History Rhymes
COVID is not yet done with me. I developed upper respiratory infection symptoms two weeks ago, tested positive for COVID-19 and took Paxlovid for five days. My symptoms improved, and I went back to work a few days after completing the quarantine requirements. However, I did not take into account the rebound; ironic, since when I played basketball, that was my specialty.
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‘Lombardi Women’ Event Brings Together Local Businesswomen to Support Breast Cancer Research
Held in person for the first time since 2019, the 16th Annual Lombardi Women event brought together 450 businesswomen and 43 sponsoring companies from across the Washington area, raising money for critical breast cancer research. Read more about this event.
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SITC Publishes a Checklist to Maximize the Benefit to Patients for Clinical Trials in Immuno-oncology
To help identify clinical trials with a high likelihood of offering benefit to patients, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) convened a team of experts in immuno-oncology, led by Georgetown Lombardi Deputy Director Michael B. Atkins, MD, to create a conceptual framework for potential value in phase III studies evaluating immunotherapy combinations. Read more about this work.
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Up to three American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (IRG) Pilot Project Grants will be funded to help launch promising new projects by early career faculty members. These are one-year, non-renewable $30,000 research grants that are funded through Georgetown Lombardi’s IRG, which is sponsored by the American Cancer Society. View eligibility criteria, full application, and submission instructions. Application deadline: 11:59 p.m., Monday, November 14.
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Tuesday, October 11
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Featuring Jose L. Lopez-Ribot, PharmD, PhD, professor and Margaret Batts Tobin Distinguished Chair, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology; associate director, South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases; associate dean for research and graduate studies, College of Sciences, The University of Texas at San Antonio. Join this seminar in the Medical-Dental Building, SW107 and via Zoom.
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Friday, October 14
Presentation: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Meet the Speaker Session: 11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Featuring Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH, director, Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship, Gay and Bew White Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology, professor and vice chair, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sponsored by the Georgetown Lombardi Survivorship Research Initiative. Join this seminar and “Meet the Speaker” via Zoom.
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Friday, October 14
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
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Register for the Ruesch Symposium
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Funding and Award Opportunities |
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AACR Clinical Oncology Research (CORE) Training Fellowships Program
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NEW Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship Award
The Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship Award supports computational scientists who are deeply connected to biology labs so that they can bring their computational skills to bear on important biological questions, particularly in cancer. The proposed mentored research training must reflect the individual's potential to develop into a productive, independent cancer research scientist. The award provides $240,000 over three years in stipend and expense allowance for the award recipient. Application deadline: Thursday, December 1. View more details and application guidelines.
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NEW Damon Runyon Physician-Scientist Training Award
In an effort to confront the growing dearth of physician-scientists, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has created this award program, which is designed to recruit outstanding U.S. Specialty Board-eligible physicians (MDs only) into cancer research careers by providing them with the opportunity for a protected research training experience under the mentorship of a highly qualified and gifted mentor after they have completed all of their clinical training. The award will provide up to $460,000 over four years in financial support for the award recipient. In addition, the Foundation will retire up to $100,000 of medical school debt still owed. The application deadline for the Physician-Scientist Training Award is Thursday, December 1. View more information and application guidelines.
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Cancer Immunotherapy Translational Research Program Grant
The Cancer Research Institute offers Clinic and Laboratory Integration Program (CLIP) grants to qualified scientists who are working to explore clinically relevant questions aimed at improving the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies. The grants support basic, preclinical, and translational research that provides information that can be directly applied to optimizing cancer immunotherapy in the clinic. Proposals in all cancers are encouraged. Applicants must hold a faculty appointment as a tenure-track assistant professor (or higher rank) at the time of award activation. Funding: $200,000 over two years. LOI deadline: Thursday, December 1. Full application deadline: March 1, 2023. View application guidelines.
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Meetings in italics should be attended by all fellows.
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9:00 AM | Breast Research Meeting | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 528212194)
11:00 AM | GU/Melanoma Research Meeting | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 796253566)
12:15 PM | Journal Club – Drs. Zaemes & Cunningham | Podium A / Zoom
4:00 PM | GU Tumor Board (on 1st/3rd Mondays of the month) | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 869742463)
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9:00 AM | Hematology Path Conference - Inpatient Heme fellows + Outpatient Heme + BMT fellow | Podium A / Microsoft Teams (CME code: 80737; phone: 202-796-7323)
12:15 PM | Plasma Cell Dyscrasias – Dr. Shenoy | Podium A / Microsoft Teams
4:00 PM | Liver Tumor Board | WebEx (dial 844-302-0362; Meeting number (access code): 711 507 430, password: Mse4mGSA2N5)
5:00 PM | Breast Tumor Board | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 93777073374; CME code: 80044)
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8:00 AM | Thoracic Tumor Board – Thoracic Fellow | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 941 1630 5835)
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9:00 AM | Cancer Research Data Meeting | Speaker: Fatemeh Razavipour | Zoom
9:30 AM | Head and Neck Tumor Board - Thoracic Fellow attendance encouraged as clinic allows | Microsoft Teams
12:15 PM | Benign Heme Fellow’s Presentation – Dr. Marks | Podium A / Zoom
12:30 PM | GI Research Meeting | WebEx (dial 844-302-0362, Meeting Number (access code): 712527865, HOST PIN: 5514)
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7:00 AM | CNS Tumor Board | Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 378 807 316)
12:00 PM | Oncology Grand Rounds Lecture Series: Eytan Ruppin, MD, PhD | “Next Generation Transcriptomics-based Precision” | Zoom
12:00 PM | No Lecture | Zoom
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