October 7, 2019
The National Cancer Institute has awarded University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, a five-year, $2.7 million grant to develop more effective health warnings for little cigars and cigarillos. Nearly 12 million U.S. adults reported smoking cigars within a single month, according to 2016 national survey, and little cigars …
October 2, 2019
The National Cancer Institute has awarded a three-year, $1.4 million grant to University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Seth M. Noar, PhD, to conduct studies that will help improve the effectiveness of tobacco prevention advertisements for adolescents. Specifically, Noar and his collaborators will develop new metrics to gauge the effectiveness of tobacco …
October 1, 2019
UNC Lineberger researchers published new findings in Nature Communications that help explain one path that breast cancers can take as they leave tumors and spread throughout the body.
September 30, 2019
At the 15th annual Roy Williams Fast Break against Cancer, Chad Holbrook offered a compelling reason why to support UNC Lineberger and its mission: the health of his son Reece, who is a cancer survivor and a top prospect high school baseball player.
September 24, 2019
Two scientists who trained in laboratories at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill returned to campus for UNC Lineberger’s 44th Annual Postdoc-Faculty Research Day to share lessons from their careers. Katherine Fries, PhD, deputy director in the Global Clinical Immunology department at Sanofi Pasteur, and Jennifer Gerton, PhD, investigator with the Stowers Institute …
September 23, 2019
UNC Lineberger’s Greg Wang, PhD, has been honored as one of four recipients of this year’s Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement. The late Phillip Hettleman, a member of the UNC-Chapel Hill class of 1921, and his wife, Ruth, established the prestigious award in 1986 to recognize the achievements of outstanding junior faculty. The recipients …
September 23, 2019
The U.S. Army has awarded a $559,799 grant to UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD, to investigate the role of the immune system in promoting pancreatic cancer’s spread.
September 20, 2019
While mutations in BRCA genes are well known to increase breast cancer risk, researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered a different series of genes they believe might be contributing to breast cancer through a lesser-known mechanism. Mutations in BRCA cause cells to lose the ability to repair errors …
September 17, 2019
Andrew Smitherman, MD, MSc, was awarded a two-year, $200,000 Hyundai Young Investigator Grant to investigate approaches to identify pediatric, adolescent and young adult cancer patients most at risk for late stage treatment side-effects.
September 16, 2019
Susan G. Komen® today announced it was providing $1.45 million in research grants to three UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center members as part of a national campaign focused on metastatic breast cancer, developing new, more-effective treatments, and addressing disparities in breast cancer outcomes. The grants support Komen’s commitment to achieve its Bold Goal to reduce …
