July 20, 2021

Winship names Elkin Fellows and Rochfort Scholars

Photo of Winship names Elkin Fellows and Rochfort Scholars

Nell W. and William Simpson Elkin Fellowship recipients Deepthi Kodali, MBBS and Lisa Sudmeier, MD, PhD, and Chester Rochfort Scholarship recipients Jessica Keilson, MD and Caitlin Taylor, MD, MS.

Four Winship trainees in hematology and medical oncology, radiation oncology, and surgery are recipients of this year's Nell W. and William Simpson Elkin Fellowship and Chester Rochfort Scholarship.

The awards are given out annually to extraordinary physician-scientists enrolled in eligible Emory training programs who have career goals in the research and treatment or prevention of cancer. Each award comes with an endowment of up to $35,000 to help cover salary, laboratory costs, and other research-related expenses, such as travel to conferences and meetings.

This cycle's Nell W. and William Simpson Elkin Fellowship recipients are:

Deepthi Kodali, MBBS
Fellow, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Project Title: A Pilot Study Utilizing a Mobile App to Improve Adherence to Endocrine Therapy in Hormone Positive Breast Cancer Patients

Lisa Sudmeier, MD, PhD
Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology
Project Title: Defining the Spatial Distribution of CD8+ T Cell Populations in Brain Metastases

This cycle's Chester Rochfort Scholarship recipients are:

Jessica Keilson, MD
Resident, Department of Surgery
Project Title: Galectin-9 expression and its role in tumorigenesis and immune evasion in cholangiocarcinoma

Caitlin Taylor, MD, MS
Fellow, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Project Title: Clinicopathologic and molecular factors associated with chemoresistance in triple negative breast cancer

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