EAB Week
Even as I basked in the glow of the immediate aftermath of the BellRinger event, I embarked on an EAB week followed by a Philly weekend. I attended EAB meetings for cancer centers at the University of Minnesota and Roswell Park. It had been a long time between in-person meetings. Zoom is fine when necessary, but nothing beats the value of informal conversation and camaraderie to improve the quality and effectiveness of the reviews. I know that was true when the Georgetown Lombardi EAC met in September. One of the revelations I have had during my time at Lombardi is the critical importance of EABs to guide the direction of cancer centers. I love getting our EAB’s advice, and I am always pleased to help out other centers when I am asked to help.
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Monday, October 31
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Join the meeting via Zoom or phone (dial 301-715-8592; Meeting ID: 934 8540 0252).
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Preparing for COVID-19 Variants and Flu Season
We are preparing for a winter that may see an increase in COVID-19 variants and cases, in addition to an active influenza (flu) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season. Please review these important public health reminders to help keep our university community safe and healthy in the weeks and months ahead.
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Plan to Attend the Ruesch Center Symposium
Register for the 13th Annual Ruesch Center Symposium: Innovations in GI Cancer on Nov. 18 and 19. Day one attendance is in-person (2115 Wisconsin Ave, NW) or virtual; day two is virtual only. Topics include targeted therapies, expanding immuno-oncology therapies, and advances in peri-operative strategies. Registration is free for Georgetown and MedStar staff and trainees with the promo code Guest2022. Learn more and register.
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Tuesday, November 1
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Featuring Colm S. O’Huigin, PhD, head, Microbiome and Genetics Core, Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology, National Cancer Institute. Join this seminar in Med-Dent, SW107 or via Zoom.
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Brain Tumor Working Group Meeting
Thursday, November 3
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
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IO Interest Working Group Meeting
Thursday, November 3
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
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Donald “Skip” L. Trump, MD |
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Friday, November 4
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Featuring Donald “Skip” L. Trump, MD, executive director, Inova Schar Cancer Institute, and Eric T. Rosenthal, medical journalist. Join this lecture in the New Research Building Auditorium or via Zoom.
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Monday, November 7
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Presented by Richard Kibbey, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine, associate director: Translational Biomedicine Program, Yale School of Medicine. Sponsored by the Center for Metabolomic Studies at Georgetown Lombardi. Join this presentation via Zoom.
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Funding and Award Opportunities |
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NEW Discovery Grant Program from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Discovery Grant Program (DGP) supports cutting-edge, innovative research that is discovery-oriented, concerned with understanding blood cancer properties and vulnerabilities, and aimed toward advancing treatments for blood cancers. This program is intended for established academic investigators for support of foundational, early stage research that can lead to advances in the treatment and cure of blood cancers. View program information. NOTE: LOI due: Friday, November 4 at 3 p.m. ET. Invitations to apply will be issued after January 16, 2023.
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One LOI/application can be submitted per award per institution, with an exception for the following areas: brain tumors – all types, including rare forms; Burkitt lymphoma (sporadic, endemic, and immunodeficiency related); complementary and alternative therapies; hepatoblastoma; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; and rhabdoid tumors. Proposed letters of intent should be submitted to Sharon Levy via email (sgl5@georgetown.edu) by Monday, November 21.
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NEW The St. Baldrick’s Foundation-American Cancer Society Childhood Cancer Research
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation-American Cancer Society Childhood Cancer Research award provides funding to advance innovative translational pediatric cancer research conducted within the context of a clinical trial. Studies may include analysis of clinical data and biospecimens collected from children enrolled in a clinical trial. Proposals should focus on research leading to improvements in the care of children with cancer. All research proposals must be coupled with ongoing or recently completed, approved pediatric clinical therapeutic trial, such as large/definitive trials conducted in a cooperative group setting. LOI due: Monday December 5, at 10:59 p.m. EST via proposalCENTRAL. View LOI instructions. Invitations to apply will be issued Wednesday, January 11, 2023.
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Request for Applications: American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Pilot Project Grants
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. Note the following eligibility clarification: Open to early career faculty (e.g. assistant professor or equivalent), who are eligible to apply for independent national competitive research grants (e.g. NIH R-level grants, ACS Research Scholar Grants, and similar), but who do not currently hold and have not previously held such a grant, with the exception of an R00, which is allowed. Application deadline: 11:59 p.m., Monday, November 14.
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AACR Clinical Oncology Research (CORE) Training Fellowships Program
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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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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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NCI Funding Opportunity: Intramural Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (iCURE)
The Intramural Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (iCURE) program supports mentored research experiences for qualified students and scientists from diverse backgrounds in the multidisciplinary research environment of the NCI campuses in Bethesda, Rockville, and Frederick, Maryland. Individuals from groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral and population sciences are encouraged to apply. The program offers two-year awards for post-baccalaureate (including post-master's) individuals and graduate students and three-year awards for postdoctoral fellows. Application deadline: December 15 for fall 2023 research experiences; target start date will be September 1, 2023. View eligibility information and application instructions.
NOTE: iCURE will hold a pre-application webinar on Tuesday, November 1, from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Eastern. Register for the webinar.
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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)
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 | Protocol Writing Series #3 – Dr. Weinberg | Podium A / Zoom
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)
12:15 PM | CML – Dr. Roswarski | Podium A / Zoom
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9:00 AM | Cancer Research Data Meeting | Speaker: Megan Majocha | W302 New Research Building or Zoom
9:30 AM | Head and Neck Tumor Board - Thoracic Fellow attendance encouraged as clinic allows | Microsoft Teams
12:15 PM | Journal Club – Brinda Gupta, Dr. Gibney | 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 | No Lecture | Zoom
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