Winship featured at 2022 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancers Symposium

The 2022 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancers Symposium, held in Phoenix Feb. 24-26, featured oral and poster presentations from several Winship experts and trainees. The national symposium was planned by the American Head & Neck Society, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology and Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer.

Winship nurse researchers receive SNRS awards

The Southern Nursing Research Society’s annual conference, held Feb. 23-25, included honors for Winship faculty Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN (Distinguished Nurse Researcher Award), Jessica Wells, PhD, RN (Research in Minority Health Award), Kate Yeager, PhD, RN (Research in Nursing Health Authorship Award), and trainees Zahra Barandouzi, PhD (Research Grant Award) and Christine Liang (Top Student Poster).

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Nduom selected for NCI Early Investigator Advancement Program

Edjah Nduom, MD, has been accepted into the National Cancer Institute’s Early Investigator Advancement Program. The program aims to enhance professional skills, guide preparation of an R01 grant application, provide access to a mentoring and peer network and grow a community of emerging independent investigators from diverse backgrounds.

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Winship GI cancer symposium set for Oct. 8

The 11th Winship Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium, taking place Saturday, Oct. 8, will feature a series of interactive case-based presentations and didactic lectures including an expert review of the latest procedures, technologies and treatments for gastrointestinal malignancies. A registration discount for the live or virtual experience is available to Winship faculty, staff and trainees and Winship Cancer Network affiliates.

Inaugural BDCI summit to focus on innovation in precision medicine

The Emory Biological Discovery through Chemical Innovation (BDCI) summit, "Driving Innovation in Precision Medicine," will take place on March 7. Presented as part of the Constructive Collisions series, the summit will include lightning talks, networking and a pitch session with on-the-spot funding opportunities for collaborative projects. Registration closes March 3.

Friends of Winship to host webinar on colon cancer

Join Friends of Winship for "Learn and Live: Colon Cancer," a free community education webinar on March 10 from 11 a.m. to noon. Glen Balch, MD, and Stephen Szabo, MD, will discuss the importance of early detection and share updates about colon cancer research and treatment advances.

Registration opens for Health Emory's Move More Challenge

Registration begins Feb. 28 for Healthy Emory’s Move More Challenge, an annual wellness initiative for Emory employees, which runs from March 14 to April 24. Sign up today to create a user ID and password in the new Sharecare app to start earning health incentive credits and other prizes.

Call for proposals: V Foundation Clinical Scholar

The V Foundation’s Clinical Scholar program aims to develop the careers of clinicians who will become leaders in developing programs of clinical trials that are sequential and based on hypothesis-driven research. The total grant amount is $200,000, paid in two annual installments of $100,000. Letters of intent are due March 7.

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Call for proposals: Winship Invest$ pilot grants

With two funding cycles each year, Winship Invest$ supports novel cancer research projects with one-year budgets up to $50,000. The current cycle seeks proposals in precision immunotherapy, cancer disparities, breast cancer, early detection, risk reduction and prevention. Letters of intent are due March 4.

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Below are four selected Winship publications out of 80 published over the past week:

Su FY, Zhao QH, Dahotre SN, Gamboa L, Bawage SS, Silva Trenkle AD, Zamat A, Phuengkham H, Ahmed R, Santangelo PJ, Kwong GA. In vivo mRNA delivery to virus-specific T cells by light-induced ligand exchange of MHC class I antigen-presenting nanoparticles. Science advances. 2022; 8(8):eabm7950. PubMed PMID: 35196075.

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Ahern TP, Spector LG, Damkier P, Öztürk Esen B, Ulrichsen SP, Eriksen K, Lash TL, Sørensen HT, Cronin-Fenton DP. Medication-Associated Phthalate Exposure and Childhood Cancer Incidence. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2022; PubMed PMID: 35179607.

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Dwivedi B, Mumme H, Satpathy S, Bhasin SS, Bhasin M. Survival Genie, a web platform for survival analysis across pediatric and adult cancers. Scientific reports. 2022; 12(1):3069. PubMed PMID: 35197510.

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Grogan D, Bray DP, Cosgrove M, Boucher A, Erwood A, Linder DF, Mendoza P, Morales B, Pradilla G, Nduom EK, Neill S, Olson JJ, Hoang KB. Clinical and radiographic characteristics of diffuse astrocytic glioma, IDH-wildtype, with molecular features of glioblastoma: a single institution review. Journal of neuro-oncology. 2022; PubMed PMID: 35212929.

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