Saint Mary’s explores further collaboration with Gundersen Lutheran

Audrey Kintzi, vice president for development; Phil Schumacher M’74, Gundersen Medical Foundation executive director of development; Dr. Steven Titus, senior vice president for university advancement; Dr. Carl Simon Shelley, Gundersen Lutheran Hospital; Brother Ed Siderewicz, special assistant to the president.

A noted cancer researcher was on the Winona campus in late March to discuss Saint Mary's, our science programs, and our vision for the sciences. Dr. Carl Simon Shelley, director of hematology/oncology research in Gundersen Lutheran Hospital’s Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders, spoke with university officers and faculty to explore opportunities for further partnerships that would engage both students and teachers. Dr. Shelley discussed the possibility for high-level student internships in his state-of-the-art research lab, as well as opportunities for SMU faculty to present at Gundersen Lutheran and hospital staff to present at Saint Mary's. Biology major Bethany Schmidt will intern in Dr. Shelley's lab this summer.

A Saint Mary's group visited Dr. Shelley and his La Crosse laboratory this past winter. Dr. Shelley’s research activity is supported by Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation and the Kabara Cancer Research Institute at Gundersen Lutheran established by Saint Mary's Trustee Betty Kabara and the late Dr. John Kabara '48.