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Upcoming Events week of August 16- August 22 |
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| Aug 21 |
Allen Lung Program meeting – 12P – 1P, G-801
Targeting Radiation Resistant NSCLC Cells and Lung Cancer Stem Cells; the Role of Molecular Chaperone HSP90
Vera Levina, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Medicine
Open House for Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) - 12P – 2Pm, 2nd floor of Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute
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WVU men’s basketball charity slow pitch softball game to benefit Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Endowment at MBRCC - 7P, Monongalia County Ballpark, admission: $3 at gate
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Welcome to Inderjit Mehmi, MD |
Inderjit Mehmi, MD, has joined the MBRCC Section of Hematology/Oncology after recently finishing fellowship training in medical oncology at Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center in Huntington. He earned his MD at Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica, West Indies. In 2011, he completed a residency in internal medicine at the WVU School of Medicine Department of Medicine. He specializes in breast cancer. |
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Congratulations to Stephenie Kennedy, EdD and Cancer Prevention and Control
Congratulations to Stephenie Kennedy, EdD, director of Cancer Prevention and Control, on being
awarded a $2.65M CDC grant to increase colorectal cancer screening in West Virginia.
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Participate in the WVU Medicine engagement survey and let your voice be heard
The survey links are available on CONNECT through Tuesday, Sept. 8.
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Former WVU men’s basketball player donates to Huggins Cancer Research Fund
Former WVU men’s basketball player John Flowers has made a $6,100 donation to the Huggins Cancer Research Endowment Fund at the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center (MBRCC).
Flowers came up with the idea to hold the Inaugural WVU men’s alumni basketball game at Morgantown High School on August 1 and wanted to donate a portion of the proceeds from the event to the Huggins Fund. Flowers presented a check to John Naim, director of WVU’s Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) this Wednesday. The Huggins Fund supports clinical trials research at our Cancer Center.
Congratulations to the WVU women’s soccer team
For the third straight season, the No. 12-ranked women’s soccer team sits at No. 1 in the Big 12 Conference Soccer Preseason Poll. The WVU women’s soccer team is an ongoing supporter of our Betty Puskar Breast Care Center.
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Friends of WVU Hospitals announces annual holiday event – WVUMedicine
The Sixth Annual Friends of WVU Hospitals Festival of Trees will feature two events Nov. 20 and 21 at Lakeview Golf Resort and Spa.
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Strollin’ Colon to make appearance at WV State Fair
The MBRCC’s Strollin’ Colon is slated to be one of many WVU exhibits to be set up at the WV State Fair in Lewisburg on Aug. 20 and Aug 21. Mary Ellen Conn and Vickie Burke from Cancer Prevention and Control will be on hand to guide and educate visitors on the importance of early detection of colorectal cancer as they walk through the giant, inflatable exhibit. WVU Extension Service is planning a State Fair Selfie Challenge on social media and contestants can win prizes by visiting various exhibits, include the Strollin’ Colon. MBRCC will also have a display about our Center set up inside the WVU Building and will have prizes for children who answer a cancer-related question correctly.
Senator Capito and NIH pay visit to MBRCC
US Senator Shelley Moore Capito hosted Director Jon R. Lorsch from the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences at West Virginia University this Thursday where they met with leadership from WVU and Marshall University to discuss support for biomedical research in WV. The group toured several MBRCC labs, including those of Elena Pugacheva, Ivan Martinez and Erik Bey; they also stopped by the Biospecimen Processing Core (BPC).
Senator Capito Visits WVU Research Facilities -- WDTV
Capito Tours Ruby Memorial Hospital with National Institute of Health Leaders -- WBOY
WVU Honors College students help MBRCC staff prepare materials for community outreach
A group of 14 WVU Honors College students rolled up their sleeves this Friday to help MBRCC staff in Cancer Prevention and Control prepare materials for various community awareness and education events. The students were among 750 honors students participating in service projects campus wide as part of an initiative coordinated by the WVU Center for Service and Learning. "This day of service freed up many hours for my administrative and professional staff this month; time that would have been spent preparing materials for distribution to our out-stationed staff was focused on other grant deliverables,” Stephenie Kennedy, EdD, director of Cancer Prevention and Control, said. “We truly appreciated the assistance from this wonderful group of students."
Congratulations to Paul Lockman
Congratulations to Paul Lockman, PhD, the Douglas Glover Endowed Chair in the WVU School of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, for achieving the rank of professor in the WVU SOP. Dr. Lockman is also a professor in the WVU Centers for Neuroscience. Additionally, Lockman is MBRCC’s Associate Director for Translational Research and is an expert in blood-brain barrier physiology and pharmacology. |
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WVU's Yang studying advances in next-generation stem cell culture technologies – wvutoday
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Cancer Research – Dominion Post
Four undergraduate students have completed cancer research fellowships at the WVU Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center this summer.
Senator visits WVU: Capito promises health funding -- Dominion Post
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NIH Notices
NIH Requests for Applications
NIH Program Announcements
Other Funding/Opportunities
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Foundation for Women’s Cancer
Upcoming deadlines: Abstract Submission: August 12, 2015, Full Proposal: 10/28/15
A number of grants related to Ovarian cancer are available.
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WVU Health Sciences Center Bridge Funding Grants revised August 12, 2015
The Office for Research and Graduate Education announces the availability of Bridge Funding Grants (BFGs) to provide interim research support for investigators whose extramural funding is ending. Because federal awards that provide full indirect costs generate much of the funding pool for this program, applications bridging similar awards (i.e., full indirect cost rates) will be prioritized.
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| Aug 28 |
Breast Cancer Research Program meeting – 12P – 1P, 201 Erma Byrd
Elena Pugacheva, PhD, and Linda Vona-Davis, PhD, will discuss their DoD Review Panel experience. |
| Aug 30 |
Survivors Day celebration at Lakeview Resort in Morgantown
sponsored by the MBRCC |
| Aug 31 |
WVCTSI Faculty Candidate Seminar – 12P-1P, Erma Bryd, Room 301
Methyl-H3K9 binding protein MPP8-mediated epigenetic network
and its role in transcription repression and EMT
Jia Fang, PhD
Assistant Professor
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute |
| Sept 1 |
WVU School of Public Health Fall Speaker Series presentation – HSC North, Room 1905, 11:45A
Legal and Policy Tools to Address Chronic Diseases (and we don’t mean the ACA)
Marice Ashe, JD, MPH
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ChangeLab Solutions
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To attend the presentation online, please register for Public Health Dialogue Series before Sept. 1, 2015 11:45 AM |
| Sept 2 |
CCB Fall Seminar Series 2015 – 12P - 1P, HSN Room # 2157
Edna Cukierman, PhD
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Clinical relevance, pathological details and mechanistic functions of desmoplastic 3D-adhesion structures
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| Sept 4 |
EMT Program meeting – 12P – 1P, G-801
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| Sept 10 |
DeLynn Lecture – 4P in Fukushima Auditorium, reception at 5P in the Pylons lobby
David Scadden, MD
Harvard University Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Sept 11 |
CCB faculty meeting – 1P – 2P, John Jones 2
Osborn Program meeting – 12P – 1P, John Jones 2 |
| Sept 23 |
CCB Fall Seminar Series 2015 – 12P - 1P, HSN Room # 2157
Conor Lynch, PhD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Defining Mechanisms of Skeletal Malignancy
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| Sept 30 |
CCB Fall Seminar Series 2015 – 12P - 1P, HSN Room # 2157
Shari Pilon-Thomas. PhD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Adoptive Cell Therapy Using Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes
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| Oct 2 |
WVU Medicine Expo at Morgantown Mall– 8A to 6P
WVU Medicine Oncology Services, the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, the Betty Puskar Breast Care Center, Bonnie's Bus, the WVU School of Nursing, and the Monongalia County Health Department will team up to provide educational and lifesaving services to the community at the WVU Medicine Expo. The Cancer Center exhibit will set up store fronts representative of the Center’s various services. Free clinical breast exams will be offered. Bonnie’s Bus will provide mammograms from 8A to 1P.
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WVU School of Public Health Fall Speaker Series presentation – HSC North, Room 1905, 12:15P
The Mediating Effects of SNAP on Health Outcomes for Low Income Households
Colleen Heflin, PhD
Associate Professor; PhD Program Director
Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri-Columbia
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To attend this presentation online, please register for Public Health Dialogue Series before Oct 2, 2015 12:00 PM
WVU women’s soccer team challenges TCU in the Pink Match to raise breast cancer awareness
7P
Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium |
| Oct 14 |
CCB Fall Seminar Series 2015 – 12P - 1P, HSN Room # 2157
Anant Madabhushi, PhD
Case Western Reserve University
Computational Imaging: Driving Precision Medicine for Lung, Prostate, Breast, Brain and Oropharyngeal Cancers |
| Oct 16 |
MBRCC 25th Annual Fall Cancer Conference:
Translating Personalized Medicine into Cancer Care – Erickson Alumni Center, Morgantown
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| Oct 21 |
Dine Out for BRA Day
This fundraiser by WVU Medicine’s Plastic Surgery Department will benefit uninsured and underinsured women seeking breast reconstruction. Details forthcoming |
| Oct 24 |
American Cancer Society Making Strides walk against breast cancer – 10A,
Hazel Ruby McQuain Park
The MBRCC is a sponsor of this event. |
| Oct 27-29 |
17th Annual National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Conference -
Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle, WA
For details and to register
Early-bird registration rate of $350 is available until August 20, 2015. |
| Dec 2 |
CCB Fall Seminar Series 2015 – 12P - 1P, Room # 2157
Valery Grdzelishvili, PhD
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Vesicular stomatitis virus as an oncolytic agent against pancreatic cancer |
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