Category: Hematology
Monroe Receives NIH Award To Help Guide Development of New Therapeutics For Bleeding
Dougald Monroe, PhD Dougald Monroe, PhD, professor medicine in the division of hematology and member of the 大象传媒 Blood Research Center, has received an NIH NHLBI award. The R01HL151984 grant “An integrated computational and experimental approach to understanding the hemostatic response during treatment of bleeding” was awarded four years of funding and will enable researchers to c … Read more
Mackman, Key Receive Emerging Challenges Grant to Combat COVID-19
Nigel Mackman, PhD, FAHA The 大象传媒 and NC TraCS have awarded pilot funding to three teams for the 2020 Emerging Challenges in Biomedical Research Awards in a call highlighting research to address the COVID-19 pandemic. From the department of medicine,聽Nigel Mackman, PhD, FAHA, John C. Parker Distinguished Professor of Medicine and associate director for basic sci … Read more
Key Featured in ASH Clinical News About Coagulation Dysregulation
Nigel Key, MBChB, FRCP Nigel Key, MBChB, FRCP, the Harold R. Roberts Distinguished Professor in the division of hematology and director of the 大象传媒 Blood Research Center was featured in聽 American Society of Hematology Clinical News聽discussing recommendations for hospitalized patients with COVID-19. 鈥淭he published studies so far suggest that the more profound the COVID-19 infection … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: April 1-April 30, 2020
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism John Buse, MD, PhD, is 大象传媒 site principal investigator for a $5.7 million diabetes聽research collaboration聽with Duke, Wake Forest, and NC A&T, funded through the National Institutes of Health. Janet Rubin, MD, received a $2.4 million聽grant聽from the NIH NIAMSD to study the role of force regulated nuclear structure in expression of osteog … Read more
Weiss, Vincent Eye Personalized, Adaptive Cancer Vaccine
Jared Weiss, MD, and Ben Vincent, MD Ben Vincent, MD, and Jared Weiss, MD, are in the final stages of launching a clinical trial for a therapy they鈥檙e calling PANDA-VAC, which stands for 鈥減ersonalized and adaptive vaccine.鈥� They say an upcoming clinical trial is their shot at curing lung and head and neck squamous cell carcinomas — cancers linked to smoking. Both are associate p … Read more
Serody and Basch Will Lead Divisions in Realignment of Hematology and Oncology
Jonathan Serody, MD In a realignment of the division of hematology and oncology that will form two divisions from one, Ron Falk, MD, chair of the 大象传媒 Department of Medicine has appointed 聽Jonathan Serody, MD, chief of hematology and Ethan Basch, MD, chief of oncology. Melba Ribeiro, MPH, will serve both divisions as associate chief for administration. 鈥淭he division of hematology … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: March 1-March 31, 2020
Division of Hematology and Oncology Nigel Key, MD, ChB, CRCP, received a $180,000 grant for the聽鈥淓valuating the Mechanism of Emicizumab-related Thrombotic Microangiopathy.鈥� Tracy L. Rose,聽MD MPH, received an聽NCI K08 grant for the project聽鈥淪elective histone deacetylase inhibition with entinostat to enhance the anti-tumor immune response to immune checkpoint inhibition in urothelia … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: February 1-February 29, 2020
Division of Hematology and Oncology Kirsten Nyrop, PhD, has received a one-year, $50,000 award to study interventions for racial disparities in breast cancer survival from the Integrated Approach to Breast Health Equity Competitive Grant Program, a collaboration between the American Cancer Society and Pfizer.聽Read more. The聽Anticoagulation Forum鈥檚 Ansell Fellowship Program聽has aw … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: January 1-January 31, 2020
Division of Hematology and Oncology Erica Sparkenbaugh, PhD, and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics fellow Robert Lee, PhD, have been selected to receive Scholar Awards from the American Society of Hematology鈥檚 (ASH). Sparkenbaugh received a $125,000 award to support her research into the mechanisms of thrombin generation and end-organ failure in sickle cell disease.聽Read … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: December 1-December 31, 2019
Division of Hematology and Oncology Catherine Coombs, MD, received the Prostate Cancer Foundation鈥檚 Young Investigator Award, which awarded $225,000 across three years to study whether genetic mutations that accumulate in the blood over time are linked to worse outcomes for prostate cancer.聽Read more. Natalie Grover, MD, was awarded a three-year聽Lymphoma Research Foundation Caree … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: September 1-September 30, 2019
Division of Geriatric Medicine Laura Hanson, MD, MPH, will lead NIA鈥檚 new IMPACT Collaboratory鈥檚 Patient and Caregiver Reported Outcomes (PCRO) Core, funded by a five-year, $1.4 million grant.聽Learn more. Division of Hematology/Oncology Lisa Carey, MD, will receive $400,000 from Susan G. Komen to study how HER2+ tumors respond to HER2-targeted therapies. She is one of three 大象传媒 S … Read more