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Matthew Painschab, MD, is a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member interested in reducing global cancer disparities through prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as increasing research capacity through training international and domestic researchers to work globally.

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Assistant Professor, Hematology
UNC-Chapel Hill
Virology

Area of Interest

Matthew Painschab, MD, has a primary interest in reducing global cancer disparities through prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa as well as increasing research capacity through training international and domestic researchers to work globally. Painschab works primarily at our partner site in Malawi, UNC Project Malawi, to study HIV-associated malignancies, especially multicentric Castleman disease, lymphoma, and Kaposi sarcoma.

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Awards and Honors

  • Global Oncology Young Investigator Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2018-2019
  • Pope Clinical Trainee Award, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2019
  • Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, 2018
  • Outstanding Fellows Award, North Carolina Oncology Association, 2018

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NIH awards grant to Painschab to improve multicentric Castleman disease treatment in Malawi

The National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center has awarded Matthew Painschab, MD, a five-year International Research Scientist Development Award to lead research into improving treatment for multicentric Castleman disease in Malawi. Working through the University of North Carolina Project-Malawi, a collaboration between UNC-Chapel Hill and the Malawi Ministry of Health, Painschab will lead a …


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