| |  | | | Adam Marcus, PhD, has been named deputy director of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. In his new role, effective Aug. 1, he will lead the integration of the research, clinical, and educational components within Winship. | | Read More |
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| |  | | Winship ranks among top U.S. cancer programs | For the 10th year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Emory University Hospital the No. 1 hospital in Georgia and metro Atlanta in the regional rankings of U.S. News Best Hospitals. Emory University Hospital ranked nationally in cancer and other adult specialties.
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| |  | | | Register today for the annual Winship Win the Fight 5K Run/Walk on Oct. 2, 2021. Whether you take part virtually or in-person on the Emory University campus, your participation makes a difference in raising crucial funding for cancer research at Winship. | | Register and Learn More |
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| | | | |  | | ICI launches weekly bioimage analysis course | The Integrated Cellular Imaging (ICI) Core is launching a new weekly µCourse on BioImage Analysis starting Aug. 4 through Oct. 13. No prior image analysis background is required. The course will build from the ground up to make bioimage analysis accessible to everyone.
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| |  | | Call for proposals: Winship Invest$ pilot grants | Winship Invest$ is a peer-reviewed program that provides pilot funding for novel, innovative cancer research projects. The summer 2021 cycle seeks proposals spanning eight different research domains. Letters of intent are due Aug. 13.
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| | |  | | Call for proposals: Lung Cancer SPORE pilot grants | Winship's Lung Cancer SPORE Developmental Research Program (DRP) provides pilot funding for promising basic, translational or clinical research into the cause, prevention, detection or treatment of lung cancer. Applications are due Aug. 31.
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| |  | | | Shortly after Jacynta Brewton’s twin sons arrived prematurely, doctors discovered a Stage 3 thymoma near her heart. The Emory Proton Therapy Center had just opened for patients needing targeted, precise doses of radiation, and Brewton became one of the first patients to receive treatment there. | | Read More |
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| | Below are four selected Winship publications out of 87 published over the past week: |
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| | Skinner H, Hu C, Tsakiridis T, Santana-Davila R, Lu B, Erasmus JJ, Doemer AJ, Videtic GMM, Coster J, Yang AX, Lee RY, Werner-Wasik M, Schaner PE, McCormack SE, Esparaz BT, McGarry RC, Bazan J, Struve T, Paulus R, Bradley JD. Addition of Metformin to Concurrent Chemoradiation in Patients with Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: The NRG-LU001 Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncology. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34323922. | | View in PubMed |
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| | Van de Velde LA, Allen EK, Crawford JC, Wilson TL, Guy CS, Russier M, Zeitler L, Bahrami A, Finkelstein D, Pelletier S, Schultz-Cherry S, Thomas PG, Murray PJ. Neuroblastoma formation requires unconventional CD4 T cells and Arginase-1-dependent myeloid cells. Cancer Research. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34301764. | | View in PubMed |
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| | Karmali R, Switchenko JM, Goyal S, Shanmugasundaram K, Churnetski MC, Kolla B, Bachanova V, Gerson JN, Barta SK, Gordon MJ, Danilov AV, Grover NS, Epperla N, Mathews S, Burkart M, Sawalha Y, Hill BT, Ghosh N, Park SI, Bond DA, Maddocks KJ, Badar T, Fenske TS, Hamadani M, Guo J, Malecek M, Kahl BS, Martin P, Blum KA, Flowers CR, Cohen JB. Multi-Center Analysis of Practice Patterns and Outcomes of Younger and Older Patients with Mantle Cell Lymphoma in the Rituximab Era. American Journal of Hematology. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34324220. | | View in PubMed |
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| | Dai C, Rennhack JP, Arnoff TE, Thaker M, Younger ST, Doench JG, Huang AY, Yang A, Aguirre AJ, Wang B, Mun E, O'Connell JT, Huang Y, Labella K, Talamas JA, Li J, Ilic N, Hwang J, Hong AL, Giacomelli AO, Gjoerup O, Root DE, Hahn WC. SMAD4 represses FOSL1 expression and pancreatic cancer metastatic colonization. Cell Reports. 2021; 36(4):109443. PubMed PMID: 34320363. | | View in PubMed |
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| | August 6 - Biological Discovery through Chemical Innovation (BDCI) Summer Seminar (virtual) | | "Cancer Therapeutics" |
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| | A selection of media stories and news coverage for Winship Cancer Institute. |
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