| |  | | | Two Winship fellows from Emory University School of Medicine's Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology and a fellow from the Department of Pediatrics are the recipients of this year's Nell W. and William Simpson Elkin Fellowship and Chester Rochfort Scholarship. Andres Chang, MD, PhD (left), and Sanjay Chandrasekaran, MD (right), and were each awarded a Nell W. and William Simpson Elkin Fellowship. Ashley Eason, MD (center), was awarded the Chester Rochfort Scholarship. The awards are given out annually to extraordinary trainees (MD or MD/PhD) engaged in cancer research or clinical care at Emory. | | Read More |
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| |  | | NIH Partners on Prostate Cancer Disparities Study | The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Prostate Cancer Foundation have launched a $26.5 million study to examine the underlying factors that put African-American men at higher risk for prostate cancer. The Georgia Cancer Registry, led by Winship investigator Kevin Ward, PhD, was selected as one of the nine participating cancer registries that will conduct field work to recruit men for the study.
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| | |  | | Overcoming Resistance to a Standard Chemotherapy Drug | Despite being studied for decades, the chemotherapy drug cisplatin is revealing new aspects of how it works. A Winship research team led by senior author Sumin Kang, PhD, identified an enzyme responsible for making tumors and cancer cell lines resistant to cisplatin, along with an experimental drug that targets that enzyme. The results were published on July 19 in Cancer Cell.
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| |  | | | On July 20, the Dunwoody Country Club Champions Golf Association presented Winship with $265,000 raised through the club's 2018 John H. Kauffman Prostate Cancer Fundraiser. Funding from the annual event supports prostate cancer research at Winship, including pilot grant opportunities for Winship investigators. Pictured: event chair Dave Anderson, Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, Martin Sanda, MD, and Tom Benes. | | Learn More |
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| |  | | Bruner Honored for NRG Oncology Service | Deborah Watkins Bruner, RN, PhD, was honored for her service as deputy chair of publications at the NRG Oncology Semiannual Meeting held July 12 in Philadelphia. Winship Executive Director Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, is NRG Oncology's group chair along with Drs. Robert Mannel (pictured right) and Norman Wolmark.
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| | |  | | Fairs To Showcase Winship Supportive Services | Winship Volunteer Services will host a week-long series of resource fairs, July 23-27, from 10am to 2pm, at four Winship campuses. Each fair will feature interactive sessions to help patients and their loved ones learn more about the supportive services available to them.
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| |  | | | Led by Drs. Adam Marcus, Theresa Gillespie, and Jasmine Miller-Kleinhenz, Citizen Science HD's Big Data Academy kicked off on July 16. Fifteen middle school girls from across Georgia are taking part in this free, two-week coding academy that focuses on real big data to understand the causes of cancer. Citizen Science HD is supported by an NIH SEPA grant, Winship, and Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance. | | Learn More |
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| Winship's grants aggregator automatically updates each morning with the newest federal funding opportunities from grants.gov.
- DoD Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Awards Levels 1 & 2 (Due: Nov. 15, 2018)
- DoD Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Awards Levels 3 & 4 (Due: Dec. 10, 2018)
- NIH R01/R21: Diet and Physical Activity Assessment Methodology (Standard due dates apply) |
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