Pictured (left to right): Elkin Fellows Madison Canning, MD, Tyler Kristoff, MD, and Jimmy Patel, MD, PhD, and Rochfort Scholar Nabil Saleem, MD.
Four Winship trainees from Emory University School of Medicine's Departments of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Pediatrics 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 annually to extraordinary physician-scientists enrolled in eligible Emory training programs who have career goals in cancer research and treatment or prevention. 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.
The recipients of the 2025 Nell W. and William S. Elkin Fellowship are:
Madison Canning, MD
Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellow
Emory University School of Medicine
Project Title: Beta-Adrenergic Blockade as Treatment Sensitizer to Antibody-Drug Conjugates
and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Triple Negative Breast Cancer: A Real-World Database Study
Tyler Kristoff, MD
Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellow
Emory University School of Medicine
Project Title: Serum Thymidine Kinase as a Biomarker for Response to Continuation of CDK4/6i Therapy after Progression: An Analysis of the postMONARCH trial
Jimmy Patel, MD, PhD
Radiation Oncology Resident
Emory University School of Medicine
Project Title: Development of a PARP1-Specific, Blood Brain Barrier Penetrant Radiotracer for Monitoring Advanced Breast Cancer Treatment and Brain Metastases
This recipient of the 2025 Chester P. Rochfort Scholarship is:
Nabil Saleem, MD
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow
Emory University School of Medicine
Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Project Title: Engineering Chemotherapy Resistant CAR T Cells for Acute Myeloid Leukemia