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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Ben Major, PhD., assistant professor of cell and developmental biology, has received a two-year $200,000 Kimmel Foundation Scholar Award from the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research, one of 15 named nationally. A member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Major will use the award to...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University and N.C. State University have teamed up to find ways to design more powerful clinical trials for cancer treatments, effectively getting better and more personalized new therapies to cancer patients sooner. The researchers have...

Hosted by the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority on March 20, 2010, the 21st Annual Franklin 5K had over 750 participants and raised over $41, 000 to support several organizations including UNC Lineberger. Holly Hough, of UNC’s Comprehensive Cancer Support Program, was one of the post-race speakers.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -Richard M. Goldberg, MD has been appointed to a newly-created position with the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB), a national clinical research group sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Dr. Goldberg, who is Physician-in-Chief of the N.C. Cancer Hospital and Chief of the Division of...

From L – R: Katy Gilliam (Pink Pacer member), Jennifer Cashion (GR&H program coordinator), Carrie Gilmore (Pink Pacer member), Diane Groff (GR&H program co-Director and founder), Claudio Battaglini (GR&H program co-Director and founder), Brooke Bowersox (Pink Pacer member), Amber Alsobrooks (GR&H licensed recreation therapist), Jean Owen (GR&H certified exercise oncology...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Daniel L. Clarke-Pearson, MD, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Robert A. Ross Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was elected the 42nd President of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO)...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The University Cancer Research Fund (UCRF) is a nation-leading investment in research to reduce the burden of cancer in North Carolina – our state’s leading cause of death. Established in August 2007 by the State of North Carolina, the fund supports cancer research at the UNC...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The University Cancer Research Fund Innovation Awards are designed to foster new research, with a preference given to multi-component scientific research in strategic areas within the UCRF’s mission of discovery, innovation, and delivery. The innovation awards are part of UCRF’s investment in leading-edge researchers and innovative...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The March/April 2010 issue of the Carolina Alumni Review features UNC Lineberger member Etta Pisano, MD, in an article titled “A Brilliant Impatience,” written by Beth McNichol ’95. The Carolina Alumni Review is a publication of the University of North Carolina General Alumni Association. Read full...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A clinical trial led by UNC Lineberger physician-researcher Mark Socinski, MD has shown that Abraxane® — a chemotherapy agent previously used for metastatic breast cancer – is effective as a first-line treatment for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The Phase 3 trial, which was...