Umer Majeed Khaja, a resident of Seelu Sopore and a researcher in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at Kashmir University, has been awarded the prestigious Global Scholar-in-Training Award (GSITA) 2025 by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
The highly competitive GSITA award is granted to only 15 researchers worldwide and recognizes Umer’s outstanding contributions to colorectal cancer research.
He is one of only two researchers from India selected this year, with the other recipient hailing from AIIMS in New Delhi.
The award provides full sponsorship for Umer to attend the AACR Annual Meeting 2025 in Chicago, USA (April 25–30), where he will present his research, engage with leading cancer scientists, and explore advancements in cancer research.
