June 11, 2014
Noam Vanderwalde, MD, a radiation oncology resident at the N.C. Cancer Hospital, was awarded a 2014 Young Investigator Award by the Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
May 20, 2014
Leanne Kaye, MPH, of the UNC Department of Nutrition has been named the 2014 recipient of the Marci Kramish Campbell Dissertation Award, a competitive $5,000 award to recognize excellence in dissertation research focused on cancer and the population sciences.
May 19, 2014
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has awarded a $480,000, two-year Research Scholar Grant to Stacie B. Dusetzina, PhD, assistant professor at the UNC School of Medicine and Gillings School of Global Public Health and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, to support research on the impact of parity legislation on the use and costs of oral cancer medications.
May 15, 2014
The Susan G. Komen North Carolina Triangle to the Coast (NCTC) has awarded a $50,000 grant to UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Support Program to fund a project aimed at improving access to comprehensive lymphedema care for breast cancer patients in central North Carolina.
May 8, 2014
Clara Alston had a 37 year career as a newborn critical care nurse at N.C. Children’s Hospital. When Clara began working at UNC in 1975, newborn critical care units were just starting to pop up in hospitals. By the time she retired from her position as assistant nurse manager in the Newborn Critical Care Center (NCCC) in 2012, Clara was an expert in the field of newborn critical care. She often shared stories about the early days and the evolution of newborn critical care nursing.
May 6, 2014
Betty Ray McCain has given much of herself to UNC Lineberger. She has been a member of the UNC Lineberger Board of Visitors since 2005. Most recently, she served as chair of the Membership and Nominating Committee. Prior to that, she ably served as vice chair from 2007-2009 and chaired the board from 2009-2012.
May 5, 2014
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has named Ben Major, PhD, assistant professor with the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member, as a 2014 Research Scholar.
April 30, 2014
The Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research has named Greg Wang, PhD, and Qing Zhang, PhD, as 2014 Sidney Kimmel Scholars.
April 29, 2014
Norman Sharpless, MD, Director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has been inducted as a member of the American Association of Physicians (AAP). His induction was announced at the joint American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)/American Association of Physicians meeting in Chicago.
April 28, 2014
On April 26, more than 6,000 people participated in the 7th Annual Tar Heel 10 Miler
