Courtney D. Dill, PhD, MSBR, MSCR

My 1st Author Publication: A network approach reveals driver genes associated with survival of patients with triple-negative breast cancer cell.com/iscience/fullt… #TrynaGrad #BlackinCancer #BlackinGenetics #WomenInSTEM #WomenWhoCode #AcademicTwitter

Hosted another successful #CPFP Alumni Mixer. #aacr24

Cheered on 2 of my mentees who won travel awards, University of Iowa grad student Sarina Murray (Minority in Cancer Research Award Winner) and NCI CPFP Shariar Zamani (Scholar in Training Award Winner). I was beaming with pride for the both of them. #aacr24 #mentorship

Late Post. Highlights from 2024 AACR Annual Meeting Took a NCI group photo with the new NCI Director W. Kimryn Rathmell and another with the Director and movers and shakers in the Black in Cancer Group.

@jkmcgee It’s never complete without u there 🤗

@CoCo_PhD Wish I could’ve been there with y’all!

Today I was one of several #CPFP fellows (@Dr_HCamaraThiam, @DrMargaritaCM, @ARHarris_PhDMPH, @JenZink_PhD) that received a @NCI Merit Award for acting as a mentor in the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program.

@ARHarris_PhDMPH @JessGorzelitz @JacBVo @gretchenbenson

Co-hosted one of the largest #NCI #CPFP Alumni mixers. #ASPO2024

Highlights from my 1st #ASPO Annual Meeting! Saw the Chicago river dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day. #ASPO2024

@ARHarris_PhDMPH @JessGorzelitz @JacBVo Please tag the CPFP alumni you know.

Supported fellow NCI fellow, Paloma, at her first poster presentation.

Gave my 2nd ever national talk on my colon cancer study examining the “Association of Combined Polygenic Risk Score and Environmental Score with Risk of Recurrent Adenoma in the PLCO and PPT cohorts” at the @ASPrevOnc session, “Looking Back, Thinking Forward 4. #ASPO2024

Attended my 1st conference (#ASPO2024) with my #NCI preceptor, @HormuzdKatki , who taught me how to build cancer risk prediction models and finally got a picture of the 2 of us.

@KCBSkope @KeystoneSymp Happy Birthday 🎂 🎈

For my birthday celebrating with a @KeystoneSymp talk and poster #KSCancerMicro2024! #microbiome #cancer (obligatory poster setup pic)

1st session was so insightful. Looking forward to the next!

Saw the fireworks from the Ohana restaurant at the Disney Polynesian resort and finally tasted the delicious cookies at Gideon’s Cake House located at the Disney Springs Resort.

I made new friends!

I look forward to attending the AACR Cancer Disparity Conference every year. #AACRdisp23 was one for the books!