National Academy of Inventors names Bellamkonda and Cooper as 2021 fellows

Ravi Bellamkonda, PhD, and Max Cooper, PhD, have been named 2021 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The NAI Fellows Program highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.

Paulos and Kudchadkar receive V Foundation grant

Chrystal Paulos, PhD, and Ragini Kudchadkar, MD, have received a $600,000 Translational Grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research. Their project, “Rejuvenating T cells for the treatment of patients with advanced melanoma,” will explore CD26 and its role as a predictive biomarker for patients treated with PD-1-based therapies.

Woodruff Leadership Academy announces 2022 fellows

Saurabh Chawla, MD, Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA, Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, and Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD, are among the 18 fellows selected for the 2022 Woodruff Leadership Academy (WLA). The mission of the WLA is focused on developing tomorrow's leaders within Emory's Woodruff Health Sciences Center.

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Winship specialists to present at GASCO winter meetings

The Georgia Society of Clinical Oncology (GASCO) will host the Best of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) and GASCO's annual meeting in Atlanta, Jan. 14-15, 2022. Winship presenters include Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, Jane Meisel, MD, Suresh Ramalingam, MD, Ticiana Leal, MD, Jonathon Cohen, MD, MS, and Bassel El-Rayes, MD.

Woodruff Health Sciences Center establishes Office of Well-Being

Emory's Woodruff Health Sciences Center announced the establishment of the Office of Well-Being, a central resource and the first of its kind for the entire Woodruff Health Sciences Center. Chad Ritenour, MD, (left) and Tim Cunningham, RN, DrPH, will serve as co-chief well-being officers for the new office.

Baugh named senior manager for laboratory services

Suantaydra Baugh, RN, BSN, has joined Winship as senior manager of clinical services and operations for laboratory services. Baugh previously served as a lead care manager for patients with cancer and has experience in both medical and surgical oncology outpatient settings.

Temple named senior manager for hematology and oncology

Jody Temple, BSN, RN, has joined Winship as senior manager of clinic services and operations for hematology/oncology at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital. Temple previously served as department manager for the Harbin Clinic, a medical oncology practice in Rome, Ga.

Webinar: Prostate cancer treatment options

Winship and Boston Scientific will host a men's health webinar on Dec. 14 at 5 p.m. Join Sagar Patel, MD, as he discusses prostate cancer treatment options and a minimally invasive treatment designed to reduce certain negative side effects of treatment.

Reynics to retire

Nancy Reynics, NP, will retire on Dec. 17 after more than two decades as a Winship nurse practitioner. A graduate of Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Reynics has been an instrumental member of the surgical oncology care team and a mentor to many advanced practice students.

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UC Davis offering online flow cytometry course

The University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Institute is offering an online course in flow cytometry, Feb. 7-11, 2022. Investigators from NCI-designated cancer centers will receive a discounted rate when they register with the code “Ext Cancer." Registration closes on Feb. 3.

Call for proposals: J&J Quickfire Challenges

Johnson & Johnson's QuickFire Challenge platform funds innovative solutions to the world's most challenging problems in health care. Open calls include Healthcare Transformation through Nurse-led Tech (due Feb. 4) and Improving Detection of Neurotoxicity in Immunotherapies (due March 18).

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Below are four selected Winship publications out of 43 published over the past week:

DeAngelo DJ, Radia DH, George TI, Robinson WA, Quiery AT, Drummond MW, Bose P, Hexner EO, Winton EF, Horny HP, Tugnait M, Schmidt-Kittler O, Evans EK, Lin HM, Mar BG, Verstovsek S, Deininger MW, Gotlib J. Safety and efficacy of avapritinib in advanced systemic mastocytosis: the phase 1 EXPLORER trial. Nature Medicine. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34873347.

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Usmani SZ, Quach H, Mateos MV, Landgren O, Leleu X, Siegel D, Weisel K, Gavriatopoulou M, Oriol A, Rabin N, Nooka A, Qi M, Beksac M, Jakubowiak A, Ding B, Zahlten-Kumeli A, Yusuf A, Dimopoulos M. Carfilzomib, dexamethasone, and daratumumab versus carfilzomib and dexamethasone for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (CANDOR): updated outcomes from a randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 3 study. The Lancet Oncology. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34871550.

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McBride CM, Pathak S, Johnson CE, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Bondy ML, Cote ML, Moorman PG, Peres LC, Peters ES, Schwartz AG, Terry PD, Schildkraut JM. Cancer. 2021. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34882782.

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Forghani P, Rashid A, Sun F, Liu R, Li D, Lee MR, Hwang H, Maxwell JT, Mandawat A, Wu R, Salaita K, Xu C. Carfilzomib Treatment Causes Molecular and Functional Alterations of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021:e022247. PubMed PMID: 34873922.

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