Ramalingam shares updates at Winship town hall

Winship hosted a virtual town hall meeting on July 13. Executive Director Suresh Ramalingam, MD, shared his vision and provided updates on key initiatives including Winship's 2021-2021 Strategic Plan. Work is nearly complete on the plan, which began last year and has included multiple sessions and nearly 70 stakeholders from across Winship, Emory University schools and units, and Emory Healthcare. The strategic planning process has been informed by careful evaluation of both opportunities and risks and inspired by Winship's commitment to creating a cancer-free world starting right here in Georgia. The steering committee looks forward to presenting the 2021-2025 Strategic Plan to the Winship community this fall.

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Escoffery named director of IDDI Shared Resource

Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES, has been named director of Winship’s Intervention Development, Dissemination, and Implementation (IDDI) Shared Resource. IDDI helps investigators refine research questions, identify and develop instruments to answer those questions, and collect and analyze behavioral research data.

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Winship summer scholars showcase research at virtual symposium

A group of 11 high school seniors from six different states spent their summer completing research projects under the guidance of Winship investigators. The Summer Scholars Research Program culminated in a final symposium on July 9, where the students were able to showcase what they learned.

Romancik awarded Khoury Fellowship

Jason Romancik, MD, has been awarded the 2021 H.J. Khoury Fellowship in Leukemia and Bone Marrow Transplantation. Romancik recently joined the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology as an instructor.

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Liu joins Department of Radiation Oncology

Yingzi Liu, PhD, has joined Winship as an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology. Liu’s research interests are in the areas of adaptive radiotherapy, novel IGRT methods, and automation of clinical workflow.

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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 interventional cancer clinical trials during the last six months (pictured clockwise from top left): Drs. Mehmet Asim Bilen (Clifton); Satyanarayan Reddy (VA); Christina Wu (Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital); Bree Eaton (Emory Proton Therapy Center); Nabil Saba (Midtown); Leon Bernal-Mizrachi, Jay Shelton, and Sheela Hanasoge (Grady).

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Below are four selected Winship publications out of 56 published over the past week:

Gettinger SN, Redman MW, Bazhenova L, Hirsch FR, Mack PC, Schwartz LH, Bradley JD, Stinchcombe TE, Leighl NB, Ramalingam SS, Tavernier SS, Yu H, Unger JM, Minichiello K, Highleyman L, Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Kelly K, Gandara DR, Herbst RS. Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab vs Nivolumab for Previously Treated Patients With Stage IV Squamous Cell Lung Cancer: The Lung-MAP S1400I Phase 3 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncology. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34264316.

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Cutler CS, Lee SJ, Arai S, Rotta M, Zoghi B, Lazaryan A, Ramakrishnan A, DeFilipp Z, Salhotra A, Chai-Ho W, Mehta RS, Wang T, Arora M, Pusic I, Saad A, Shah NN, Abhyankar S, Bachier C, Galvin JP, Im A, Langston A, Liesveld JL, Juckett M, Logan A, Schachter L, Alavi A, Howard DS, Waksal H, Ryan J, Eiznhamer D, Aggarwal SK, Ieyoub J, Schueller O, Green LS, Yang Z, Krenz H, Jagasia M, Blazar BR, Pavletic SZ. Belumosudil for Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease (cGVHD) After 2 or More Prior Lines of Therapy: The ROCKstar Study. Blood. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34265047.

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Eaton BR, Fong GW, Ingerski LM, Pulsifer MB, Goyal S, Zhang C, Weyman EA, Esiashvili N, Klosky JL, MacDonald TJ, Ebb DH, MacDonald SM, Tarbell NJ, Yock TI. Intellectual functioning among case-matched cohorts of children treated with proton or photon radiation for standard-risk medulloblastoma. Cancer. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34255345.

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Sadigh G, Switchenko J, Weaver KE, Elchoufi D, Meisel J, Bilen MA, Lawson D, Cella D, El-Rayes B, Carlos R. Correlates of financial toxicity in adult cancer patients and their informal caregivers. Supportive Care in Cancer: official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34255179.

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