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January 18, 2022
 
 
 

AccessHope and Emory Healthcare collaboration will extend cancer expertise in Southeast and beyond

AccessHope, LLC, a company that provides cancer expertise to employers and their health care affiliates, announced a new foundational collaboration with Emory Healthcare and Winship, extending access to specialized cancer expertise to more people living with complex cancers across the United States.
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Emory celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Week with virtual events
With events spanning Jan. 15-22, Emory University King Week honors the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. Bobby Seale, founding chair of the Black Panther Party, gives the keynote address Jan. 18.
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Georgia Cancer Summit set for Jan. 21
Co-sponsored by Winship, the virtual Georgia Cancer Summit on Jan. 21 will feature experts and advocates from across the state exploring topics related to the theme, "From Equity to Excellence – Charting Our Course to Reduce the Burden of Cancer in Georgia."
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Neely honored as MPN Hero
Winship physician assistant Jessica Neely, PA, has been named a 2021 MPN Hero. The award, given annually by Voices of MPN, recognizes Neely's outstanding commitment to making a difference in the lives of people living with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs).
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Raine receives Unsung Hero Award
Winship physician assistant Caleb Raine, PA-C, has received an Advanced Practice Unsung Hero Award from Emory Healthcare, recognizing his role in developing and leading Winship’s COVID-19 urgent care clinic. Other Winship nominees include Kathryn Simons, PA-C, Celia Lett, NP, and Cecilia Rosand, PA-C.
 
 
 
     
 
 
Save the date: Winship Winter Town Hall
Join Winship Executive Director Suresh Ramalingam, MD, for a virtual town hall on Tuesday, Feb. 1, from 5:15 to 6:00 p.m. Ramalingam and members of Winship's senior leadership team will share updates on progress toward strategic goals and key new initiatives.
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Meisel to participate in health empowerment community event
Jane Meisel, MD, will discuss how genetic risk can impact treatment decisions at “The A.R.T. (Awareness, Research & Treatment) of Empowering Health: Cancer Prevention, Education & Resilience,” Hadassah Greater Atlanta's free online forum on Jan. 30.
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Call for proposals: V Foundation pediatric cancer research grants
The V Foundation for Cancer Research is seeking proposals for its Pediatric V Scholar Award ($200,000 over two years) and Pediatric Translational Research Award ($600,000 over three years). Letters of intent are due Feb. 7 for internal review, and full applications are due March 10.
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Notice of special interest: Patient-facing, genomics-based clinical informatics tools
The National Human Genome Research Institute has issued a Notice of Special Interest to encourage applications that develop and implement patient-facing clinical informatics tools to enhance patients’ use of genomic information.
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Below are four selected Winship publications out of 60 published over the past week:
 
 
 

Smith AS, Knochelmann HM, Wyatt MM, Rangel Rivera GO, Rivera-Reyes AM, Dwyer CJ, Ware MB, Cole AC, Neskey DM, Rubinstein MP, Liu B, Thaxton JE, Bartee E, Paulos CM. B cells imprint adoptively transferred CD8 T cells with enhanced tumor immunity. Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 2022; 10(1). PubMed PMID: 35017148.
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Yan Y, Dong L, Chen C, Bunting KD, Li Q, Stieglitz E, Loh ML, Qu CK. JMML tumor cells disrupt normal hematopoietic stem cells by imposing inflammatory stress through overproduction of IL-1β. Blood Advances. 2022; 6(1):200-206. PubMed PMID: 34555844.
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Mascarenhas J, Kosiorek HE, Prchal JT, Rambaldi A, Berenzon D, Yacoub A, Harrison CN, McMullin MFF, Vannucchi AM, Ewing J, O'Connell CL, Kiladjian JJ, Mead AJ, Winton EF, Leibowitz DS, De Stefano V, Arcasoy MO, Kessler CM, Catchatourian R, Rondelli D, Silver RT, Bacigalupo A, Nagler A, Kremyanskaya M, Levine MF, Arango Ossa JE, McGovern EM, Sandy L, Salama ME, Najfeld V, Tripodi J, Farnoud N, Penson AV, Weinberg RS, Price L, Goldberg JD, Marchioli R, Tognoni G, Rampal RK, Mesa RA, Dueck AC, Hoffman R, Barbui T. A Randomized, Phase 3, Trial of Interferon-α versus Hydroxyurea in Polycythemia Vera and Essential Thrombocythemia. Blood. 2022; PubMed PMID: 35007321.
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Vahle K, Gargano JW, Lewis RM, Querec TD, Unger ER, Bednarczyk RA, Markowitz LE. Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Among Women Older than Recommended Age for Vaccination by Birth Cohort, United States 2003‒2016. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2022; 225(1):94-104. PubMed PMID: 34161559.
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Jan. 15-22 - Emory King Week (virtual)
Emory University King Week
 
 
 

January 18 - Aflac AiR (Advances in Research) (virtual)
Liangping Yuan, MD, PhD - "The Critical Role of STAT3 in Smoothened-dependent Shh Signaling and Treatment Resistance in Shh Medulloblastoma," and Shubin Shahab, MD, PhD - "LIN28B-let-7-PBK Pathway in Group 3 Medulloblastoma"
 
 
 

January 19 - Grand Rounds (virtual)
Quynh-Thu Le, MD - "Overview of NRG Oncology and Trials in Head and Neck Cancer"
 
 
 

January 19 - Glenn Family Breast Center Team Science Meeting (virtual)
Haian Fu, PhD
 
 
 

January 20 - Surgical Grand Rounds (virtual)
Sunil K. Geevarghese, MD, MSCI - "Improving Perioperative Surgical Education: It's as SIMPL as ETO"
 
 
 

January 21 - Elkin Lecture (virtual)
Jennifer Wargo, MD, MMSc - "Understanding Responses to Cancer Therapy: The Tissue is the Issue, the Scoop is the Poop, and You Are What You Eat"
 
 
 

January 21 - Georgia Cancer Summit (virtual)
Georgia Cancer Summit - "From Equity to Excellence – Charting Our Course to Reduce the Burden of Cancer in Georgia"
 
 
 

 
 
 
     
 
 
Winship Federal Grant Stream
Winship's Federal Grant Stream provides a daily updated list of cancer-related funding from the National Institutes of Health and other agencies.
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Non-Federal Funding Opportunities
View a selection of Winship pilot grants, institutional awards, and external funding sources and learn how to apply.
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