Dear UNC Lineberger Cancer Network Friend,
Please join me in giving a warm welcome to Nadja Brown (who co-authored this article) and to Pat Muscarella. Both joined us in the last few weeks.
Nadja Brown is our new Interim Administrative Support Specialist. She is a recent graduate from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. She has a passion for healthcare and is excited to be working with the team helping provide education to NC residents on cancer care and research. Nadja will provide customer support, schedule meetings, help with the planning and organization of events, assist with Tumor Board monitoring, along with assisting with day-to-day operations
Patrick Muscarella is our new Technology Support Technician and has 16 years of Information Technology experience with UNC and UCLA. Prior to UNC Lineberger Cancer Network, he worked at UNC Kenan Flagler Business School and the UCLA School of Law. In both roles, he was the lead technical support for classroom, auditorium, and conference technology. He is a graduate of McDaniel College with a major in Communications. Additionally, he has completed an Audio Engineering certificate program from The Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts and a Digital Signal Processing certificate from UCLA Extension. Patrick will be supporting Tumor Boards, Mediasite, Panopto, and other technologies and programs within UNC Lineberger.
To read more about any member of our Team click here
Please note that we are proud to announce the first lecture in our 2022-2023 NC Community College Oncology Series: Oncology Career Pathways. Come explore career options in nursing, pharmacy, radiology, and cancer registry with professionals in the field. The presenters will highlight career paths that are opened by earning an Associate’s Degree. Our presenters are:
- Nursing: Patti Morfeld, RN BSN OCN
- Pharmacy: Shanybel Santer Torres, CPhT
- Radiology: Jessica Church, MPH, RT(R)(T), CMD
- Cancer Registry: Isaiah Zipple, CTR
This series is a collaboration with the North Carolina Community College System. It is designed to provide community college students in healthcare programs with information on oncology-related career opportunities. Please register for this and other lectures in this series at:
https://learn.unclcn.org/content/nc-community-college-oncology
Please note that this series is intended for community college students. Certificates of Participation are available, but professional certificates are not offered with this series.
Details regarding our entire September lecture lineup (free, with various types of professional education credit) are listed below:
- Wednesday, September 14th at noon: Our Patient-Centered Care Lecture – An Introduction to Cancer Registry Operation – Isaiah Zipple, CTR – NCPD/CNE, ACPE, ASRT, & CTR Credit Available
- Wednesday, September 21st at 4:00 PM: Our APP Lecture – Principals of Pharmacologic and Interventional Management of Cancer Pain – Dominika James, MD – NCPD/CNE Credit Available
- Wednesday, September 28th at noon: The Research to Practice Lecture – Demystifying Molecular-Based Tests in Head and Neck Cancers – Siddharth Sheth DO, MD – CME, NCPD/CNE, ACPE, ASRT, & CTR Credit Available
You may register for any or all of these lectures at: https://learn.unclcn.org/
Recordings are available for those lectures that already took place in our UNCLCN Video Library.
As always, if live lectures do not fit your schedule, check out our free self-paced, for-credit lectures at: https://learn.unclcn.org/content/self-paced-online-courses
Always quality oncology education. Always free. We hope to see you there.
Wishing you continued strength and fortitude in these challenging times,
Tim Poe & Nadja Brown