| | | Emory Healthcare has been recognized as one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes magazine in 2022. Emory Healthcare ranked No. 55 out of 500 top large employers and No. 14 out of 48 organizations in the Healthcare & Social category. Emory Healthcare is only one of two health care systems in Georgia to make the list and ranks as the top health provider in the state. | Read More |
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| | Women's History Month Q&A with Karmella Haynes, PhD | 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. Karmella Haynes, PhD, cancer biologist and associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Bioengineering, talks about who inspires her and keys to creating a supportive work environment where everyone can succeed.
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| | | | Challenge Award funds new prostate cancer study at Winship | Sagar Patel, MD, and co-principal investigators Brian Olson, PhD, and Anant Mandawat, MD, have received a two-year, $750,000 Prostate Cancer Foundation-Pfizer-Myovant Challenge Award for a new clinical trial at Winship studying the effect of androgen deprivation therapy on the heart. The goal of the trial is to optimize treatment selection for men with prostate cancer and reduce treatment-related cardiovascular side effects.
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| | Kwong lab develops biosensors for quick assessment of cancer treatment | Gabe Kwong, PhD, and his team have developed a system of synthetic biosensors that, through a non-invasive urinalysis, will let a patient and doctor quickly learn if an immune checkpoint blockade therapy is working. The research team shared their work in a study published March 3 in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering.
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| | | | Your best diet when undergoing cancer treatment | A healthy diet is especially important when undergoing treatment for cancer, and proper nutrition can help patients maintain weight, lower risk of infection, improve energy and better tolerate some side effects. Tiffany Barrett, MS, RD, CSO, LD, who leads the nutritional services team at Winship, shares tips in Emory Healthcare's latest Advancing Your Health blog.
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| | Atlanta Science Festival celebrates the wonders all around us | The Atlanta Science Festival, taking place through March 26, includes more than 100 activities planned throughout the city, from nature walks to expert talks and hands-on STEM learning opportunities. The festlval, now in its ninth year, was co-founded by Emory, Georgia Tech and the Metro Atlanta Chamber.
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| | | The U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals 2022-2023 survey, which closes on March 25 at midnight Pacific Time, is an important factor in Emory’s overall ranking in the annual Best Hospitals list. Eligible board-certified physicians who are Doximity members have two ways to vote: (1) log in to your Doximity account on doximity.com and click on the homepage banner that invites you to cast your vote, or (2) open the email invitation sent to you by Doximity that invites you to cast your vote. | Log in to Doximity |
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| Below are four selected Winship publications out of 49 published over the past week: |
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| Khoshnevis S, Dreggors-Walker RE, Marchand V, Motorin Y, Ghalei H. Ribosomal RNA 2'- O-methylations regulate translation by impacting ribosome dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2022; 119(12):e2117334119. PubMed PMID: 35294285. | View in PubMed |
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| Kehl KL, Zahrieh D, Yang P, Hillman SL, Tan AD, Sands JM, Oxnard GR, Gillaspie EA, Wigle D, Malik S, Stinchcombe TE, Ramalingam SS, Kelly K, Govindan R, Mandrekar SJ, Osarogiagbon RU, Kozono D. Rates of Guideline-Concordant Surgery and Adjuvant Chemotherapy Among Patients with Early-Stage Lung Cancer in the US ALCHEMIST Study (Alliance A151216). JAMA Oncology. 2022; PubMed PMID: 35297944. | View in PubMed |
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| Khan AI, Psutka SP, Patil DH, Hong G, Williams MA, Bilen MA, Sekhar A, Kissick HT, Narayan VM, Joshi SS, Ogan K, Master VA. Sarcopenia and systemic inflammation are associated with decreased survival after cytoreductive nephrectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Cancer. 2022; PubMed PMID: 35285950. | View in PubMed |
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| Marshall DC, Tarras ES, Ali A, Bloom J, Torres MA, Kahn JM. Female erectile tissues and sexual dysfunction after pelvic radiotherapy: A scoping review. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 2022; PubMed PMID: 35298025. | View in PubMed |
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| A selection of media stories and news coverage for Winship Cancer Institute. |
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