June 20, 2019
In an advance for medical imaging, scientists from University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a method for creating radioactive tracers to better track pharmaceuticals in the body as well as image diseases, such as cancer, and other medical conditions. The researchers reported in the journal Science a method for creating tracers …
June 19, 2019
For Matthew Milowsky, MD, the George Gabriel and Frances Gable Villere Distinguished Professor of Bladder and Genitourinary Cancer Research, the why of genitourinary cancers is just as important to him as the how and what. As a former philosophy major, it’s natural that the questions behind these cancers are what drive the clinician and researcher to explore new methods to treat and care for patients.
June 18, 2019
The UNC School of Medicine has selected UNC Lineberger’s Arlene Chung, MD, MHA, MMCi, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics, as one of two recipients of the Jefferson Pilot Award, along with Jiandong Liu, PhD, associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine. Each will receive $5,000 for each of the next four years to support …
June 18, 2019
Luis Malpica Castillo, MD, a fellow in in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology, was awarded one of the Research Training Award for Fellows from the American Society of Hematology. The award is designed to encourage junior researchers in hematology, hematology/oncology, and other hematology-related training programs to pursue careers in academic hematology, according …
June 18, 2019
The Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has awarded Young Investigator Awards to two fellows from the UNC School of Medicine. Siddharth Sheth, DO, MPH, and Luis Malpica Castillo, MD. These awards provide funding to early to mid-career oncologists conducting clinical research. Research projects conducted by this year’s awardees seek …
June 18, 2019
Three fellows in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology, Daniel Richardson, MD, Tim Voorhees, MD, and Matthew Painschab, MD, were selected to participate in the ASCO/AACR Methods in Clinical Cancer Research Workshop in Vail, Colorado, July 27-Aug. 2. The intensive workshop covers the essentials of effective clinical trial designs of therapeutic interventions in …
June 13, 2019
Using a new blood test that’s in development, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers identified characteristics that could be used to personalize treatment for patients with a type of head and neck cancer linked to HPV infection. Researchers believe the findings, published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, could help identify those …
June 10, 2019
UNC Lineberger presented three postdoctoral fellows with the Joseph S. Pagano Award to recognize their leadership of notable scientific publications.
June 3, 2019
UNC Lineberger’s Benjamin Vincent, MD, an assistant professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology, was co-corresponding author of a study included in the journal Immunity’s “Best of 2018” reprint collection. Jonathan Serody, MD, UNC Lineberger’s associate director for translational sciences and the Elizabeth Thomas Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology in the …
June 3, 2019
Lisa A. Carey, MD, FASCO, was named a fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology during its annual meeting in Chicago, May 31-June 4. The distinction recognizes ASCO members for their extraordinary volunteer service, dedication, and commitment to the organization, which represents nearly 45,000 oncology professionals who care for people living with cancer. Carey, …
