(Left to right) Rochfort Scholarship recipient Yifu Ding, MD, PhD, and Elkin Fellowship recipients Michelle Lee, MD, PhD, Rahul Nayak, MD, and Kailey Oppat, MD.
Four Winship trainees from Emory University School of Medicine’s Departments of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Surgery, and Radiation Oncology are recipients of this year's Nell W. and William S. Elkin Fellowships and Chester P. 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. Elkin Fellowship recipients receive $35,000, and Rochfort Scholarship recipients receive $10,000 for one year 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 S. Elkin Fellowship recipients are:
Michelle Lee, MD, PhD
Fellow, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Project Title: Unraveling Racial Disparities and Microenvironment Dynamics in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
Rahul Nayak, MD
Fellow, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Project Title: A Phase 1b/2 Study of the STAT3 Inhibitor Atovaquone for the Treatment of non-GCB-DLBCL
Kailey Oppat, MD
Surgical Oncology Research Fellow, Department of Surgery
Project Title: Modulating Macrophages in Colorectal Liver Metastases to Enhance Antitumor Immunity
This cycle's Chester P. Rochfort Scholarship recipient is:
Yifu Ding, MD, PhD
Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology
Project Title: Effect of Neoadjuvant αPD-1 Infusion Timing on Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Melanoma Patients