Fellowships & Training - News Updates
Stay informed of the latest news on our trainees.
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iCURE Scholars Program Increases Diversity of the NCI Intramural Workforce
The Intramural Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (iCURE) program offers mentored research experiences for qualified individuals. Ms. Mone’t Thompson, in the Clinical Genetics Branch, is the first DCEG iCURE Scholar.
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2019 Diversity Career Development Program Selections
Dr. Pragati Advani of the Radiation Epidemiology Branch, and Dr. Sally Peprah of the Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, were selected for the Diversity Career Development Program (DCDP) for 2019.
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2019 Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship Recipients
Drs. Jackson, Karimi, Landy, and Pinheiro were awarded Sallie Rosen Kaplan (SRK) Postdoctoral Fellowships for Women Scientists for 2019.
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Sauve Awarded Prix Jules Brodeur
Jean-Francois Sauve, Ph.D., M.Sc., a postdoctoral fellow in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch (OEEB) received the 2018 Prix Jules Brodeur.
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Davis Lynn Recognized by Rising Star in Biomedical Research
Brittny Davis Lynn was selected as a 2018 Rising Star in Biomedical Research and has been invited to speak at a related training workshop for female and under-represented minorities in biomedical research.
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DCEG and DCCPS volunteers for High School Scientific Training and Enrichment Program
This summer, DCEG and DCCPS volunteers taught students enrolled in the NIH High School Scientific Training and Enrichment Program (Hi-STEP) about vaccines and coached them through the making of a public health campaign video on a vaccine of their choice.
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DCEG welcomes Ashley Thompson from NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program
DCEG welcomes Ashley Thompson from the NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP).
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DCEG Summer Intern Program 2018
DCEG’s Summer Intern Program celebrate its 20th anniversary with the high-caliber work of this year’s interns on display at a poster session.
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CGB Fellows Successfully Defend Dissertations
Rotana Alsaggaf, Kelvin C. de Andrade, and Jennifer Young successfully defended their doctoral dissertations in May 2018. Dr. Alsaggaf studies cancer predisposition in myotonic dystrophy, Dr. de Andrade investigates cancer risk, progression, and phenotypic variability in Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) patients, and Dr. Young performs psychosocial and qualitative research on LFS families.
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Tenth Annual Fellows' Training Symposium, 2018
The 10th annual DCEG Fellows’ Symposium was held on March 16, 2018 on the NIH main campus. The theme for this year’s symposium was “Defining Cancer Risk: Does G (Genetics) × E (Environment) = Me”. The symposium included three guest speakers, two poster sessions, and an interactive roundtable covering various career topics.
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DCEG Fellows Present at the 2018 NIH Postbac Poster Day
Postbaccalaureate fellows in DCEG presented scientific posters at the May 2018 NIH Postbac Poster Day, sponsored by the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education.
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2018 Representatives to Fellows' Committees
New representatives were appointed to DCEG fellows' committees for 2018.
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Megan Clarke Receives 2018 Coleman Research Innovation Award
DCEG postdoctoral fellow Megan Clarke, Ph.D., M.H.S., was selected for the 2018 William G. Coleman, Jr., Ph.D., Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award for her proposal, “Evaluating the Associations of Symptom Appraisal and Barriers to Care with Endometrial Cancer Presentation and Outcomes in a Diverse Population.”
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Get 150 Minutes Per Week of Moderate Physical Activity: It Doesn’t Matter How
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute have shown that people who engage in more minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity enjoy health benefits (measured here by likelihood of dying during the study period), but it does not matter how those minutes are accumulated.
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Manila Hada Selected for Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship for 2018
Dr. Manila Hada was awarded the Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship for 2018. The SRK program is designed to better equip NCI female postdoctoral fellows to transition to independent biomedical research careers.
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Talia Wegman-Ostrosky Selected for Diversity Career Development Program for 2018
Dr. Talia Wegman-Ostrosky was selected for the Diversity Career Development Program for 2018.
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Communications and Office of Education Staff Lead Workshops
In February 2018, the DCEG communications team and Office of Education (OE) collaborated to deliver trainings to fellows on communicating with the media, designing and giving effective scientific posters, and giving scientific presentations.
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2017 DCEG Summer Intern Program Bolstered by New Offerings
DCEG's summer internship program welcomed students from high school through graduate school, providing experience in epidemiological and genetic research. Interns were paired with a mentor and training in scientific and career skills.
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Wegman-Ostrosky Recognized at NIH-SACNAS Annual Science Symposium
Postdoctoral fellow Talia Wegman-Ostrosky, M.D., Ph.D., presented her research at the NIH-SACNAS Chapter Annual Science Symposium for graduate students, postdoctoral and clinical fellows.
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2017 DCEG Summer Posters and Projects
Browse posters and projects by the 2017 DCEG summer interns.