Join the Winship 5K run/walk on October 7, 2023, in support of cancer research at Winship Cancer Institute. You can create a team or join as an individual and take part in person or virtually. Registration is now open.
A new study led by Winship member James E. Bates, MD, and reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology demonstrates for the first time that applying the same radiation therapy dose to the heart’s substructures as a uniform dose to the whole heart in children with cancer puts them at higher risk for future heart complications.
Winship surgical oncologist Maria C. Russell, MD, has been named chief quality officer for Winship. In this role, Russell will oversee the overall direction, leadership and operational management of Winship’s quality and safety programs to ensure the highest quality and safest care experience for patients across all Winship locations.
Winship Cancer Institute mourns the loss of Winship investigator and colleague Cecelia A. Bellcross, PhD, MS, CGC, founder of Emory's Genetic Counseling Training Program and a leader in the field of communicating cancer genetics risk.
Four Winship cancer researchers, Tomas Garzon-Muvdi, MD, MSc, Jessica Konen, PhD, Sarwish Rafiq, PhD, and Rakesh Shiradkar, PhD, are the newest recipients of pilot funding through Winship's American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant, designed to support new projects by promising early-career investigators.
The Winship K12 Clinical Oncology Training Program has named James Bates, MD, and Andres Chang, MD, PhD, as this year's K12 scholars. Supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute, the career development program supports clinician-investigators in the design and conduct of therapeutic cancer clinical research.
Take a video tour for a look inside at the comprehensive and thoughtful amenities offered at the new Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown, a first-of-its-kind facility.
The Winship Town Hall on June 13 featured updates on the first month of operations at Winship at Emory Midtown, a new APP-led diagnostic clinic, the Winship Clinical Trials Office and the new Winship Center for Cancer Health Equity Research.
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University will host the Biomedical Raman Imaging Symposium in the Woodruff Health Sciences Administration Building Auditorium, June 25-27. The symposium is geared to those interested in chemical imaging for diagnostics and research and will highlight advances in state-of-the-art Raman imaging spectral analysis by international leaders in the field.
The 2023 UGA-Winship Cancer Research Summit will take place on July 17 in Athens, Ga. Faculty, students and trainees will share research on emerging topics that span basic, translational, clinical and population sciences in oral and poster presentations.
The 14th Annual Winship Oncology Nursing Symposium will be held at the Atlanta Evergreen Lakeside Resort, Aug. 25-26. The symposium will cover some of the latest trends in oncology practice and care, with sessions led by experts in the field. Attendees will be awarded up to 18.0 contact hours by the Emory Nursing Professional Development Center.
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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.