People in the News - News Updates
Find out the latest news about DCEG Staff: awards and recognition, hirings and promotions, and engagement at scientific conferences.
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Sarah Jackson Appointed Earl Stadtman Investigator in IIB
Dr. Sarah Jackson was appointed Earl Stadtman tenure-track investigator in the Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch in July 2023. She studies sex differences in cancer incidence and survival as well as cancer risk, screening, and outcomes. Also in 2023, she was selected for the competitive NIH Distinguished Scholars Program.
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Sung Duk Kim Receives 2023 SPAIG Award
Sung Duk Kim, Ph.D., staff scientist in the Biostatistics Branch, and collaborators at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Merck, received the 2023 Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry & Government (SPAIG) award for the depth, breadth, and statistical rigor of their collaboration and its impact on the conduct of clinical trials.
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Aubrey Hubbard Featured in Community Story by NCI Childhood Cancer Data Initiative
Dr. Aubrey Hubbard, postdoctoral fellow in the Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch, was featured in a community story by NCI Childhood Cancer Data Initiative.
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Cari Kitahara Receives Rosalind Franklin Society Award for Paper in Thyroid
Cari Kitahara, senior investigator in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch, received the 2nd Annual Rosalind Franklin Society Award in Science for her publication entitled, Trends in the Management of Localized Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in the United States (2000–2018), published in Thyroid.
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Blanche Alter Receives American Society of Hematology Lifetime Achievement Award
In 2023, Dr. Blanche Alter received the Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology from the American Society of Hematology for her work which revolutionized research for inherited bone marrow failure syndromes.
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2022 DCEG Outstanding Mentor Award
Dr. Aimée Kreimer was recognized for outstanding mentorship in 2022. Read an excerpt from the nomination prepared by her trainees.
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NCI Hosts 17th International Meeting on Psychosocial Aspects of Hereditary Cancer
In May 2023, the NCI hosted the 17th International Meeting on Psychosocial Aspects of Hereditary Cancer (IMPAHC) at the Shady Grove campus.
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Inaugural In-person International Society of Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry Meeting
After postponing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Society of Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry (ISoRED) had their first in-person meeting in 2023. Many scientists in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch presented at the meeting.
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Brittany Lord Selected as NIH Women Scientists Advisors (WSA) Scholar
Brittany Lord, postdoctoral fellow in the Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch, was selected as one of three NIH Women Scientists Advisors (WSA) Scholars. She presented her research on breast cancer disparities at a symposium in April.
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Liz Ward, Distinguished Lecturer in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
Dr. Elizabeth M. Ward visited as a Distinguished Lecturer in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology. She gave a lecture to the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch entitled “Overview of World Trade Center Exposures and Cancer Studies.” As part of her visit, she also met with individual investigators and groups to exchange ideas and participated in a round table discussion with OEEB fellows to discuss issues related to career advancement.
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Neal Freedman Departs DCEG to Lead the Tobacco Control Research Branch at NCI
Dr. Freedman, senior investigator in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, will transition to Director of the Tobacco Control Research Branch (TCRB) in the NCI Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences.
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2023 AACR Annual Meeting Features DCEG Research
DCEG investigators and fellows presented their research at the 2023 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting.
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Montserrat García-Closas Leaves DCEG
Dr. García-Closas founded and led the DCEG Trans-Divisional Research Program, providing critical scientific and administrative leadership for the Division, launching groundbreaking new initiatives and shaping future research directions.
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Peter Kraft Appointed Director of TDRP
Dr. Peter Kraft has been appointed Director of the Trans-Divisional Research Program (TDRP). Dr. Kraft is an internationally recognized leader in both biostatistics and the molecular epidemiology of cancer.
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Marie-Josèphe Horner Re-elected as Women Scientist Advisor Staff Scientist Representative
Dr. Marie-Josèphe Horner, staff scientist in the Trans-Divisional Research Program, was re-elected to a second three-year term as Women Scientist Advisor Staff Scientist Representative.
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Ireland Joint Symposium Celebrates Training Partnerships
Stephen Chanock, Jackie Lavigne, and others from NCI and Queen's University Belfast (QUB) participated in the joint symposium entitled, “Cancer Knows No Borders – Celebrating Tripartite Cooperation to Enhance Cancer Research,” on the NIH campus and online.
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TDRP Director and Senior Investigator Receive 2022 ASA Mentoring Award
Montserrat Garcia-Closas and Barry Graubard receive the ASA 2022 Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award.
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Martha Linet Delivers Lauriston Taylor Lecture on Radiation Protection
Martha S. Linet, M.D., M.P.H., Scientist Emerita, delivered the Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture on Radiation Protection and Measurements. The lecture is given annually by distinguished scientists selected by the Board of Directors of NCRP on topics of importance to the radiation research community. Dr. Linet spoke about ‘Cancer Risks and Public Health Issues Across the Radiation Frequency Spectrum: The Long and Short of It.” A summary of her presentation will be published in the journal Health Physics later this year.
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Bin Zhu Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
In March 2023, Dr. Bin Zhu was awarded scientific tenure by the NIH and promoted to senior investigator in the Biostatistics Branch. Dr. Zhu is an internationally recognized expert in the development of statistical methods for increasing the understanding of the etiology of cancer.