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We are following the latest developments with COVID-19 and the recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

We are committed to providing the care you need, and have implemented changes that allow us to continue to safely provide surgical care during the pandemic.

Researchers led by Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, and Kimberly Shoenbill, MD, PhD, will help assess whether smoking impacts COVID-19 symptoms, treatment and outcomes.

Patty Spears, chair of UNC Lineberger’s Patient Advocates for Research Council, was recognized for her longstanding advocacy on behalf of cancer patients.

William Wood, MD, MPH, is a national leader in the digital health field, and is motivated by a desire to understand the patient experience in order to ultimately improve it.

UNC Lineberger faculty have held leadership and team membership roles with The Cancer Genome Atlas, which was launched in 2006.

Seth Noar, PhD, received the grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to lead a national study to develop and test messages that discourage adolescents from using electronic cigarettes.

Kirsten Bryant, PhD, will attend the Forbeck Forum for a series of talks on “Emerging Strategies to Overcome Heterogeneous Resistance Mechanisms.”

UNC Lineberger researchers led by Victoria Bae-Jump, MD, PhD, are launching a major initiative to track 1,000 women across North Carolina with endometrial cancer.

Research led by Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, and Justin Trogdon, PhD, revealed the largest expected costs for treating metastatic breast cancer were among women age 18-44.