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From the Telehealth Director, June 2022

May 31, 2022

Dear UNC Lineberger Cancer Network Friend, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the recent tragedies in Uvalde, Buffalo, and elsewhere in the US. These events have brought unimaginable sorrow and suffering to the families of those killed and injured. They have added heavily to the collective tragedy of gun violence in our nation. … Read more

19 New Self-Paced Online Courses for Investigators, May 2022

April 29, 2022

Developing, writing, operationalizing, and conducting clinical trials is incredibly complex. To aid in investigator continuing education about some of these complex processes, the UNCLCN and UNC Lineberger Sponsored Clinical Research Services have put together 19 self-paced, online courses for investigators. They cover a variety of topics including the creation of a clinical trial, responsibilities associated … Read more

Working to Reduce the Side Effects of Chemotherapy

April 6, 2022

  Please tell us about your career trajectory. Help us understand how you became a medical oncologist and what led you to pursue managing the side effects of chemotherapy? When I entered medical school, I did not know what specialty I wanted to pursue, and I enjoyed anatomy and thus thought about becoming a surgeon. … Read more

Exercise and Cancer Go Hand and Hand, March 2022

February 28, 2022

Carly Bailey is the Director of Physical Activity and Integrative Oncology at UNC Cancer Center. She is a graduate of The University of South Carolina’s undergraduate curriculum in exercise science and UNC-Chapel Hill’s graduate curriculum in exercise physiology. Carly gained experience as a research coordinator for exercise oncology studies at UNC and then as the … Read more

Taking a Closer look at Vascular Anomalies, and Available Treatment

January 24, 2022

Dr. Julie Blatt, MD, and Dr. Jennifer Brondon, MD, are pediatric hematologist-oncologist specialists within the Vascular Anomalies Program at UNC-Chapel Hill. To better understand vascular anomalies, I recently had the privilege of asking some questions about the program, these diseases, and treatment (The responses were jointly prepared by Drs. Blatt and Brondon). What is a … Read more