2017 - News Updates
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Winners Announced for the 2017 DCEG Informatics Tool Challenge
Winners Announced for the 2017 DCEG Informatics Tool Challenge
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Phil Taylor Retires from DCEG
Phil Taylor Retires from DCEG
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Schiffman Honored With 2017 Gordon Lecture
Mark Schiffman of the Clinical Genetics Branch Honored With 2017 Gordon Lecture
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2017 DCEG Fellows’ Training Symposium: Big Data and Cancer Research
Big Data and Cancer Research: Ninth Annual DCEG Fellows’ Training Symposium
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In-depth Investigation of Genetic Region Identifies Mechanism that Contributes to Cancer Susceptibility
Investigators in the Laboratory of Translational Genomics have identified a genetic variant in a multi-cancer risk locus at chromosome 5p15.33 that explains, at least in part, the molecular mechanism through which this variant influences cancer risk.
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DCEG Participates in 2017 AACR Annual Meeting
DCEG Participates in 2017 AACR Annual Meeting
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Lynn Goldin Retires from DCEG
Lynn Goldin Retires from DCEG
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Q&A with DCEG Fellows: Minority Health Research
Q&A with DCEG Fellows: Minority Health Research
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Gretchen Gierach Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
Gretchen Gierach Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
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Q&A with DCEG Fellows: Minority Health Research
Postdoctoral fellows Brittny Davis Lynn, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Tracy Layne, Ph.D., M.P.H., discuss their research on cancer health disparities and the experiences that led them to pursue this field.
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Easton Gives Visiting Scholar Seminar on Genetic Susceptibility to Breast Cancer
Dr. Douglas Easton Gives Visiting Scholar Seminar on Genetic Susceptibility to Breast Cancer in March 2017
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Rena Jones Appointed as Tenure-Track Investigator for Environmental Exposure Assessment
Rena Jones Appointed as Tenure-Track Investigator for Environmental Exposure Assessment
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Eric Engels Appointed Acting Branch Chief
Eric Engels Appointed Acting Chief, Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch
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Increasing Thyroid Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the United States
A new analysis of thyroid cancer trends found significant increases in both incidence and mortality overall and for advanced-stage papillary thyroid cancer.
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Melissa Friesen Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
Melissa Friesen Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
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Bin Zhu Explores Germline Variants and Somatic Mutations in Tumors
Bin Zhu in the Biostatistics Branch Explores Germline Variants and Somatic Mutations in Tumors
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Sonja Berndt Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
Sonja Berndt Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
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From India, first evidence of common genetic variation associated with gallbladder cancer risk
In the first-ever large genome-wide association study (GWAS) of gallbladder cancer, researchers have identified common genetic changes associated with elevated risk of the often fatal malignancy.
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No increased risk of death among U.S. physicians who perform fluoroscopy-guided interventional procedures compared to psychiatrists
U.S. physicians who performed fluoroscopy-guided interventional procedures (FGI MDs) found no increased risk of death (total and cause-specific), compared to physicians who did not perform these types of tests (psychiatrists).
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2017 Diversity Career Development Program Selections
DCEG fellows, including Tracy Layne, Maryam Hashemian, Moara Machado, Brittany Davis Lynn, and Hyuna Sung, were selected for the Diversity Career Development Program for 2017.