Tour the WVU Cancer Institute's Mobile Lung Cancer Screening Unit
March 27, 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
In front of WVU Health Sciences Center
LUCAS, the WVU Cancer Institute's Mobile Lung Cancer Screening Unit will be parked in front of WVU Health Sciences Center on March 27th and open for tours from 10 AM - noon. LUCAS travels across the state of West Virginia to provide lung cancer screening through low-dose CT in a comfortable, convenient environment for women, men, transgender and gender-diverse people who meet screening eligibility requirements. Stop by to say hello and tour this state-of-the-art lung cancer screening unit.
Grant Memorial Hospital Celebrates Lung Cancer Screening Milestone
WVU Medicine Grant Memorial Hospital (GMH) has marked its one-year anniversary of being a designated site for low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screening.
GMH Radiology began offering LDCT lung cancer screening in February 2023 and has screened almost 100 patients.
Pictured from left, are CT Techs Jami Rohrbaugh, Marty Berg, and Lorena Smith.
WVU Cancer Institute at Berkeley Medical Center Earns National Re-accreditation from Commission on Cancer
The WVU Cancer Institute at WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center has earned national re-accreditation from the Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
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March 26
Special Seminar - Gene Therapy
AAV Vectors in Gene Therapy
Dr. Mikhail Gavrilin from Forge Biologics
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Dr. Monica Bergtagnolli, NIH Director
Fukishima Auditorium, 1901
(Please arrive no later than 2:45 p.m. so that the lecture can begin promptly at 3 p.m.)
Personalized treatments for brain cancers
Sonikpreet Aulakh, MBBS, MD
Hostler Auditorium, G17
Immunomodulation in Osteosarcoma: From Therapy to Diagnostics
Ryan Lacinski, Dissertation Defense
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Interactions Between Myeloid Cells and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Hillary Pratt, Dissertation Defense
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This showcase will give the WVU Health Sciences community a chance to meet experts working in our core facilities, as well as an opportunity to learn about the new resources and services that are available to support research.
HSC Commons Pylons Area
Novel Science Driven Therapies in Lung Cancer
David P. Carbone, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University
G17 HSCN
Inaugural Lawyers for LUCAS 5K - fundraiser to support WVU Cancer Institute's mobile lung cancer screening unit
Ruby Amphitheater
Register or Donate
Contact Susan Eason with questions.
Please register to receive the link
Summersville Arena and Conference Center
Inhibiting EZH2 to Modulate Lung Cancer Therapy Responses
Christina Fillmore Brainson, PhD, University of Kentucky
G17 HSCN
Contact Erin Gregory at EGregory@wvuf.org for details.
July 12
Save the Date for the Bi-Annual WVU Cancer Institute Breast Cancer Conference
Erickson Alumni Center
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WV Oncology Society Spring Meeting
WV Oncology Society Spring Meeting will take place on Friday April 26th at Stonewall Resort. There will be a special event on Thursday night to meet with vendors. All providers of the WVU Cancer institute receive free registration for this event. CME/CNE will be available to participants.
Research Development Support
The HSC Office of Research and Graduate Education (ORGE) has introduced a new service led by Dr. John Hollander that allows faculty members to receive support in the development of research grants. The purpose of this initiative is to provide researchers with valuable guidance on the most effective direction to pursue before finalizing and submitting their proposals to funding agencies. Please reach out to Mallory Weaver directly at mallory.weaver@hsc.wvu.edu or fill out the request form.
Researcher Improving Rural Clinical Trials Enrollment;
“Improving Rural Clinical Trial Enrollment: Recommendations From the Rural Health Working Group of the Alliance Clinical Trials Network” was published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Nicole L. Stout, DPT, CLT-LANA, FAPTA, WVUCI researcher and assistant research professor in the Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, was the lead author.
This publication was an outcome of The Alliance Clinical Trials Network Rural Health Working Group, co-led by Stout, tasked with improving rural clinical trials. It provides a high-level checklist that can inform trial design. This has been rolled out by the Alliance to inform their disease teams and investigators, as they develop study concepts.
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Recently, Albert Wright shared the story of an impactful interaction that began with a presentation by Ramon Alfredo Siochi, PhD, DABR, director of medical physics and associate chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology in the WVU Cancer Institute, to students at Morgantown High School (MHS). Here’s what he wrote:
It must have been an inspiring presentation because, days later, Joyce Hu, a junior at MHS, contacted Dr. Siochi to ask about research opportunities and for his mentorship on an upcoming project for a science competition. Joyce was interested in biological computation research, and, after careful consideration, Dr. Siochi suggested she explore a project that focused on EQD2, an advanced method of calculating precise dosages for patients undergoing radiation oncology. He spent about five hours speaking with her via Microsoft Teams, answering her questions and giving her feedback.
I’m very grateful for Dr. Siochi and others who take the time and interest in mentoring others, whether it be a student, young professional, or peer who wants to pursue broader options in their career path. He’s currently working with a few high schools in North Central West Virginia to continue speaking and engaging with students.
“My goal is to make these presentations at high schools in towns where there are radiation oncology clinics,” Dr. Siochi says. “I want to encourage them to think about medical physics as a career and discuss the pathways to get there.”
I applaud Dr. Siochi’s passion, and I greatly appreciate him taking this leadership role in encouraging young people to look into careers in healthcare and for igniting their curiosity. I’m looking forward to hearing about more success stories in the future!
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