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, …
June 3, 2019
Jenny P. Ting, PhD, the William Kenan Professor of Genetics and Microbiology & Immunology has been elected to serve as vice president of the American Association of Immunologists for the 2019-2020 term. Ting has been an active member of the organization for since 1997. AAI is dedicated to advancing the field of immunology and fostering …
June 2, 2019
Preliminary results from a University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center study found that just 15 percent of a group of men in North Carolina with early-stage prostate cancer who choose active surveillance instead of treatment followed the recommended monitoring guidelines. The findings, which were presented today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology …
May 31, 2019
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have uncovered the mechanism that explains how an investigational cancer therapeutic might be working – a finding that they believe could be important for the design of potential new therapies. In the journal ACS Chemical Biology, researchers explain how the investigational compound ONC201 may be working …
May 30, 2019
When Judith Edmonds discovered an itchy, raised freckle on her leg, she knew something was wrong. At that time, she didn’t realize how important this was going to be to her life. Edmonds, who now lives in Bullock, N.C., was diagnosed with melanoma, a potentially deadly form of skin cancer, and she had the cancer …
