Program News
News and stories about the UNC Lineberger Global Oncology Research Program
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Damania and Dittmer honored with Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award
Blossom Damania, PhD, and Dirk Dittmer, PhD, are being recognized individually for their expertise in cancer virology and global oncology, and their service to the university and state.
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Alexander outlines efforts to develop pediatric cancer fellowship program in Ethiopia
Thomas Alexander, MD, MPH, and colleagues report on their work to help establish a pediatric hematology-oncology training curriculum in Ethiopia.
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NCI grant funds UNC-led consortium studying HIV-related cancers in sub-Saharan Africa
A team of UNC researchers are partnering with colleagues at three institutions in Africa to study HIV-associated malignancies: Kaposi sarcoma, cervical cancer and lymphoma.
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NCI appoints Gopal director of Center for Global Health
The National Cancer Institute has named Satish Gopal, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Global Health. He assumes his new role today. Gopal is a physician-scientist who led the cancer program for UNC Project-Malawi, a research and care collaboration between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Malawi Ministry of Health, … Read more
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Researchers unveil experimental compound to block therapeutic target in blood cancer
Researchers at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a hyperactive cell signal that contributes to tumor growth in an aggressive blood cancer. They also developed an experimental therapeutic to block the signal and slow tumor growth. In the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers reported they have identified a … Read more
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Gopal highlights benefits of global oncology in JAMA
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 … Read more
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Backed by grant, fundraiser, Westmoreland to launch study to improve survival for teens with blood cancer in Malawi
University of North Carolina’s Kate Westmoreland, MD, has been amazed and excited by a surge of support for her work to improve treatment for adolescents and young adults with Burkitt lymphoma in Malawi, a country in Sub-Saharan Africa where this type of blood cancer is more common and deadly than in the United States. Westmoreland … Read more