Winship Team Publishes Findings on Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer Patients in Science

Winship investigators reveal how the protein CD28 can be used to predict a patient's response to certain cancer immunotherapies. The results of the study were published March 9 in Science.

Pathologists Gather for USCAP Meeting

Daniel Brat, MD, PhD delivered the Nathan Kaufman Timely Topics special lecture at the 106th U.S. and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting held March 4-10 in San Antonio. Volkan Adsay, MD served as the meeting's president and presented research along with dozens of Winship colleagues.

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Targeting LKB1 and KRAS Mutations in Lung Cancer

Researchers at Winship have demonstrated a clinically viable treatment strategy for LKB1- and KRAS- mutant lung tumors. Their findings were published March 9 in JCI Insight. Pictured: first and senior authors Drs. Wei Zhou, Adam Marcus, and Melissa Gilbert-Ross.

Thoracic Cancers Symposium Preview

Winship investigators are headed to San Francisco for the 2017 Multidisciplinary Thoracic Cancers Symposium, March 16-18. Executive Director Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD will give a keynote address. Radiation oncology resident Richard Cassidy, MD will discuss his oral abstract in a news briefing highlighting the symposium's top research studies.

Watch Cassidy's News Briefing on March 17

Ramalingam Elected to Board Exam Committee

Suresh Ramalingam, MD has been elected to the American Board of Internal Medicine's Medical Oncology Board Exam Committee, the governing body responsible for creating examinations for Board Certified physicians. Ramalingam will begin his two-year term on the committee July 1.

Torres and Lash Meet with Norwegian Breast Cancer Colleagues

Mylin Torres, MD and Timothy L. Lash, DSc, MPH recently traveled to Stavanger, Norway and met with colleagues from the Prospective Breast Cancer Biobanking Program at Stavanger University and Haukeland University hospitals.

Winship Appoints Nursing Education Manager

Karen Russell, MSN, RN, AOCNS has been named nursing education manager for Winship. Russell, who joined Winship in 2003, will begin her new role April 9.

New Security Screening at Children's

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta now requires all adults to show identification upon entering hospital buildings. Accepted forms of ID include Emory or Children's employee badges, state-issued IDs, and passports.

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Forum Brings Together Senior and Early-Career Faculty

The 2nd Annual Young Investigators Forum in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer was held March 10-11 in Atlanta. Winship deputy director Suresh Ramalingam, MD served as co-chair of the event. Winship immunology expert Rafi Ahmed, PhD was the keynote speaker.