A large first-of-its-kind study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology finds that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act leads to better survival outcomes for young adults aged 18-39 newly diagnosed with cancer, particularly those identified as of Hispanic ethnicity or non-Hispanic Black race. The study was conducted by Winship and American Cancer Society researchers, including lead author Xu Ji, PhD, MSPH.
Winship investigators published results of two separate studies showing patients with blood cancer who received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine had lower antibody titers and reduced neutralization of Omicron variants compared with healthy individuals. Madhav Dhodapkar, MBBS, and Rafi Ahmed, PhD, who lead Winship’s Cancer Immunology Research Program, are corresponding authors of the studies published Dec. 13 in Blood Cancer Discovery and Cancer Research Communications, both journals of the American Association for Cancer Research.
A new preclinical study recently reported in Science Advances, co-led by Winship member Ravi V. Bellamkonda, PhD, suggests that cooling brain tumors to room temperature may extend survival of patients with glioblastoma multiforme.
Winship coalition member Tricia King, PhD (pictured), from Georgia State University, has received an R01 award from the National Cancer Institute. A collaboration with Winship pediatric neuro-oncologist Tobey MacDonald, MD, the five-year grant will support the conduct of a multisite project identifying factors that contribute to cognitive impairments in young survivors of brain cancer. (Photo courtesy of Georgia State University)
Winship member Jason Yustein, MD, PhD, has received an R01 award from the National Cancer Institute. The five-year grant will support Yustein’s research into the oncogenic functions of the signaling node PAK4 and validate its role as a new therapeutic target, in combination with chemotherapy or other targeted agents, for high-risk rhabdomyosarcoma.
Winship member Benjamin Barwick, PhD, has received a K22 award from the National Cancer Institute. The three-year grant will support Barwick’s investigation into the molecular targets of immunomodulatory imide drugs to determine their role in therapeutic resistance, a major cause of multiple myeloma mortality.
Winship has named two new assistant directors to support the advancement of the Winship mission in collaboration with the Winship Executive Committee. Renee Read, PhD, is the assistant director for basic research, and Carlos Moreno, PhD, is the assistant director for education and training.
Winship member Sunil Badve, MD, has been named an associate editor of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The journal publishes manuscripts that describe novel findings of significance in cancer research with a particular focus on clinical, epidemiologic, behavioral and health outcomes studies.
Members of the Winship community gathered on Tuesday, Dec. 13 for a town hall and holiday party and to celebrate the completion of the Building C first floor renovation on the Clifton campus (pictured above). View a recording of the Winship Town Hall, which included updates on cancer center news, clinical trials, basic and translational research and the new Winship at Emory Midtown facility, scheduled to open May 2023.
Winship teams showed off their decorating skills this holiday season, transforming offices and clinical areas into winter wonderlands. Pictured: entries from the holiday tree decorating competition at the Clifton campus infusion center.
Hosted by Purdue University Center for Cancer Research and Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, the annual NCI-funded workshop Big Data Training for Cancer Research will be held May 19-28. This workshop will help cancer researchers develop skills for managing, visualizing, analyzing and integrating various types of omics data in cancer studies. Applications are due Jan. 6.
Join a multidisciplinary group of Emory practitioners for a symposium on the early detection of lung cancer using robotics technology at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. This free continuing education event will discuss state-of-the-art robotic bronchoscopy and how this new tool is improving outcomes for patients.
Co-hosted by Winship Cancer Institute and partners from across the state, the 2023 Georgia Cancer Summit will be held at Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in Atlanta on Tuesday, Jan. 31. With the theme "Advancing Cancer Health Equity through Innovation and Partnerships," this in-person, full-day event aims to catalyze efforts to promote cancer health equity and reduce the burden of cancer in Georgia. (Image courtesy of Georgia Tech)
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