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| Upcoming Events week of May 21 - May 27 |
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May 21
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Evening of Science Technopalooza II – 4-6 p.m., Evansdale Crossing, 4th floor
Focus: Core Resources |
May 22
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Special Presentation - Hem/Onc Faculty Candidate – 12-1 p.m., WVU Cancer Institute Conference Room 3-A (Take elevators by the Infusion Area next to the Atrium on 1st floor of the Cancer Institute to 3rd Floor)
From Mice to Men –Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment to Develop Effective Combination Immunotherapies in Cancer
Gulam Abbas Manji, MD/PhD
Hematology/Oncology Faculty Candidate |
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Abraham Kanate named director of Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Program
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Abraham Kanate, M.D., has been named medical director of the Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation Program and will assume his new role on July 1, 2018. Michael Craig, M.D., who’s held the position for 12 years, will continue to serve as WVU’s Section Chief of Hematology and Oncology. The transition in program leadership will enable Dr. Craig to focus more on the recruitment of cancer specialists to the WVU Cancer Institute and the development of the Institute’s statewide network of cancer care. “Dr. Kanate is an excellent, well-trained physician with years of stem cell transplant experience,” said Craig as he congratulated Dr. Kanate on his new role. |
Cancer Prevention and Control Offers Free Web Course
Cancer Prevention and Control at the WVU Cancer Institute presents Mandi Chapman, MA discussing cultural sensitivity for LGBTQI patients in this newly created web course. As the Associate Center Director, Patient-Centered Initiatives and Health Equity for the George Washington Cancer Center, Ms. Chapman’s research focuses on patient navigation, cancer survivorship and health equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) communities.
The WVU Cancer Institute Employee Recognition Awards Committee is now accepting nominations for its annual Employee Recognition Awards Program. If you would like to nominate and recognize excellence amongst our faculty, members, staff, employees and Cancer Service Line staff members who devote their professional lives to cancer prevention, care or research in any and all capacities, please use this easy online nomination form. It has been revised to make it easier to nominate and recognize excellence in our colleagues.
This year a new Team award has been created to recognize a team of 3 or more individuals who demonstrate our values of collaboration, innovation, accountability and service to others.
Nomination applications must be submitted by July 15, 2018. The review committee will be comprised of last year’s awardees. Award recipients will be notified in late early summer, 2018. The celebration honoring the recipients will be held during a Tea Time in the Cancer Institute.
Awards will be given in the following categories of excellence in any of our guiding principles:
Special Funding Notice: WVU Cancer Institute Pilot Project Grants
The WVU Cancer Institute, with funds from its American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant, will provide pilot funds to support cancer research by junior faculty with no current national grant support of their own. Applicants may include full time-faculty from the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, or other WVU Schools and Colleges. Applications are due June 1, 2018 (5:00pm).
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Optimising the use of cetuximab in the continuum of care for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
Goldberg RM, Montagut C, Wainberg ZA, Ronga P, Audhuy F, Taieb J, Stintzing S, Siena S, Santini D.
ESMO Open. 2018;3(4):e000353.
Promising new agents for colorectal cancer.
Das S, Ciombor KK, Haraldsdottir S, Goldberg RM.
Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2018;19(6):29. |
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NIH Notices
Request for Proposals (RFP) N01CN77019-18 "PREVENT Cancer Preclinical Drug Development Program"
(NOT-CA-18-073) National Cancer Institute
NIH Requests for Applications
None this week
NIH Program Announcements
None this week
Other Funding or Opportunities
Call for applications for the 2018-2019 Big 12 Faculty Fellowship Program
The Office of the Provost is now accepting applications for the Big 12 Faculty Fellowship Program, which offers faculty members at institutions in the Big 12 Conference the opportunity to travel to other member institutions to pursue collaborative research in a variety of ways. Applications will be accepted through June 15.
Brian D. Novis Senior Research Award: International Myeloma Foundation (IMF)
Upcoming Deadline: Application: Aug. 1, 2018
These awards are targeted to established investigators with a track record in myeloma or related disorders, and are designed for projects which represent a different focus, direction, or area of research from those in which they are currently funded. In most cases, these awards will be for pilot projects to obtain sufficient funding for larger applications from NIH or similar larger funding agencies.
Grants and Fellowships: Prevent Cancer Foundation
Upcoming Deadline: Application: June 28, 2018
The Prevent Cancer Foundation is solely devoted to cancer prevention and early detection. Since 1985, the Foundation has invested in cancer prevention and early detection research, education, outreach and advocacy and has played a pivotal role in developing a body of knowledge that is the basis for important prevention and early detection strategies. Grant proposals will be considered in the following categories:
- Near-term application, clinical, translational and population-based research projects
- Education programs in cancer prevention/early detection
- Early detection projects
- Behavioral intervention projects
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Jun 8
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American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Monongalia County – begins at 7:00 p.m. and continues until June 9 at 7:00 a.m., Westwood Middle School track, 670 River Rd, Morgantown
Join the WVU Cancer Institute Cancer Crushers team by contacting team captains Jessica Grimm or Kylie Knisell
To support fundraising efforts of the Cancer Institute graduate student team “Mad Scientists,” contact co-captains Jessica Allen at jcallen@mix.wvu.edu or Kristina Marinak at kmmarinak@mix.wvu.edu |
Jun 24-26
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National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) – Wardman Park Marriott in Washington, D.C. |
Jun 30
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last day to make a gift to 2018 Gold Blue & You – brochures available next to the Cancer Institute infostation on the first floor and in the MBRCC workrooms
Make a gift online
Sign Up for Payroll Deduction |
Jul 11-12
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10th Annual AACI Clinical Research Initiative Meeting – Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel
More information and to register online.
Questions? Contact Jaime Anderson at jaime@aaci-cancer.org |
Jul 30
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Summer Undergraduate Cancer Research Fellowship Program Poster Presentation – 2-4 p.m., HSC IPE Room 2940 |
Aug 3
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WVU Cancer Institute 4th Annual Breast Cancer Conference
Erickson Alumni Center |
Sept 10
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The Pink Party 5:30-9 p.m., Bartini’s, Morgantown
This event benefits Bonnie’s Bus. |
Nov 2
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Lung Cancer Conference – Erickson Alumni Center
(sponsored by WVU Cancer Institute Bridge Program) |
See more on the WVU Cancer Institute Calendar |
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