Cancer Vaccine Institute News

Kim was diagnosed with stage IIIC ovarian cancer on September 28, 2009. She had experienced some of the classic symptoms of ovarian...

By Jamie C. My cancer story begins in 2007, when I was a healthy, traveling, living life, family planning 34 year old. I had never been...

Kim C. participated in one of our clinical trials in 2005. We are so grateful for Kim and all of our patient volunteers! Their...

What happens to cancer research in a pandemic? We know that cancer does not slow its roll in a pandemic so the CVI adapted quickly

CVI’s Dr. William Gwin was interviewed by NBC 10 in Rhode Island about his Phase 1 clinical trial

Dr. Will Gwin and colleagues recently discussed the challenges cancer vaccine clinical trials faced due to the pandemic.

The UW Medicine Cancer Vaccine Institute and the Fred Hutch thank Safeway and Albertsons for their March check stand fundraiser!

Thank you Safeway and Albertsons for your incredible fundraising efforts on behalf of the UW Medicine Cancer Vaccine Institute!

Our team joyfully accepted a gift of $50,000 to support CVI breast cancer research during a virtual check presentation with Nina Morrison an

The CVI is grateful to one of our longest and most generous donors—Wings of Karen. Kristi Blair established this foundation in honor of her

CVI Director, Dr. Nora Disis was featured in a recent Women Trailblazers at UW Medicine virtual event which was moderated by Dr. Shaveta Vin

The CVI is developing vaccines for breast, colon, ovarian, prostate, pancreatic, sarcoma, lung, and bladder cancers. While our early...

oreen has dedicated over 15 years to being a fierce advocate for our research participants.

The Cancer Vaccine Institute has launched a Patient Advisory Council as part of our efforts to increase patient engagement and education.

We could not waiver on our mission to develop cancer vaccines and other immune therapies and must keep progressing our research.

We're excited to announce a new clinical trail for advanced stage HER2+ breast cancer, in partnership with Veana Therapeutics.

Check out this American Cancer Society Theory Lab podcast featuring the CVI's fearless leader, Dr. Nora Disis.

Dr. Nora Disis, CVI Director, discusses her career path as a physician-scientist with ASCO Connection

Dr. Disis discusses the importance of clinical trials with Seattle's KOMO 4 News. Read the more here.

Personalized cancer vaccines in clinical trials article in The Scientist (July 2019)