Fellowships & Training - News Updates
Stay informed of the latest news on our trainees.
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Area Students Learn from DCEG Volunteers at NIH High School Scientific Training and Enrichment Program (HiSTEP)
Students in the 2019 NIH High School Scientific Training and Enrichment Program (HiSTEP) learned about the influence of technology on various groups and created public health campaign videos to educate target audiences about the risks and consequences of technology with the guidance of DCEG staff and fellows.
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2019 Summer Intern Poster Event
The 2019 Summer Intern Program culminated in a poster session displaying students' research that took place on August 9, 2019.
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Future of Low-Dose Radiation Research in the US: 2019 Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium
The 2019 Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium focused on the future of low-dose radiation research and the need for a long-term strategy to guide low-dose radiation research in the United States.
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DCEG Fellows Present at the 2019 NIH Postbac Poster Day
Eight postbaccalaureate fellows in DCEG presented at the May 2019 NIH Postbac Poster Day, sponsored by the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education.
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Medical Research Scholar Dalal Meets NCI Director Sharpless: NIH Catalyst Article
Medical Research Scholar (MRSP) Nicole Dalal meets former resident of her NIH Campus room, Ned Sharpless. Article by NIH Catalyst writer.
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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.