July 9, 2019
David B. Darr has been appointed associate director of administration of the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. In this important cancer center role, Darr is responsible for overseeing the general administration and staff of UNC Lineberger as well as facility operations, space assessment of Center campus and off campus units, strategic planning, …
July 2, 2019
Ten years after he first discovered cancerous brown marks growing on his shoulder, Michael Martin learned the skin cancer was back. He already had the melanoma removed surgically twice, but the cancer came back a third time, and it had spread. Now the cancer was on his lung — the cancerous cells were surgically removed …
July 2, 2019
The 2019 UNC Lineberger-Sylvia Lauterborn and Warren Trent Piver Oncology Nursing Fellows were recognized at a luncheon on Friday, June 21. This year’s fellows are Bekah Friday, Celina Jimenez, Hayley Nusser and Gabriela Valchanova. The fellowship program was designed to stimulate and foster professional development in oncology nursing among rising seniors at the UNC School …
July 2, 2019
UNC Lineberger’s Get Real & Heel hosted a block party for its current and former members on Saturday with the goal of building a stronger community. Many braved the sultry mid 90s temperature to enjoy a picnic, catch up on each other’s lives outside Get Real & Heel, introduce their loved ones to each other, …
July 1, 2019
In the time it takes for an Amazon Prime delivery to arrive, cells damaged by chemotherapy can almost completely fix their most important DNA. That is the case in the livers of mice at least, according to a new study from UNC School of medicine researchers. The lab of Nobel laureate Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, …
July 1, 2019
The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute recently announced the recipients of several award programs. UNC Lineberger members were among the recipients of the institute’s Translational Research Matched Pilot Grants, the UNC School of Medicine and NC TraCS Translational Team Science Awards. Of the recipients of the matched pilot grant awards, UNC Lineberger’s Laura …
July 1, 2019
The American Association for Cancer Research and American Head and Neck Society recently awarded Siddharth Sheth, DO, MPH, a medical oncology fellow from the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology, a Scholar-in-Training Award at the AACR-AHNS Head and Neck Cancer Conference held in Austin, Texas, April 29-20. AACR-AHNS Scholar-in-Training Awards are highly competitive and …
July 1, 2019
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center presented the Graduate Fellow Awards in Basic Science to Megan Agajanian, Anthony Arceci and Salma Azam. The annual competitive award recognizes outstanding graduate students who are working in the laboratories of UNC Lineberger members, and are in their final year of training. Each award winner also receives …
July 1, 2019
UNC Lineberger’s Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN-BC, OCN, assistant professor in the UNC School of Nursing, was first and corresponding author of a paper published in the journal Supportive Care in Cancer. UNC Lineberger’s William A. Wood, MD, associate professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology, was the senior author. In the …
July 1, 2019
UNC Lineberger’s Satish Gopal, MD, MPH, was a co-author of a viewpoint published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that discussed the benefits of global oncology initiatives. The article outlined current initiatives in global oncology, and also highlighted opportunities for this work to drive cancer research forward, including to improve screening, diagnosis and …
