Winship Lung Cancer Specialists Gather for International Meeting

Winship clinicians and researchers participated in the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) meeting Sept. 23-26 in Toronto, delivering some of the conference's key scientific talks. Pictured: Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, Kristin Higgins, MD, Madhu Behera, PhD, Janine Revenig, PA, Taofeek Owonikoko, MD, PhD, and Suresh Ramalingam, MD.

NIH Funds Atlanta Point-of-Care Technologies Center

Winship member Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD, and collaborators from Emory, Georgia Tech, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, have received a $7 million, five-year U54 grant from the National Institutes of Health, which will establish a new center for microelectronics-based point-of-care technologies.

Leading the Way in Oncology Nurse Training

Emory School of Nursing students and recent graduates like Winship Infusion Center nurse Stephanie Lee (pictured above) have access to unique curricula and training experiences in ambulatory oncology. These and other joint efforts by Winship and the Emory School of Nursing are helping cultivate and support the next generation of oncology nursing talent.

Khanna Featured in Latest "Conversations" Video Series

In a new video from the Emory Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Winship gynecologic oncologist Namita Khanna, MD, MSPH, talks about the importance of gynecologic cancer screenings and why the growing number of women physicians benefits both patients and providers.

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Harvey Joins ASCO Advocacy Volunteers on Capitol Hill

R. Donald Harvey, PharmD, director of the Winship Phase I Clinical Trials Section, visited with lawmakers and congressional staffers in Washington, D.C. as part of the 2018 ASCO Advocacy Summit, Sept. 25-26. The annual summit helps educate policymakers about key cancer priorities. (Photo credit: ASCO)

Window Into Winship

Each week, Winship clinical working groups representing each disease site meet to review cases, evaluate patient enrollment on clinical trials, and enhance current care models and treatment approaches. Pictured, members of the Winship Genitourinary Clinical Research Working Group: (standing) Mehmet Asim Bilen, MD, Onorine Foretia, Bradley Carthon, MD, PhD, Wilena Session, Sarah Caulfield, Charmaine Cotterell, Jessica Ezeugo (front) Kelsea Lozada, Omer Kucuk, MD, and Wayne Harris, MD.

The Clinical Practice Updates in Hemostasis and Thrombosis conference will be held on Saturday, Nov. 10 in the Glenn Auditorium at Emory University Hospital Midtown.

The Role of Spiritual Health in Cancer Treatment

Caroline Peacock, LCSW, MDiv, Winship's manager of spiritual health, shares the importance of having someone to talk to about the spiritual side of the cancer diagnosis in a recent Advancing Your Health blog post.