Orientation Day at New Emory Hospital Tower

Emily Bracewell (center), director of Winship's BMT hospital unit, and team attended nurse orientation at the Emory Hospital Tower on August 1. The tower is scheduled to open its doors to patients later this summer.

Felger Honored with Klerman Prize

Winship member Jennifer Felger, PhD received the 2017 Klerman Prize for Exceptional Clinical Research from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation on July 28. The prize recognizes her work to understand how inflammation affects the brain to affect behavior in patients with major depression or medical illnesses such as cancer.

Call for Nominations: Winship Research Mentorship Award

The Winship Research Mentorship Award recognizes Winship faculty who have demonstrated outstanding mentoring in research to students, trainees or early career faculty during the past year. Nominations will be accepted through September 25.

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The People Behind CCC

Winship's new National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer center designation is due in part to partnerships with local and national organizations, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia CORE, Georgia Research Alliance, and the American Cancer Society all headquartered in Atlanta. These partnerships provide opportunities for Winship investigators to collaborate on projects and compete for cancer research funding. An example is Winship's American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (ACS-IRG), which provides pilot funding to early-career cancer research faculty and which is currently accepting letters of intent. Pictured: Paula Vertino, PhD (center), principal investigator of the ACS-IRG.

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Winship Welcomes New Cancer Network Development Director

Vanessa Bramble is Winship's new director of network development. She will focus on building the Winship Cancer Network and its increased clinical integration. Bramble previously served as director of operations for Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.

Otolaryngologists Attend International Congress

Amy Chen, MD and Merry Sebelik, MD attended the 3rd World Congress on Thyroid Cancer in Boston, the world's largest meeting dedicated to thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. Chen served as faculty for the ultrasound course, two instruction courses, and was a panelist on management of advanced thyroid cancer.

Park Wins Best Student Paper at MARSS

Kihan Park (left), a PhD student of Winship member Jaydev Desai, PhD (right), received the Best Student Paper Award at the International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales, July 17-21 in Montreal, Canada.

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Welcome, Breast Surgery Fellows!

Meet the new class of breast surgery fellows, Brianna McDevitt, MD and Albert Diehl III, MD, who will be based primarily at Grady Memorial Hospital. Winship surgical oncologist Cletus Arciero, MD serves as director of the breast oncology fellowship program.

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Winship Volunteers Host Hope Lodge Luau

Winship Volunteer Services hosted a luau complete with a Hawaiian BBQ lunch, hula competition, and other fun activities for cancer patients and caregivers at Atlanta's Hope Lodge. The American Cancer Society's Winn-Dixie Atlanta Hope Lodge offers cancer patients and their caregivers free lodging during treatment.

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Call for Elkin Lecture Speakers

Winship members are encouraged to submit up to two nominations for future Elkin Lecture speakers. Email Tiffany Norman with a brief paragraph describing why the candidate would be a good choice. Nominees should not have given an Elkin Lecture within the last three years.

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Elevators Sport Winship 5K Wraps

The elevator doors in Winship buildings on the Clifton Campus, Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital received a makeover last week to promote the 7th annual Winship Win the Fight 5K, which will be held Saturday, October 14 on the Emory campus.