Make your signature a permanent part of the new Winship Emory Midtown building

Winship invites you to sign the steel beam that will top the new Winship Emory Midtown facility. Faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, patients, and visitors will have an opportunity to sign the 8-foot steel beam when it travels to five Winship locations from Aug. 9 through Aug. 12. The signed beam will be installed later this month during a “topping off” ceremony, a construction milestone signifying the completion of a building's structure.

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Wan joins Emory and Winship as renowned cancer biologist

Yong Wan, PhD, an internationally recognized cancer biologist, has joined Winship as a professor in Emory's Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology. He will serve as director for basic research for the Glenn Family Breast Center at Winship and will hold a secondary appointment in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology.

Sebelik named to Academy of Master Surgeon Educators

Merry Sebelik, MD, has been named a member of the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators™, a distinction recognizing preeminent surgeon educators who have devoted their careers to advancing the science and practice of surgical education. Sebelik and fellow new members will be honored during a virtual induction ceremony on Oct. 15.

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Winship teams awarded REM seed grants

The Regenerative Engineering and Medicine (REM) research center has awarded $300,000 in seed grant funding to three interdisciplinary teams and their innovative drug delivery research. Collaborators on the three funded projects include Winship investigators Drs. Shi-Yong Sun, J. Brandon Dixon, Zachary Buchwald, and Ravi Kane.

Winship surgical oncologists featured at AHPBA meeting

Drs. David Kooby, Shishir Maithel, and Maria Russell led sessions and presented research at the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA) annual meeting, Aug. 2-5. Surgery residents Drs. Savannah Smith and Mohammad Raheel Jajja presented oral abstracts highlighting novel clinical studies.

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Video: Advice for new patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

In an interview with the Patient Empowerment Network, Jean Koff, MD, MS, shares insights for patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. She discusses steps to optimize care and the relevance of seeing a specialist.

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Andriote joins Winship as senior writer

John-Manuel Andriote has joined Winship’s communications team as its new senior writer. An accomplished author, journalist, and content marketing writer, he brings more than three decades of experience reporting on health and medicine for publications including The Atlantic and The Washington Post.

Join us in person or virtually for the Winship Win the Fight 5K Run/Walk on Oct. 2. Now in its 11th year, the annual event has raised more than $5.7 million to date for cancer research at Winship. Register today and take part in activities and challenges leading up to race day.

Call for applications: Laney EDGE Fellowship and Ambassadorships

Laney Graduate School seeks applications for the LGS-EDGE (Emory Diversifying Graduate Education) Fellowship and Ambassadorships for the 2021-2022 academic year. This program is open to all currently enrolled Laney students. Applications are due Aug. 16.

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Below are four selected Winship publications out of 146 published over the past week:

Chung MH, De Vuyst H, Greene SA, Mugo NR, Querec TD, Nyongesa-Malava E, Cagle A, Sakr SR, Luchters S, Temmerman M, Unger ER, McGrath CJ. Human Papillomavirus Persistence and Association with Recurrent Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia After Cryotherapy vs Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure Among HIV-Positive Women: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncology. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34351377.

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Blanchard A, Combs JD, Brockman JM, Kellner AV, Glazier R, Su H, Bender RL, Bazrafshan AS, Chen W, Quach ME, Li R, Mattheyses AL, Salaita K. Turn-key mapping of cell receptor force orientation and magnitude using a commercial structured illumination microscope. Nature Communications. 2021; 12(1):4693. PubMed PMID: 34344862.

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Levine JE, Grupp SA, Pulsipher MA, Dietz AC, Rives S, Myers GD, August KJ, Verneris MR, Buechner J, Laetsch TW, Bittencourt H, Baruchel A, Boyer MW, De Moerloose B, Qayed M, Davies SM, Phillips CL, Driscoll TA, Bader P, Schlis K, Wood PA, Mody R, Yi L, Leung M, Eldjerou LK, June CH, Maude SL. Pooled safety analysis of tisagenlecleucel in children and young adults with B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 2021; 9(8). PubMed PMID: 34353848.

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Martini DJ, Shabto JM, Goyal S, Liu Y, Olsen TA, Evans ST, Magod BL, Ravindranathan D, Brown JT, Yantorni L, Russler GA, Caulfield S, Goldman JM, Nazha B, Joshi SS, Kissick HT, Ogan KE, Harris WB, Kucuk O, Carthon BC, Master VA, Bilen MA. Body composition as an independent predictive and prognostic biomarker in advanced urothelial carcinoma patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. The Oncologist. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34342095.

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