Sky Foundation is proud to highlight the success of a rising cancer researcher from the lab of Dr. Asfar Azmi at Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University. Husain Yar Khan, Ph.D. was awarded the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research AACR Scholar-in-Training Award at the 2025 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting—an honor given to the top 5% of submitted abstracts.
His research focuses on innovative KRAS-targeting therapies, a promising frontier in the fight against pancreatic cancer. Under the mentorship of Dr. Azmi—whose lab received early seed funding from Sky Foundation—this work represents a vital step toward clinical breakthroughs that could improve outcomes for patients with KRAS-mutant pancreatic cancer.
We are honored to have played a small part in helping advance research that is now being recognized on a global stage.