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A few minutes with

A few minutes with is a profile series on the people of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the North Carolina Basnight Cancer Hospital, the clinical home of UNC Lineberger.

Get to know the people behind the research, administration, training and education, patient care, and other areas who help make a difference in the lives of our patients and further the mission of UNC Lineberger.

Want to nominate someone to be profiled? Please email Taylor Lisenby, taylor_lisenby@med.unc.edu, with their name, title, email address and a sentence about why this person should be featured.

  • Headshot of Patty Spears.

    A few minutes with Patty Spears, BS, FASCO

    Patty Spears, BS, FASCO, is a research manager at UNC Lineberger providing scientific leadership and guidance to advance translational trials and data management for breast cancer research trials.

  • Headshot of Kate Ashcraft.

    A few minutes with Kate Ashcraft, PhD

    Kate Ashcraft, PhD, is a research science liaison in the UNC Lineberger Clinical Trials Office who brings her passion for scientific exploration into every facet of her role.

  • A patient lifts hand weights with a Get Real & Heel trainer.

    A few minutes with Carly Bailey, MA, ACSM-CEP; NBC-HWC

    Carly Bailey, MA, ACSM-CEP; NBC-HWC, is the program director for Get Real & Heel, a unique exercise program designed for cancer patients and survivors in North Carolina.

  • Headshot of Denise Spector.

    A few minutes with Denise Spector, PhD, MPH, ARNP

    Denise Spector, PhD, MPH, ARNP, is a nurse practitioner and integrative medicine clinician at UNC Lineberger and the North Carolina Basnight Cancer Hospital.

  • Headshot of Ana Salas.

    A few minutes with Ana Salas, MPH

    Ana Salas, MPH, is a community outreach coordinator with the UNC Lineberger Office of Community Outreach and Engagement who is driven to educate rural communities in North Carolina.

  • Oncologist Sid Sheth meets with a patient and their caregiver in a clinic room.

    A few minutes with Siddharth Sheth, DO, MPH

    For Siddharth Sheth, DO, MPH, he knew UNC was the place for him when he pursued his first faculty position in medicine. However, it wasn’t just UNC that shaped his medical career. When Sheth’s mom was diagnosed with cancer and later relapsed, he knew oncology was the right path for him.

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