Honoring Brilliance
Dr. Maitra was featured in Yeshiva University's "Honoring Brilliance" campaign, recognizing her work targeting the mutant KRAS gene in colorectal cancer with a therapy aimed at improving patient survival.
https://go.yu.edu/brilliance

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Silver Telly Award for "Innovation"
Dr. Maitra was featured in "Innovation," a Yeshiva University film celebrating pioneering faculty research, which won a Silver Telly Award — one of the world's leading honors for video and television.
https://www.yu.edu/news/featured/yeshiva-university-wins-silver-telly-award-video-celebrating-innovation-and-discovery

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Lab Alumni Honored at AACR 2025
Three Yeshiva College graduates from Dr. Maitra's laboratory — Aaron Shaykevich, Yisrael Wiener, and Isaac Silverman — presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Chicago. Shaykevich received the AACR Scholar-in-Training Award for his research in the Maitra lab.
https://yu.edu/news/featured/yc-alumni-dr-radhashree-maitras-laboratory-receive-national-recognition

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Student Valedictorian Recognized for Research in the Maitra Lab
A Yeshiva University undergraduate valedictorian was recognized for his work in Dr. Maitra's lab, where he helped pioneer the creation of her computational bioinformatics lab and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed publications.
https://www.yu.edu/news/featured/nine-students-named-yus-undergraduate-valedictorians-exceptional-academic-achievement

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NIH R15 Research Enhancement Award
Dr. Maitra received a three-year, $433,953 R15 Research Enhancement Award from the National Institutes of Health to support her colorectal cancer research targeting KRAS-mutant tumors.
https://www.yu.edu/news/dr-radhashree-maitra-awarded-433953-for-cancer-research

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Faculty With Impact
Dr. Maitra was profiled in Yeshiva University's "Faculty With Impact" series highlighting her NIH-supported research into a therapy that targets the mutant KRAS gene in colorectal cancer.
https://go.yu.edu/faculty-with-impact​