Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

Tumor Suppressor Gene in Flies May Provide Insights for Human Brain Tumors

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:15:22 -0400

In the fruit fly's developing brain, stem cells called neuroblasts normally divide to create one self-renewing neuroblast and one cell that has a different fate. But neuroblast growth can sometimes spin out of control and become a brain tumor.

Dewhirst Wins International Award

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:30:00 -0400

June 15, 2009--Mark Dewhirst, DVM, PhD, is the 2009 recipient of the European Society of Hyperthermic Oncology-BSD Award for Excellence in Hyperthermia Research. This is the first time in the 10 year history of this award that it has been given to someone outside Europe.

CC Members Awarded Professorships

Thu, 28 May 2009 15:38:14 -0400

May 14, 2009--Several Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center members have recently been awarded distinguished professorships:

-Catherine Gilliss, D.N.Sc, RN--Helene Fuld Health Trust Professor of Nursing

-Judd Moul, MD--James H. Semans, MD, Professor of Surgery

-Theodore Pappas, MD--Duke Minimally Invasive Surgery Professor of Surgery

-Henry Rice, MD--Paul H. Sherman, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery

-Xiao-Fan Wang, PhD--Donald D. and Elizabeth G. Cooke Professor of Experimental Oncology

-Kent Weinhold, PhD--Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Professor of Surgery

-John York, PhD--Cancer Biology Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology

Bennett Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Thu, 28 May 2009 15:37:25 -0400

May 14, 2009--Vann Bennett, PhD, has been recently elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Sullivan Receives Gold Medal

Thu, 28 May 2009 15:36:29 -0400

May 14, 2009--Daniel Sullivan, MD, will receive on Friday the 2009 Gold Medal from the Association of University Radiologists (AUR) for his contributions to AUR and the field of academic radiology.

Beese Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Thu, 28 May 2009 15:34:42 -0400

May 7, 2009--Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center member Lorena S. Beese, PhD, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, an advisory organization to the president and Congress composed of experts in all scientific fields. She is one of 72 newly elected members of the NAS.

Three Cancer Center Members Elected to ASCI

Thu, 28 May 2009 15:26:57 -0400

May 7, 2009--Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center members Philip Febbo, MD; Michael Morse, MD; and David Rizzieri, MD, were recently welcomed into the American Society for Clinical Investigation, an honor society of physician-scientists who translate findings in the laboratory to the advancement of clinical practice.

Olsen Elected President of USCCL

Thu, 28 May 2009 15:25:30 -0400

April 16, 2009--Elise Olsen, MD, a founding member, has just been elected first president of a newly formed physician-run organization, the United States Consortium for Cutaneous Lymphomas (USCCL). This is a multidisciplinary group with the goals of a national registry for cutaneous lymhomas and collaborative research.

Seewaldt Receives Komen Promise Grant

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:47:08 -0400

April 1, 2009--Duke Comprehensive Center member Victoria Seewaldt, MD, and Dihua Yu of MD Anderson Cancer Center were jointly awarded a $7.5M, 5 year, Susan G. Komen Promise Grant. This is a multi-disciplinary, bench-to-bedside grant that aims to accelerate testing of targeted agents for breast cancer prevention. The Duke Team includes Neil Spector, MD; Lee Wilke, MD; Catherine Ibarra, PhD; William Barry, PhD; Stephanie Robertson; and Tonya Daye.

Lechler Wins Kimmel Scholar Award

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:23:47 -0400

Terry Lechler, PhD, has won a Sidney Kimmel Scholars Award which provides research grants to the nation's most promising young cancer researchers. The goal of the grant program is to improve the basic understanding of cancer biology and to develop new methods for the prevention and treatment of cancer.

March 25, 2009