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A few minutes with is a profile series on the people of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the North Carolina Basnight Cancer Hospital, the clinical home of UNC Lineberger.
Get to know the people behind the research, administration, training and education, patient care, and other areas who help make a difference in the lives of our patients and further the mission of UNC Lineberger.
Want to nominate someone to be profiled? Please email Taylor Lisenby, taylor_lisenby@med.unc.edu, with their name, title, email address and a sentence about why this person should be featured.
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A few minutes with Siddharth Sheth, DO, MPH
For Siddharth Sheth, DO, MPH, he knew UNC was the place for him when he pursued his first faculty position in medicine. However, it wasn’t just UNC that shaped his medical career. When Sheth’s mom was diagnosed with cancer and later relapsed, he knew oncology was the right path for him.
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A few minutes with Catherine Cheng, CCRP
Catherine Cheng, CCRP, helped launch the first phase of the UNC Lineberger cellular therapy program’s research protocols.
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A few minutes with Ronny Bell, PhD, MS
Ronny Bell, PhD, MS, continues to serve his community and give back to the native population that he cares for deeply, personally and professionally.
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A few minutes with Dean Staley
Dean Staley is an administration support associate at UNC Lineberger and likely the first person people see when they walk into the cancer center’s director’s office.
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A few minutes with Justin Ashby
After losing his grandfather to pancreatic cancer, Justin Ashby knew he wanted to work in a lab that focused on developing new treatments for pancreatic cancer.
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A few minutes with Tammy Allred, RN
Tammy Allred, RN, a thoracic oncology nurse navigator, tells her patients that she will be their “lighthouse to guide them through the storm that is cancer.”
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A few minutes with Amy Depue, RN, MSN, OCN, CBCN
Amy Depue, RN, MSN, OCN, CBCN, has served breast cancer patients at the N.C. Basnight Cancer Hospital as a nurse navigator, helping patients and caregivers organize multifaceted cancer treatments.