RVD therapy shows substantial benefit in myeloma study

A team of Winship investigators has shown outstanding long-term survival results for multiple myeloma patients from a 3-drug induction. The study, published April 16 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, describes the largest cohort of patients treated with a combination of lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (RVD) with the longest follow up reported to date. Pictured: first author Nisha Joseph, MD and senior author Ajay Nooka, MD, MPH.

Emory Healthcare opens COVID-19 drive-through testing site

Emory Healthcare has opened a drive-through testing site at Executive Park for individuals suspected of having COVID-19. A screening tool, developed by Emory physicians, is available online to check symptoms before seeking the swab test offered at the appointment-only, drive-through site.

Curran joins NCTN group chairs in Cancer Letter editorial

Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD and fellow National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) group chairs address the impact of COVID-19 on network oncology research in a guest editorial for The Cancer Letter published on April 10. Curran is group chair and principal investigator of NRG Oncology.

Winship investigators to present at AACR virtual annual meeting

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will hold the first of its two-part virtual annual meeting April 27-28. Suresh Ramalingam, MD will chair a clinical trials plenary session on April 27 that will feature Taofeek Owonikoko, MD, PhD as a discussant.

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Pentz comments on cancer research ethics during pandemic

Rebecca Pentz, PhD and University of Michigan collaborator Andrew Shuman, MD examine ethical considerations for cancer clinical research during the COVID-19 pandemic in an editorial published in The Oncologist on March 30.

Bilen named to COVID-19 & Cancer Consortium

Mehmet Bilen, MD is representing Winship as a collaborator in the COVID-19 & Cancer Consortium, which is studying patients with cancer who have contracted COVID-19.

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Lonial and Langston hold Facebook Live

Drs. Sagar Lonial and Amelia Langston discussed topics related to cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic and answered viewer questions in a Facebook Live on April 16.

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Winship names ACS Institutional Research Grant award recipients

Five cancer researchers are the newest recipients of pilot funding through Winship’s American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant, designed to support new projects from early-career investigators. Pictured (clockwise from top left): Drs. Andrey Ivanov, Aparna Kesarwala, Byron Au-Yeung, Kimberly Hoang, and Zhen Tian.

Mitchell receives NSF CAREER Award

Cassie Mitchell, PhD has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation. Funding from the award will support Mitchell's project, “A systems engineering approach to elucidate and treat multi-factorial pathology.”

Dahlman receives ASGCT new investigator award

James Dahlman, PhD has received an Outstanding New Investigator Award from the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT). He is also the recipient of Georgia Tech's Outstanding Achievement in Early Career Research 2020 award.

Zhu receives Georgia Tech faculty research author award

Cheng Zhu, PhD has received Georgia Tech’s Outstanding Faculty Research Author 2020 award. Zhu’s lab studies single molecular adhesion with force spectroscopy for cells and disease models.

New process streamlines proton therapy scheduling

Team members from the Department of Radiation Oncology completed a Rapid Improvement Event (RIE) project to optimize scheduling for patients at the Emory Proton Therapy Center whose insurance authorization is pending.

Murawski deployed to New York COVID-19 effort

Amanda Murawski (far right), a Winship clinical research coordinator and medic with the U.S. Army Reserve, is being deployed to New York City with her unit to help area hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Donors support meal delivery to Winship clinical teams

Thanks to donor and volunteer support of the Feed the Frontline fund, Winship distributed over 450 meals to health care teams on the Clifton campus on April 15, with similar deliveries made to other Winship locations.

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