Winship Names Two 2018 Winship 5K Endowed Professors at Annual Race

Winship Cancer Institute announced that Lawrence (Larry) Boise, PhD and Erwin Van Meir, PhD are the inaugural recipients of 2018 Winship 5K Endowed Professorships, two new endowed awards funded through a portion of the proceeds from the Winship Win the Fight 5K Run/Walk held on Oct. 13, 2018. Pictured: Van Meir (left) and Boise (right) with Winship 5K Grand Marshal Dominique Wilkins of the Atlanta Hawks.

Winship Researchers To Present at ASTRO 2018

Nearly two dozen Winship presenters will share research and clinical updates at the 60th annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), taking place Oct. 21-24 in San Antonio, Texas.

Winship Town Hall This Wednesday

Winship Executive Director Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, and members of Winship's senior leadership team will hold a Town Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 4:30pm in the Kauffman Auditorium (C5012, Winship 5th Floor).

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Winship Members Recognized for Faculty Excellence

Dozens of Winship members were honored for achievements in patient care, research, and education at a ceremony on Oct. 11. The event capped off Emory School of Medicine's Faculty Recognitions Week. Pictured: Dean Vikas Sukhatme, MD, ScD.

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Lin Honored as STAT Wunderkind

Winship researcher Ruiting Lin, PhD, received a 2018 STAT Wunderkind award on Oct. 9. The award honors 30 up-and-coming junior life scientists: postdocs, fellows, and biopharma employees. STAT News is a life sciences news organization based in Boston.

Winship's Rockin' Enrollers

Winship is committed to accelerating the testing of new cancer treatments through clinical research. Winship recognizes the following physicians at each Winship study site who have enrolled the most patients onto NCI National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) studies during the last six months: Drs. Mehmet Bilen (Clifton Campus), Nabil Saba and Dong Shin (Emory University Hospital Midtown), Scott Edelman (Atlanta VAMC), Shannon Kahn and Robert Klafter (Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital).

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Yu's Research Highlighted by CDMRP

Research by Winship member David Yu, MD, PhD, was recently highlighted on the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) website. Yu received pilot grant funding from the U.S. Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program for his project, "Understanding and Exploiting SIRT2/BRCA1 Interplay for Ovarian Cancer Therapy."

Withycombe Earns Early Career Researcher Award

Winship nurse researcher Janice Withycombe, PhD, RN, MN, CCRP, has received a 2018 Early Career Researcher Award from the Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses. Her work focuses on symptom identification and management in children undergoing cancer treatment.

Arciero and Piraner Speak to Coca-Cola Employees

Winship surgical oncologist Cletus Arciero, MD, and breast radiologist Maria Piraner, MD, recently led a Breast Cancer Lunch & Learn at Coca-Cola Company headquarters in Atlanta. The two discussed the latest in screening and treatment with employees and guests.

Radiation Oncology Specialists Visit Ethiopia

Department of Radiation Oncology members Tosin Kayode, MS, RT, Deborah Bruner, RN, PhD, FAAN, and Tian Liu, PhD recently visited Addis Ababa University, where they are collaborating with faculty including Aynalem Abreha, MD (third from left) to bring state-of-the-art radiation therapy equipment and techniques to Ethiopia.

France-Atlanta Lung Cancer Workshop Set for Oct. 18

Winship and the French Embassy's Office for Science and Technology will co-host a free workshop focused on the latest developments in thoracic malignancy research on Oct. 18 in the Kauffman Auditorium. Drs. Walter J. Curran, Jr. and Suresh Ramalingam will join expert faculty from France and the United States.

NCI Leader To Keynote CFAR HIV & Malignancy Seminar

Robert Yarchoan, MD, chief of the National Cancer Institute's HIV & Malignancy Branch, will discuss KSHV-associated diseases at the next CFAR Network meeting, Oct. 18 in the Claudia Nance Rollins Building Auditorium. Winship members Drs. Jessica Wells and Joseph Lipscomb will also present.