seattle, Washington & Virtually The CVI Circle - Empowering Patients, Advancing Science ("The CVI Circle") is an event organized by the Cancer Vaccine Institute at the University of Washington to bring together patients, clinicians, and researchers. We are proud to partner with our amazing Patient Advisory Council the planning of this event. Our goal is for everyone - patients, clinicians, & scientists - to have the opportunity to pa

Dr. Denise Cecil, CVI Principal Scientist, was awarded an honorable mention for her abstract and presentation of her work on the link...

Gizmodo, the science, technology, and design website, selected the Cancer Vaccine Institute as a winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair...

The Cancer Vaccine Institute hosted US Congressman Rick Larsen (WA-02) on February 14th for a tour of the lab at South Lake Union....

Seattle Met Magazine recently interviewed CVI Director, Dr. Nora Disis, and CVI Director of Clinical Trials, Dr. Shaveta Vinayak on our...

CVI's Executive Director Dr. Kiran Dhillon spoke with KIRO7 news anchors Monique Ming Laven and Gary Horcher about our recent publication...

We're grateful to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation for supporting our work in developing a vaccine that targets inflammation from...

CVI Director Dr. Nora Disis spoke with Karina Vargas from KOMO4 news about the findings of our Phase I clinical trial with a HER2 ICD DNA...

We're excited to see the findings from our recent publication in JAMA Oncology describing our Phase I clinical trial with the HER2 ICD...

Check out CVI's Dr. Nora Disis' interview with KUOW NPR on the exciting prospects of cancer vaccines for therapy, cancer interception and...