| |  | | | For the second year in a row, nine-time NBA All-Star and Hall of Fame inductee Dominique Wilkins will serve as the grand marshal of the Winship Win the Fight 5K. This year's run/walk will take place on Saturday, Oct. 13 on the Emory University Quadrangle on Dowman Drive. | | Read More |
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| | | | |  | | Reviving the Protector: New Tactic Against Medulloblastoma | Winship scientists, led by senior author Erwin Van Meir, PhD, describe a new tactic against medulloblastoma in the June 11 issue of Cancer Cell. The team used a compound to revive a protective gene called BAI1, resulting in medulloblastoma inhibition in cell culture and mouse models. Image: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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| |  | | Call for Nominations: Winship 5K Professorship | The Winship Win the Fight 5K has established a new fund for donations that will support an annual Winship 5K Endowed Professorship in Cancer Research. The Winship 5K Professorship will recognize faculty for exceptional service both at the institutional and national levels. Nominations are due July 13.
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| | |  | | Torres Selected for ASCO Leadership Program | Mylin Torres, MD, director of the Glenn Family Breast Center at Winship, is one of 16 physicians selected from the U.S. and overseas to participate in the American Association of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2018 Leadership Development Program. The program trains leaders in oncology advocacy and professional development.
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| |  | | Vote Dhodapkar for SITC Leadership Role | Madhav Dhodapkar, MD, director of the Winship Center for Cancer Immunology, is a candidate for the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) At-Large Director. SITC members can cast their votes for Dhodapkar through June 28.
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| | |  | | Kucuk Delivers Morehouse Grand Rounds | Winship medical oncologist Omer Kucuk, MD presented updates on research and trends in integrative oncology at Morehouse School of Medicine's Grand Rounds held June 13 at Grady Memorial Hospital.
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| |  | Window Into Winship | | This week, meet Winship volunteer Bari Ross. Ross, who first came to Winship as a patient, is a volunteer chair of the Winship Patient & Family Advisors (PFA), a member of the Emory Healthcare PFA Council, and a Winship Peer Partner. She was recently appointed to a three-year term as a patient advocate on the National Cancer Institute's Head & Neck Steering Committee's Metastatic Recurrent Task Force. As a Task Force member, Ross will help develop evidence-based strategies for clinical trials designed to improve the quality of life for patients with head and neck cancer. |
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| | | | |  | | Call for Nominations: SOM Faculty Awards | Emory University School of Medicine is seeking nominations for three annual awards that recognize faculty contributions in the areas of mentoring, distinguished service, and excellence in diversity & inclusion. Details and required materials are available on the Faculty Development website. Nominations are due July 13.
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| |  | | Atlanta To Host International Workshop on Breast Imaging | The 14th International Workshop on Breast Imaging, taking place July 8-11 at the Emory Conference Center Hotel, will bring together professionals committed to developing technology for early detection and management of breast cancer. Organizers include Winship specialists Drs. Elizabeth Krupinski, Michael Cohen, Mimi Newell, and Keerthi Gogineni.
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| | |  | | Register: Swim Across America Benefiting Leukemia Research | The 2018 Swim Across America will take place on Saturday, Sept. 22 at Lake Lanier. This year, funds will benefit a leukemia research project led by Douglas Graham, MD, PhD, director of the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Sign up and join the Winship team as a swimmer or volunteer.
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| | Winship's grants aggregator automatically updates each morning with the newest federal funding opportunities from grants.gov: |
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| - NIH UG1: NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Community Sites, Research Bases, and Minority/Underserved Community Sites (LOI Due: July 31, 2018)
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) R33: Natural Product Early Phase Clinical Trial Award (Due: Aug. 31, 2018)
- NIH R01: The Role of Epitranscriptomics in Development and Disease (Due: Nov. 7, 2018) |
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