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Case CCC Researchers Listed in World's Top 1%
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Among the list, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) extends congratulations to members
Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD,
Jaroslaw Maciejewski, MD, PhD, and Brian Rini, MD. The list recognizes thought leaders who demonstrate the impact of their science and social science research through the publication of multiple papers repeatedly cited by their peers - ranking them in the top 1% of citations for a chosen field.
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Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD
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Jaroslaw Maciejewski, MD, PhD
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Pamela B. Davis—dean of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine—named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
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From
The Daily: Pamela B. Davis, dean of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
The NAI Fellows Program highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a significant impact on quality of life, spawned economic development and advanced societal welfare. Election to the program is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
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ASH Annual Meeting 2019: Highlights from the Case CCC
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The 61st Annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting and Exposition will take place December 7-10, 2019 in Orlando, FL. The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) has compiled a list of session chairs, presentations, abstracts and papers from Cleveland-based institutions including Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University and more. We wish the best of luck to all presenters and attendees!
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SABCS 2019: Highlights from the Case CCC
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The 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium will take place December 10-14. Drawing an international audience of academic and private physicians and researchers, the symposium is designed to provide state-of-the-art information on the experimental biology, etiology, prevention, diagnosis and therapy of breast cancer and premalignant breast disease. The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) has compiled a list of spotlight sessions and posters featuring Cleveland-based institutions including Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University. We wish the best of luck to all presenters and attendees!
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Have you seen the new Engagement Hub?
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Recently launched at CWRU School of Medicine is an
Engagement Hub, filled with professional development resources, funding opportunities and events for faculty, staff and students, neatly organized in tile or list format.
Funding, professional development and event information can be submitted via a
short form for display on the hub.
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Mon, Dec 9
Shared Resources Directors Meeting
12p WRB 1-422D
High Risk Germline Focus Group
5:15p NE5-218
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Tues, Dec 10
Cancer Impact Lecture
1p NE1-205
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Weds, Dec 11
Disparities SPORE Meeting
5-7p WRB 2-136
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Thurs, Dec 12
D
evelopmental Therapeutics Journal Club
9a NE6-218
Immunology Journal Club
12p WRB 5-136
Molecular Biology and Microbiology Seminar
1p SOM W203
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Fri, Dec 13
Taussig Cancer Institute
Grand Rounds
8a CA5-120
Cancer Center Seminar Series
Paul Lambert, PhD
12p WRB Auditorium
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Mon, Dec 16
Cancer Center Research Chalk Talk
1p WRB 3-136
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Tues, Dec 17
Cancer Impact Lecture
1p NE1-205
Cancer Center Special Seminar
Ralf Janknecht, PhD
2p WRB 3-136
Cancer Drug Discovery and Resistance
2p WRB 1-422D
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Weds, Dec 18
Biomedical Innovation and Entrepreneur Club
4-6p BRB 932
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Thurs, Dec 19
D
evelopmental Therapeutics Journal Club
9a NE6-218
Molecular Biology and Microbiology Seminar
1p SOM W203
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Mon, Dec 23 - Wed, Jan 1
CWRU Closed for Winter Break
Case CCC Office Closed
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Cancer Center Seminar Series
December 6, 12p
WRB Auditorium
Our Cancer Center Seminar Series resumes today with
Mahmoud Ghannoum, PhD presenting, "Bacteriome-Mycobiome Interactions: Impact on Health and Disease."
Dr. Ghannoum is professor of dermatology at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine and a member of the Case CCC's Hematopoietic and Immune Cancer Biology Program. Presently, he is Director of the CWRU/University Hospitals Center for Medical Mycology. In that capacity, he established a multidisciplinary Center of Excellence that combines basic and translational research investigating medically important fungi from the test tube to the bedside. More recently, he pioneered studies on the fungal communities residing in our body and coined the term ‘Mycobiome”.
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Cancer Center Seminar Series
December 13, 12p
WRB Auditorium
Our final cancer center seminar of 2019 features
Paul Lambert, PhD, the Howard M. Temin Professor and Chair of Oncology and Director of the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
On behalf of the Case CCC's Molecular Oncology Program, Dr. Lambert will present, "A New Mouse Model for Studying the Pathogenesis of Human Papillomaviruses" at noon in the Wolstein Research Building Auditorium on Friday, December 13.
Our series will return for the remainder of the academic year on Friday, January 10, 2020.
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Cancer Center Special Seminar
December 17, 2p
WRB 3-136
All are welcome to attend a special seminar next Tuesday, December 17 featuring Ralf Janknecht, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
Dr. Janknecht will present, "Modulation of Tumorigenesis by the ETV1 Transcription Factor, JMJD Oxygenases and the DNPH1 Glycosidase" at 2 pm in the WRB 3rd floor conference room 3-136.
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Research Ethics Theatre:
Miss Evers' Boys
+ Panel Discussion
December 19, 1:30-4:45p
WRB Auditorium
Join the Office of Research and Technology Management to view the film
Miss Evers’ Boys, a movie based on the true story of the US Public Health Service Untreated Syphilis Study conducted at Tuskegee from 1932 until 1972. Following the movie, our special guest, Dr. David Hodge, Associate Professor, National Center of Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University, will join CWRU panelists to discuss the ethical issues with the study.
Attendees are eligible to receive 6 CRECs.
Panelists include:
- Suzanne Rivera, PhD, MSW, Vice President for Research and Technology Management (moderator)
- Monica Webb Hooper, PhD, Professor, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, CWRU
- Jackson Wright, MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, CWRU
- David Hodge, PhD, DMin, MTS, MEd, Associate Professor, National Center of Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University
Some attendees may find the contents of the film and the discussion unsettling.
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4th Annual Cancer Disparities Symposium
March 6, 2020
Tinkham Veale University Center
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Office of Cancer Disparities Research will present the
4th Annual Cancer Disparities Symposium
: Cultivating Science and Community Engagement to Address Cancer Health Disparities on March 6, 2020.
The
agenda is now posted and will feature sessions on Cancer Disparities and Underserved Populations, Community Engagement and Support Programs, and Cancer Disparities Research and Community Engagement, plus invited presentations selected from standout abstract submissions. Keynote talks from
Robert T. Croyle, PhD from the National Cancer Institute and
Lucio Miele, MD, PhD from Louisiana State University cap-off the day's innovative agenda.
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Additional Upcoming Events
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ASH Review
January 22, 2020 5:15-6:45p
Intercontinental Hotel, Cleveland
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This course will provide hematologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and nurses with current data and information on topics presented at the American Society of Hematology 61st Annual Meeting in Orlando on December 7-10, 2019.
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2020 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Update
February 14-15, 2020
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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This course will provide practicing physicians, residents, fellows, and nurses in medical oncology, otolaryngology, radiation oncology, and head and neck surgery with a contemporary update of management strategies of head and neck cancer using a multidisciplinary approach. Lecture and panels will provide a forum for discussion of updated therapies and new treatment innovations.
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NCCN 2020 Annual Conference
March 20-22, 2020
Orlando, FL
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Deadline: January 20, 2020
Opportunities will include:
- the possibility of funding as a full Project in the next year of the P20 Disparities SPORE;
- opportunities for start-up support from the Disparities SPORE pilot project program commencing September 2020;
- opportunities for inclusion as a full project proposed in the SPORE competing renewal proposal that will be submitted in September 2020.
All proposals must be directed toward translational research focused on mechanisms involving a cancer disparity. At least one specific aim must involve direct study of patients or of consented human tissues as defined in
RFA PAR-14-353.
Proposal Guidelines
Proposals should conform to the following guidelines:
- Proposed specific aims (1 page)
- Background/preliminary data (1 page)
- NIH Biosketch(es) of project leader(s)
Proposals of interest will be invited to submit a more complete application for review by the SPORE advisory boards.
Completed proposals must be emailed to Brooke Seaman,
brooke@case.edu by January 20, 2020. For questions, please contact Brooke Seaman at
brooke@case.edu.
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WKYC - Dec 4, 2019
“Cancer certainly brings people together, everyone knows someone who’s experienced cancer,” says Cleveland Clinic medical oncologist,
Dale Shepard, MD, PhD. Dr. Shepard is a member of the
Case CCC's Developmental Therapeutics Program.
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Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices
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Notices
Funding Opportunities
Standard Dates Apply
Deadlines: February 21, 2020; May 28, 2020; September 29, 2020
Deadlines: February 21, 2020; May 28, 2020; September 29, 2020
Deadlines: February 21, 2020; May 28, 2020; September 29, 2020
Deadlines: February 21, 2020; May 28, 2020; September 29, 2020
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