Four Emory Healthcare hospitals included in Newsweek’s lists of World’s Best Hospitals 2022

Four Emory Healthcare hospitals have been named top Georgia and U.S. hospitals, and one has been named a top global hospital, in Newsweek’s lists of the World’s Best Hospitals 2022. This year, Newsweek ranked over 2,200 hospitals in 27 countries, as hospitals continue to deliver the highest quality of patient care while still battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

Women's History Month Q&A with Susan Modesitt, MD

This Women’s History Month, Winship asked faculty members to share their perspectives on working at Winship and advice for other women in the workforce. Susan Modesitt, MD, Emory's new division director of gynecologic oncology, talks about the privilege of caring for women who are facing cancer, supporting an inclusive, equitable workplace and her two biggest pieces of advice.

Winship teams receive Donaldson Charitable Trust pilot grants

Kimberly Hoang, MD, Jaydev Desai, PhD, MA, Gabe Kwong, PhD, and Madhav Dhodapkar, MBBS, have been awarded pilot grants from the Donaldson Charitable Trust Research Synergy Fund. The one-year, $125,000 grants are offered jointly by Winship, the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Langston and Marcus celebrated as Winship 5K Professors

A reception celebrating Winship 5K Professors Amelia Langston, MD, and Adam Marcus, PhD, was held March 10 in Winship’s John H. Kauffman Auditorium. The two endowed professorships are funded through proceeds from the Winship Win the Fight 5K Run/Walk.

Castellino named scientific chair of COG committee

Sharon Castellino, MD, has been named scientific chair of the Hodgkin Lymphoma Committee of the Children’s Oncology Group. In this role, she will oversee and set priorities for clinical trials with the goal of improving equitable trial access, outcomes and quality of life for young patients.

Chandler named oncology specialty director

Pauline Chandler, DNP, RN, RN-BC, has been named Winship's specialty director for oncology services at Emory Decatur Hospital. In her new role, she will be responsible for the oversight and successful performance of patient-centered care services, nursing operations, patient safety and nursing quality outcomes.

Winship surgical oncologists featured at SSO conference

Several Winship physicians presented at the recent Society of Surgical Oncology’s International Conference on Surgical Cancer Care in Dallas. Presenters included Glen Balch, MD, Keith Delman, MD, Jessica Keilson, MD, Michael Lowe, MD, Shishir Maithel, MD, MA, Caroline Medin, MD, and Charles Staley, MD.

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Lesinski featured on Behind the Microscope podcast

Gregory Lesinski, PhD, MPH, talks about his professional journey as a translational researcher in the March 10 episode of Behind the Microscope, a podcast produced by Emory students.

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Carlisle interviewed for ASCO Connection

Winship physician Jennifer Carlisle, MD, spoke with ASCO Connection about her path to becoming an assistant professor, a thoracic medical oncologist, and an American Society of Clinical Oncology volunteer.

Call for proposals: Winship ACS-IRG pilot grants

Winship's American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant pilot program is seeking cancer research proposals led by investigators from racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in health-related sciences. The one-year grants provide $40,000 in direct costs. Letters of intent are due April 1.

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Call for proposals: AACR Clinical Oncology Fellowships

The AACR Clinical Oncology Research Training Fellowships Program is designed to provide an effective industry-academic clinical practicum with a unique training opportunity to develop academic clinicians in drug development. Each fellowship provides $100,000 over one year. Applications are due May 31.

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Below are four selected Winship publications out of 58 published over the past week:

Nooka AK, Shanmugasundaram U, Cheedarla N, Verkerke H, Edara VV, Valanparambil R, Kaufman JL, Hofmeister CC, Joseph NS, Lonial S, Azeem M, Manalo J, Switchenko JM, Chang A, Linderman SL, Roback JD, Dhodapkar KM, Ahmed R, Suthar MS, Neish AS, Dhodapkar MV. Determinants of Neutralizing Antibody Response After SARS CoV-2 Vaccination in Patients With Myeloma. Journal of Clinical Oncology: official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2022; JCO2102257. PubMed PMID: 35259002.

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Ji X, Hu X, Brock KE, Mertens AC, Cummings JR, Effinger KE. Early Post-Therapy Opioid Prescription, Potential Misuse, and Substance Use Disorder among Pediatric Cancer Survivors. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2022; PubMed PMID: 35262708.

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Vasu S, Altman JK, Uy GL, Tallman MS, Gojo I, Lozanski G, Burkard U, Osswald A, James P, Rüter B, Blum W. A phase I study of the fully human, fragment crystallizable-engineered, anti-CD-33 monoclonal antibody BI 836858 in patients with previously-treated acute myeloid leukemia. Haematologica. 2022; 107(3):770-773. PubMed PMID: 34854276.

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Zhang H, Dammer EB, Duong DM, Danelia D, Seyfried NT, Yu DS. Quantitative proteomic analysis of the lysine acetylome reveals diverse SIRT2 substrates. Scientific Reports. 2022; 12(1):3822. PubMed PMID: 35264593.

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