Faculty News
Nataliya Buxbaum wins Magnetic Moments video competition
Nataliya P. Buxbaum, M.D., Assistant Clinical Investigator in the Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, was named the overall winner of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine’s Magnetic Moments Competition. The competition is designed for investigators to use video to describe their MRI-related research for a general audience. Dr. Buxbaum’s video describes her research using tracers to better and more safely image tumors.
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Julius Strauss discusses promising immunotherapy drug for patients with HPV-related cancers
Julius Strauss, M.D., Assistant Research Physician in the Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, discussed a promising immunotherapy drug for patients with HPV-related cancers in a recent NCI Cancer Currents blog post. According to results from a phase 1 clinical trial, 33 percent of the 36 patients on the trial with HPV-positive tumors responded to the drug, and four of the responses lasted longer than 18 months. “This drug is a promising agent for patients with HPV-related cancers and may potentially benefit these patients more than traditional checkpoint therapies,” said Dr. Strauss.
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Brid Ryan cohosts NCI Minority Health Month Facebook Live
The National Cancer Institute hosted a Facebook Live entitled, “A Dialogue on Cancer Disparities, Prevention, and Research.”The event featured Brid M. Ryan, Ph.D., M.P.H., Investigator in the Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, as well as Worta McCaskill-Stevens, M.D., M.S., from the Division of Cancer Prevention, and Christina Dieli-Conwright, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the University of Southern California. They discussed cancer disparities and the work being done to help reduce them.
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Marston Linehan receives 2019 Urology Care Foundation Distinguished Mentor award
Marston Linehan, M.D., Chief of the Urologic Oncology Branch, has received the 2019 Urology Care Foundation Distinguished Mentor award. The award recognizes Dr. Linehan’s outstanding track record of fostering the next generation of urologic researchers by providing excellent training and guidance to early-career investigators.
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CCR staff receive funding from the Department of Defense
Congratulations to the CCR staff who have received funding from the Department of Defense (DoD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP). The CDMRP office manages medical research programs in breast, prostate and ovarian cancers, neurofibromatosis, military health and other specified areas.
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