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Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: June 1 鈥� June 30, 2020

Division of Cardiology Anil Gehi, MD, received a聽grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation聽to create a new patient education program to help patients with atrial fibrillation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Division of Hematology Dougald Monroe, PhD,聽received NIH funding聽to help guide the development of novel treatments and new therapeutics for bleeding. Nigel Mackman, PhD, an … Read more

Tschernia, Voorhees Receive Fellowship Grants From AACR

Nicholas Tschernia, MD, and Tim Voorhees, MD Two faculty physicians from the division of oncology are in the newest class of American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) grant recipients. Nicholas Tschernia, MD, has received the 2020 AACR-AstraZeneca Clinical Immuno-oncology Research Training Fellowship. Timothy J. Voorhees, MD, has received the 2020 AACR-AstraZeneca Lymphoma … Read more

The American Society of Clinical Oncology honored Hyman B. Muss, MD, FASCO, the Mary Jones Hudson Distinguished Professor of Geriatric Oncology at the 黑料网 Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, with the 2020 Allen S. Lichter Visionary Leader Award for his career-long dedication to improving the care of older patients with cancer.

New OGHE Global Health Scholars

Jennifer Morgan, MD The Office of Global Health Education recently announced the 4th cohort of Global Health Scholars, and two are from the department of medicine. The competitive, two-year, multi-disciplinary program provides funding to support the career and leadership development of residents and fellows with a strong interest in global health. Jennifer Morgan, MD,聽is a first … Read more

Study Reveals Communication Gap Between Women and Doctors About Breast Cancer Treatment Symptoms

Kirsten Nyrop, PhD A new study led by Kirsten Nyrop, PhD, assistant professor in the division of oncology and member of the 黑料网 Lineberger Cancer Research Center, reports a gap in communication between women with early-stage breast cancer and physicians about the severity of their chemotherapy treatment-related symptoms. The study compared how women with breast cancer rated the s … Read more

Basch Co-authors Cancer Treatment Guidance in JAMA

Ethan Basch, MD Ethan Basch, MD, MSc., chief of the division of oncology and member of the 黑料网 Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has detailed cancer treatment guidance to balance cancer patients鈥� treatment and infection risk in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. In JAMA, Basch and co-authors describe a framework for physicians making cancer care decisions amid the pandemic. 鈥淥 … Read more

Pecot Explains What Patients With Lung Cancer Need to Know About COVID-19

Chad Pecot, MD Chad Pecot, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of oncology told Cure he is caring for patients by phone and making decisions with colleagues about chemotherapy treatment. “Something that we would never do as an oncologist is to give chemo without seeing a patient,” he said in the Cure interview. “But that’s becoming the new norm now is to actually … Read more

Weiss, Vincent Eye Personalized, Adaptive Cancer Vaccine

Jared Weiss, MD, and Ben Vincent, MD Ben Vincent, MD, and Jared Weiss, MD, are in the final stages of launching a clinical trial for a therapy they鈥檙e calling PANDA-VAC, which stands for 鈥減ersonalized and adaptive vaccine.鈥� They say an upcoming clinical trial is their shot at curing lung and head and neck squamous cell carcinomas — cancers linked to smoking. Both are associate p … Read more

Serody and Basch Will Lead Divisions in Realignment of Hematology and Oncology

Jonathan Serody, MD In a realignment of the division of hematology and oncology that will form two divisions from one, Ron Falk, MD, chair of the 黑料网 Department of Medicine has appointed 聽Jonathan Serody, MD, chief of hematology and Ethan Basch, MD, chief of oncology. Melba Ribeiro, MPH, will serve both divisions as associate chief for administration. 鈥淭he division of hematology … Read more

Rose Receives NCI Grant to Study Entinostat Combined With Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Urothelial Cancer

Tracy Rose, MD, MPH Tracy Rose, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology and member of the 黑料网 Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, received a National Cancer Institute K08 grant “Selective histone deacetylase inhibition with entinostat to enhance the anti-tumor immune response to immune checkpoint inhibition in urothelial cancer.” Th … Read more

Weiss Presents Clinical Findings at 2020 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium

Jared Weiss, MD Jared Weiss, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology, presented preliminary findings at the 2020 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancers Symposium from a phase II trial that combined radiation therapy and immunotherapy for patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Learn more from the 黑料网 Lineberger … Read more

Basch Publishes JAMA Article On Proposed Medicare Reimbursement Model

Ethan Basch, MD, MSc Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, the Richard M. Goldberg Distinguished Professor in Medical Oncology, in the division of hematology and oncology, is the lead author of an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association that provides perspectives聽on聽the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥� (CMS)聽proposed new payment model for medical oncology care. Ca … Read more