Winship Scientific Symposium to highlight National Cancer Act's impact on research

The annual Winship Scientific Symposium, taking place virtually Dec. 2-3, will commemorate 50 years of the National Cancer Act and its continued impact on Winship's pioneering research and discoveries. The symposium will include a keynote talk from Skip Trump, MD; scientific talks from faculty across Winship's four research programs; and oral abstracts and video posters showcasing student and trainee research.

ASHA Convention features Winship specialists

Lauren Ottenstein, SLP, Michael Baddour, Jr., MD, Tiffany Barrett, MS, RD, CSO, LD, and Merry Sebelik, MD, spoke at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, held Nov. 18-20 in Washington, D.C.

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Winship social services and volunteer services are looking for teams to sign up for the annual Holiday Adopt-A-Family Program and help Winship patients with their holiday shopping. Sign up today to be connected with a patient's Amazon wish list and have gifts shipped directly to the recipient.

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Call for proposals: Winship ACS-IRG pilot grants

Winship's American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (ACS-IRG) provides annual pilot funding to support the development of junior faculty in their independent cancer research careers. Letters of intent are due Dec. 10.

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Call for nominations: NCI R50 clinician scientist opportunity

Winship is seeking nominations for an NCI R50 research specialist. This funding opportunity is intended specifically for clinician scientists and is designed to encourage the development of a career path for cancer clinical trial investigators. Nominations are due Dec. 1.

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Below are four selected Winship publications out of 79 published over the past week:

Munoz LE, Huang L, Bommireddy R, Sharma R, Monterroza L, Guin RN, Samaranayake SG, Pack CD, Ramachandiran S, Reddy SJC, Shanmugam M, Selvaraj P. Metformin reduces PD-L1 on tumor cells and enhances the anti-tumor immune response generated by vaccine immunotherapy. Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 2021; 9(11). PubMed PMID: 34815353.

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Syed YA, Stokes W, Rupji M, Liu Y, Khullar O, Sebastian N, Higgins K, Bradley JD, Curran WJ, Ramalingam S, Taylor J, Sancheti M, Fernandez F, Moghanaki D. Surgical Outcomes for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer at Facilities with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Programs. Chest. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34785235.

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Collin LJ, Veres K, Gradus JL, Ahern TP, Lash TL, Sørensen HT. Preexisting stress-related diagnoses and mortality: A Danish cancer cohort study. Cancer. 2021; PubMed PMID: 34797563.

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Chen Z, Vallega KA, Chen H, Zhou J, Ramalingam SS, Sun SY. The natural product berberine synergizes with osimertinib preferentially against MET-amplified osimertinib-resistant lung cancer via direct MET inhibition. Pharmacological Research. 2021:105998. PubMed PMID: 34826601.

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