April 16, 2010
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Andy Hemmert, Jon Edwards, and Ben Hill comprised the team of UNC graduate students who competed and won third place and a $5,000 cash prize to be split amongst them at the 4th Annual Global Venture Challenge hosted by Oak Ridge National Labs on March 24-26, 2010. The Global Venture Challenge …
April 13, 2010
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Kim Rathmell, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, will receive one of three INNOVATOR awards given by the American Association for Cancer Research and the Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation. The awards will be presented at the AACR’s 101st annual meeting on April 17-21 in Washington, DC. Rathmell, a …
April 12, 2010
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Important advances in the fight against cancer have come as researchers proved that viruses and cancers interact in ways that were previously unknown to scientists. A new study led by UNC scientists shows that a common cancer drug can activate a viral infection that, paradoxically, can help anti-viral medications eradicate virus-associated …
April 12, 2010
Findings have potential for cancer, other age-related diseases
April 8, 2010
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Ben Major, PhD., assistant professor of cell and developmental biology, has received a two-year $200,000 Kimmel Foundation Scholar Award from the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research, one of 15 named nationally. A member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Major will use the award to support his ongoing efforts to …
April 7, 2010
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University and N.C. State University have teamed up to find ways to design more powerful clinical trials for cancer treatments, effectively getting better and more personalized new therapies to cancer patients sooner. The researchers have been awarded a $12.5 million, …
April 1, 2010
Hosted by the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority on March 20, 2010, the 21st Annual Franklin 5K had over 750 participants and raised over $41, 000 to support several organizations including UNC Lineberger. Holly Hough, of UNC’s Comprehensive Cancer Support Program, was one of the post-race speakers.
April 1, 2010
From L – R: Katy Gilliam (Pink Pacer member), Jennifer Cashion (GR&H program coordinator), Carrie Gilmore (Pink Pacer member), Diane Groff (GR&H program co-Director and founder), Claudio Battaglini (GR&H program co-Director and founder), Brooke Bowersox (Pink Pacer member), Amber Alsobrooks (GR&H licensed recreation therapist), Jean Owen (GR&H certified exercise oncology trainer and exercise trainers supervisor)Over …
April 1, 2010
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -Richard M. Goldberg, MD has been appointed to a newly-created position with the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB), a national clinical research group sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Dr. Goldberg, who is Physician-in-Chief of the N.C. Cancer Hospital and Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at UNC-Chapel …
March 29, 2010
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Daniel L. Clarke-Pearson, MD, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Robert A. Ross Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was elected the 42nd President of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO) at the organization’s 41st Annual …
