Fellowships & Training - News Updates
Stay informed of the latest news on our trainees.
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2022 Fellows’ Symposium Focuses on Health Disparities and Environmental Justice
In April 2022, DCEG fellows gathered virtually for the 14th Annual DCEG Fellows Symposium. The theme was “Closing the Gap on Health Disparities and Promoting Environmental Justice: From innovative research to action.”
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2022 Intramural Research Awards
DCEG Intramural Research Awards are competitive funding opportunities designed to foster creative, high-impact research by fellows and tenure-track investigators.
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2022 NIH Postbac Poster Day Presentations
Postbaccalaureate fellows in DCEG presented their research at the virtual 2022 NIH Postbac Poster Day, sponsored by the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education.
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2021 Outstanding Mentor Awards
Four investigators were recognized for outstanding mentorship in 2021: Jonas Almeida, Megan Clarke, Rena Jones, Minkyo Song. Read excerpts from the nominations prepared by their trainees.
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2021 Virtual Summer Internship Program
Thirty interns from around the U.S. joined DCEG for NCI’s first virtual summer internship program, organized collaboratively by DCEG, the Center for Cancer Training, the Frederick National Lab, and the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences.
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2022 NCI Career Development Program Selections
Postdoctoral fellows Burak Altintas, M.D., in the Clinical Genetics Branch, Brittany Lord, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S., and Waruiru Mburu, Ph.D., M.P.H., in the Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch, Omonefe Omofuma, Ph.D., M.S., in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, and Elisa Pasqual, Ph.D., in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch were selected for the 2022 NCI Career Development Program (CDP).
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Small Increases in Physical Activity Could Prevent Over 100,000 Deaths/Year
A research letter from Pedro Saint-Maurice, Ph.D., and Charles Mathews, Ph.D., in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch and Barry Graubard, Ph.D., in the Biostatistics Branch, reported that if the adult population in the United States increased moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity by 10 minutes per day, more than 100,000 deaths per year could be prevented. Similar benefits were observed regardless of sex or racial and ethnic group.
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2021 Awards Announced at DCEG Town Hall
In November 2021, Dr. Stephen Chanock announced numerous awards received by DCEG staff for their research excellence, mentoring, and service, including the NIH Director’s Awards, NCI Outstanding Mentor Awards, and 2022 DCEG Fellows Awards for Research Excellence (DFARE).
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2021 Informatics Tool Challenge Winners Announced
Four projects were funded through the 2021 DCEG Informatics Tool Challenge that seek to advance research on the microbiome, expand our knowledge of descriptive and molecular cancer epidemiology, identify target genes and pathways from GWAS, and improve harmonization of heterogenous data.
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Ask a Researcher: Working in a Cancer Research Lab
Francine Baker, M.S., postbaccalaureate fellow and iCURE scholar and Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson, Ph.D., Chief and senior investigator of the Laboratory of Translational Genomics give a behind-the-scenes look inside a cancer research lab, and discuss their career paths, mentorship, and more.
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Lesley Chapman Selected for Human Genetics Scholar Initiative Program
Dr. Chapman, postdoctoral fellow in the Clinical Genetics Branch was selected for the two-year program with the goal of increasing diversity and inclusion in the field of human genetics provided by the American Society of Human Genetics, in partnership with industry leaders and the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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Recipients of the Inaugural DCEG Cancer Health Disparities Research Award
The DCEG Cancer Health Disparities Research Award was launched in 2021 to expand cancer disparities research within the Division. Fellows Jessica Madrigal, Ph.D., M.S., Cody Ramin, Ph.D., and Jacqueline Vo, Ph.D., R.N., M.P.H., received the awards for 2021.
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DCEG Staff Gather in Virtual Town Hall Meetings, 2021 Spring and Summer
At the 2021 Spring and Summer town halls, Stephen Chanock, M.D., recognized staff with the following awards: DCEG Outstanding Mentor Award, 2022 NIH Fare Awards, and Outstanding Poster Award. In addition, he announced the appointment of Maria Teresa Landi, M.D., Ph.D. as the Division’s Senior Advisor for Genomic Epidemiology.
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Mentorship at DCEG: A Tradition of Excellence, ITEB
This is the second installment of the Mentorship at DCEG: A Tradition of Excellence series. Gretchen Gierach, Ph.D., M.P.H., Chief of the Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch, and mentees Brittny Davis Lynn, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Mustapha Abubakar, M.D., Ph.D., describe their training and mentoring experiences at DCEG.
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2021 Intramural Research Awards
DCEG Intramural Research Awards are competitive funding opportunities designed to foster creative, high-impact research by fellows and tenure-track investigators.
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2021 NCI Symposium on Cancer Health Disparities
In May 2021, the 3rd annual symposium focused on cancer health disparities in rural and Native populations, financial toxicity, evidence-based strategies to reduce disparities, and more. The event was coordinated by a planning committee that included Eboneé Butler and Michael Cook from DCEG.
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2021 Annual Fellows’ Symposium Focuses on Cancer Survivorship
The theme was “The Lifetime Impact of Cancer: Experiences in survivorship research, advocacy, and policy.” Presenters included invited outside speakers and Dr. Amy Berrington, Chief of the Radiation Epidemiology Branch.
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Sarah Jackson Becomes an Independent Research Scholar
Sarah Jackson, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in IIB, was inducted into the NIH Independent Research Scholar Program, sponsored by the Office of Intramural Research. Dr. Jackson studies sex differences in cancer incidence and cancer risk among transgender individuals.
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Keith Griffin and Sarah Irvin Receive NIH Graduate Student Research Award
Keith Griffin, M.S., and Sarah Irvin, M.S., received the NIH Graduate Student Research Award for their posters presented at the 17th Annual NIH Graduate Student Research Symposium.
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Building A Robust Community for Fellows in the COVID-19 Era
Jackie Lavigne, Ph.D., Diane Wigfield, and Cara Murray of the Office of Education have supported fellows during the work-from-home order. They have bridged the distance inflicted by COVID-19 through virtual events, on-line and telephone support, providing virtual professional development workshops, and more.