honors and awards Archives

The American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) presented UNC Lineberger’s Donald Rosenstein, MD, with the Jimmie Holland Lifetime Achievement Award during its 20th annual conference.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology and Conquer Cancer recognized UNC Lineberger’s Patty Spears with its Patient Advocate Award, the society’s highest honor, at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Headshots of Blossom Damania and Dirk Dittmer

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.

Headshots of Stephen Frye, Amy Gladfelter, Alexander Kabanov, and David Margolis

Four UNC Lineberger members have been elected 2021 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the most distinct honors in the scientific community.

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.

Exteriors of the UNC Lineberger and Marsico Hall buildings.

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

Hung-Jui (Ray) Tan, MD, MSHPM, has been recognized with the James W. Woods Junior Faculty Award, which honors clinical faculty who recently started their academic careers.

Headshots of Janelle Arthur and Pengda Liu

Pengda Liu, PhD, and Janelle Arthur, PhD, will present their research at the Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships in Academic Medicine and James W. Woods Junior Faculty Award Seminar during UNC Research Week.

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American Psychosocial Oncology Society honors Rosenstein with lifetime achievement award

American Society of Clinical Oncology honors Spears with Patient Advocate Award

Damania and Dittmer honored with Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award

Four UNC Lineberger members elected AAAS fellows

Liu awarded $150,000 Ewing sarcoma research grant

Mark Foundation awards Pylayeva-Gupta three-year, $750,000 research grant

UNC Lineberger faculty recognized as being among the world’s most influential researchers

UNC honors Samuel-Ryals with the Hettleman Prize

Tan named James Woods Junior Faculty Award recipient

Liu, Arthur awarded Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship