The 2022 Winship Gala raised more than $1.85 million for cancer research at Winship, making it the most successful fundraising event in Emory University’s history. Proceeds from the event, held at the St. Regis Atlanta on Saturday, Nov. 19, will support clinical trials and research projects at Winship focused on cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Pictured: Gala Chair Anne Mori; Winship Executive Director Suresh Ramalingam, MD; Gala Chair Margaret R. Martin; and Emory University President Gregory L. Fenves.
On Nov. 10, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a targeted therapy for children with high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma based on data from a phase 3 clinical trial conducted by the Children’s Oncology Group and led by pediatric oncologists at Winship, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study, led by Winship member Sharon Castellino, MD, MSc, was originally published in the New England Journal of Medicine and has since been featured in Managed Healthcare Executive, Medscape, Healio, The Science Times, News Medical, Inside Precision Medicine and other publications.
Supported by a new five-year, $1.34 million grant from National Institutes of Health, Winship scientists, led by Theresa Gillespie, PhD, and Adam Marcus, PhD, will investigate whether problem-based learning, directly applied to case studies relevant to the students’ own communities in Georgia, will more effectively help to increase diversity in the biomedical research workforce and reduce health disparities.
A team of Winship researchers led by Anant Madabhushi, PhD, received a $3.2 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop artificial intelligence tools to identify which patients with prostate cancer should receive adjuvant therapies and which ones are candidates for active surveillance.
Winship neurosurgical oncologist Edjah Nduom, MD, has received a Discovery Grant from the American Brain Tumor Association. The one-year, $50,000 grant will support his study that aims to improve immune therapy in patients with glioblastoma using OS2966, with the goal of rapidly bringing this treatment combination to clinical trials.
Jonathon Cohen, MD, MS, director of the Winship lymphoma program and a graduate of Emory College of Arts & Sciences, has been named a 2022 recipient of the Emory Alumni Association’s 40 Under Forty award. The award spotlights selected alumni who have made a significant impact in business, research, leadership, public service or philanthropy.
Emory general surgery residents Callie Medin, MD, and Emilie Warren, MD, received Merit Awards from the Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) for the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, taking place in San Francisco, Jan. 19-21, 2023. The awards recognize trainees who are first authors on top-ranking abstracts selected for presentation at the annual symposium.
After being launched at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital last year, a state-of-the-art robot that can diagnose lung cancers earlier and less invasively is now available at Emory University Hospital and Emory University Hospital Midtown. Providers who are using the technology at each campus are Alejandro Sardi, MD (Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital); Abesh Niroula, MD, and Wissam Jaber, MD (Midtown); and David Berkowitz, MD, and Matthew Schimmel, MD (Emory University Hospital/Clifton campus).
Winship breast oncologist Jade Jones, MD, discussed breast cancer screening, risk factors and treatment advances in an interview with Paisley Moore for the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists’ public affairs TV show "iN Contact,” which airs on the AIB Network on Comcast Cable in the Atlanta metro area.
A study by Edmund K. Waller, MD, PhD, and colleagues, which found that most older people who have acute myeloid leukemia benefit from transplant, has been selected by the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) for its patient summaries section, which provides patients and families with access to useful information about treatment options.
Join us for the Winship Town Hall and Holiday Party, and to celebrate the completion of the Building C first floor renovation, on the Clifton campus on Dec. 13 at 5 p.m.
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About Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University The coordinating center for cancer research, education and care throughout Emory University and Emory Healthcare, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is Georgia’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, a prestigious distinction given only to the top 3% of cancer centers nationwide for conducting cancer research, and providing training, that is transforming cancer care, prevention, detection and survivorship.