<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/march/stephen-ferris-damon-runyon-rachleff-award.html" dsn="news"><title>SLU Professor Receives Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Award </title><description>Saint Louis University assistant professor Stephen Ferris, Ph.D., has been named one of eight recipients of the 2026 Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award. First-year recipients receive $400,000 over two years, and will have the opportunity to receive two additional years of funding (for a potential total of $800,000). </description><image>/-img/-newsfeeds/newsfeed-slu.svg</image><date>03/24/2026</date><tags><tag>Stephen Ferris</tag><tag>newsfeed-medicine</tag></tags></item>