Hong Jin (HJ) Kim, MD, has been appointed vice chair of academic affairs in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery and associate physician-in-chief of the N.C. Basnight Cancer Hospital.
Jen Yeh, MD, has been appointed to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s scientific and medical advisory board, which is comprised of leading scientists, clinicians and healthcare professionals across the United States.
The NCI awarded $9.3 million in support of two five-year research projects from researchers in the UNC Lineberger Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence in partnership with other institutions.
The designation is in recognition of UNC Lineberger’s multidisciplinary pancreatic cancer care program and its focus on providing the best possible outcomes and an improved quality of life for patients.
Hanna K. Sanoff, MD, MPH, is the author of a viewpoint that provides a perspective on the evolving treatment of rectal cancer in light of findings from a phase II clinical trial using the drug dostarlimab.