Week of December 11, 2023 | |
Looking Back, Moving Forward
December. Hard to believe. Each passing year whizzes by, seemingly faster than the one that preceded it. So much of the year was dominated by the renewal of our CCSG, which was submitted in May and then defended at our Site Visit on September 12. This past week we got some encouraging news, though the final determinations will be made by NCI over the next couple of months. Our cancer center has never been better, and our future is bright.
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Research Earns Tumor Biology Doctoral Candidate ARCS Scholar Award
Zoe Malchioldi, a doctoral candidate in the Tumor Biology Program mentored by Georgetown Lombardi Director Louis M. Weiner, MD, was one of two Georgetown students to receive a 2023-24 ARCS Scholar Award from the Metropolitan Washington Chapter of the ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Foundation. Malchiodi was named the 2023-24 MWC Matt Riddle Scholar and received a $15,000 scholarship to fund her research, which investigates the mechanisms of immune cell interactions in pancreatic cancer by using spatial technologies. Read more about this news.
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Save the Date for the Georgetown Lombardi Holiday Party
All faculty and staff are invited to attend the Georgetown Lombardi Holiday Party on Wednesday, December 20, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Leavey Center. More details to follow.
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CDI Seminar: “Signal Control in T Cells and Autoimmunity”
Tuesday, December 12
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Presented by Xiaoping Zhong, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics and integrative immunobiology at Duke University Medical Center. Join this seminar via Zoom (Meeting ID: 886 3098 4951).
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Equity Forward Faculty Workshop: “Foundational Relationship-Building with Learners”
Wednesday, December 13
5:15 - 6:30 p.m.
Sneha Daya, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, presents this workshop in which participants will review the complex power dynamics of the clinical learning environment and practice communication skills to help create connection with learners in order to create spaces of belonging. Register to join this workshop via Zoom.
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GUFaculty360 Class - Updating Your Profile
Thursday, December 14
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Learn how to upload your CV, add your personal website information, upload a syllabus, publications and more. Register for this class held via Zoom.
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Oncology Grand Rounds Lecture Series: “Hereditary GI Cancer Syndromes”
Friday, December 15
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Presented by Anil Rustgi, MD, director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Held in-person in the New Research Building Auditorium with Zoom option.
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NEXT WEEK: CDI Seminar: “Leveraging Digital Technologies to Enhance Medical Decision-Making for Patients with Cancer”
Tuesday, December 19
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Presented by Ilona Fridman, PhD, postdoctoral researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Join this seminar via Zoom (Meeting ID: 868 3399 8735).
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Funding and Award Opportunities | |
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Breast Cancer Research Foundation-AACR Career Development Awards to Promote Diversity and Inclusion
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation-AACR Career Development Awards to Promote Diversity and Inclusion represent a focused effort to encourage and support investigators from diverse backgrounds that are underrepresented in cancer research and to foster their career advancement. Proposed projects must be basic, translational, clinical, epidemiological, population health, and/or community-based cancer research projects designed to accelerate the discovery, development, and application of new agents to treat breast cancer. Research that aims to advance the science of understanding cancer health disparities in racial and ethnic minorities that has relevance to breast cancer will also be considered. The grants provide $150,000 over two years for expenses related to the research project. View more information, eligibility criteria and application instructions. Application Deadline: 1:00 p.m. ET on January 9, 2024.
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Ruesch Center Announces GI Program Funds Award | |
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The Ruesch Center is soliciting research proposals for 2024. Funding will be available to Georgetown Lombardi, John Theurer and MedStar Health scientists and clinicians with a GI cancer-relevant research focus — basic, clinical, or translational. This funding is intended to foster translational collaborations and generate new hypotheses and results to prove them, leading to jointly authored publications and externally funded grants. New one-year pilot collaborative project funding awards and repeat one-year funding to the previous year’s awardees whose pilot projects have generated encouraging data are available. Up to four multi-investigator-initiated projects will be funded up to $50,000 each.
There is dedicated funding available for the following:
- A pancreatic cancer research project
- An immunotherapy-related project
- Projects on any promising GI cancer-related topic. Areas of GI cancer research interest include the microbiome, liver metastasis, liver and biliary cancers, and CRC (early onset)
View more information and application procedure details. Submit a letter of intent to marshalj@georgetown.edu. LOI Deadline: Monday, January 15, 2024, 5:00 p.m.
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Mary Kay Ash Foundation Innovative/Translational Cancer Research Grant
The Mary Kay Ash Foundation, a funding source for cancer research, is currently accepting applications for innovative grants for translational research for cancers affecting women, including but not limited to ovarian, uterine, breast and/or cervical cancer. Principal Investigator must be appointed a full-time assistant professor or higher at the time of application submission and commit a minimum 5% effort. Grants will be awarded in the amount of $100,000 over a two-year period. View more information. Please submit grant documentation to Sharon Levy (sgl5@georgetown.edu) by Friday, Jan. 19, 2024.
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Federal Grants Digest: Colleges & Universities Edition
A weekly curated digest of federal funding opportunities of interest to colleges and universities to support programming, research, infrastructure and other efforts, provided by Thorn Run Partners. View current issue (for Dec. 6, 2023).
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Meetings in italics should be attended by all fellows.
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8:00 AM | Division Weekly Update Meeting | Podium A / Microsoft Teams
8:30 AM | Monday Morning Oncology Report | Inpatient Oncology Fellow | Podium A / Microsoft Teams
9:00 AM | Breast Research Meeting | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 528 212 194)
11:00 AM | GU/Melanoma Research Meeting | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 796 253 566)
4:00 PM | GU Tumor Board (on 1st/3rd Mondays of the month) | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 869 742 463)
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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)
4:00 PM | Liver Tumor Board | Microsoft Teams
5:00 PM | Breast Tumor Board | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 937 7707 3374; CME code: 80044)
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8:00 AM | Thoracic Tumor Board | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 993 7680 5192; Passcode: 4231; CME 86693)
12:00 PM | Melanoma Tumor Board | Podium A / Microsoft Teams (CME: 80988)
5:00 PM | GI Tumor Board | Podium A / Microsoft Teams
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9:00 AM | Cancer Research Data Meeting - none | W302 New Research Building or Zoom
9:30 AM | Head and Neck Tumor Board | Microsoft Teams
12:30 PM | GI Research Meeting | WebEx (dial 844-302-0362, Meeting Number (access code): 712527865, HOST PIN: 5514)
5:00 PM | Lymphoma Tumor Board - every other week | Microsoft Teams
5:00 PM | Myeloma Tumor Board - every other week | Microsoft Teams
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7:00 AM | CNS Tumor Board | Microsoft Teams (Meeting ID: 298 285 483 265, Passcode: rJWpmU)
12:00 PM | Oncology Grand Rounds Lecture Series | “Hereditary GI Cancer Syndromes” - Anil Rustgi, MD | New Research Building Auditorium / Zoom
12:00 PM | Dr. Dawson - Seminoma/Non-seminoma | Marietta or Podium A | Teams Conference Link (Text In Code: 81202 or 81203 / Text In Telephone: 202-796-7323)
1:00 PM | Dr. Tsang - Heme Path | Marietta or Podium A | Teams Conference Link (Text In Code: 81202 or 81203 / Text In Telephone: 202-796-7323)
1:00 PM | Pancreas Tumor Board | Microsoft Teams (Meeting ID: 299 996 740 910, Passcode: z7j7Rc)
2:00 PM | Dr. Mola - Principles of Radiation Oncology Therapy | Marietta or Podium A | Teams Conference Link (Text In Code: 81202 or 81203 / Text In Telephone: 202-796-7323)
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