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Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN, joins Bernard Weissman, PhD, and Jen Jen Yeh, MD, who lead as co-associate directors of Cancer Research Training Education Coordination (CRTEC).

At the recent San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Lisa A. Carey, MD, ScM, FASCO, presented a plenary talk on the latest developments in triple negative breast cancer.

Pengda Liu, PhD, was awarded the grant to support his research targeting ATR/SPOP signaling to overcome chemotherapy resistance in Ewing sarcoma, a bone cancer that occurs mainly in children.

Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD, is a recipient of The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Emerging Leader Award. The funding will support her research focused on reprogramming B cell fate and function in cancer.

Angela Smith, MD, MS, FACS, was presented the Gold Cystoscope Award, an award honoring outstanding contributions to the field of urology.

Fifteen UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center members were named as 2021 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate for publishing some of the most influential scientific papers during the past decade.

UNC Lineberger’s Shakira Grant, MBBS, was awarded a two-year research grant to study the illness and treatment experiences of older adults with multiple myeloma and their care partners.

People with advanced cancers who reported their symptoms weekly using a digital tool received more timely, and potentially life-saving treatment, compared to those who were evaluated less frequently via regular in-person clinical visits, according to findings from a national study led by Ethan Basch, MD, MSc.

UNC Lineberger’s Cleo Samuel-Ryals, PhD, is one of four UNC faculty members awarded the 2021 Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement.