People in the News - DCEG News Updates
DCEG staff members often receive scientific and professional society awards and recognition. In addition, they present their research at scientific conferences and participate in other events.
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2020 Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship Recipients and Diversity Career Development Program Selections
Rebecca Hennessey and Daphnée Villoing received the 2020 Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship. Rotana Alsaggaf, Marena Niewisch, and Christian Alvarez Privado selected for 2020 Diversity Career Development Program.
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Mitchell Gail and Robert Hoover Named NIH Distinguished Investigators
Mitchell H. Gail, M.D., Ph.D., and Robert N. Hoover, M.D., D.Sc., have been named NIH Distinguished Investigators in recognition of career achievements and impact on their respective scientific fields.
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Demetrius Albanes Receives NIH Honor Award
In November 2019, Demetrius Albanes, M.D., received the NIH Office of the Director Honor Award for his service on the Committee on Scientific Conduct and Ethics (CSCE)
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Amy Berrington Presents at Harvard Center for Radiation Sciences Annual Symposium
Amy Berrington, D.Phil., chief of the Radiation Epidemiology Branch presented on the health effects of early life exposure to medical radiation as part of ongoing efforts to build an interdisciplinary partnership with the Harvard JBL Center for Radiation Sciences.
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2019 Fall Town Hall Meeting
In November, Director Stephen Chanock, M.D., welcomed staff to the Fall 2019 Town Hall meeting to talk about new developments in the Division, and to recognize accomplishments over the past six months.
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Brittny Davis Lynn and Joe Shearer Receive Coleman Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award
Brittny Davis Lynn, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Joseph Shearer, Ph.D., M.P.H., received the 2020 Coleman Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award.
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Cari Kitahara Receives Van Meter Award from American Thyroid Association
Cari Kitahara receives the 2019 Van Meter Award from the American Thyroid Association.
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Horner elected Women Scientist Advisor
In October 2019, Marie-Josephe Horner, Ph.D., a staff scientist in the Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, was elected to serve as a Women Scientist Advisor (WSA) for a term of three years.
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Jiyeon Choi Appointed as Earl Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator
In summer 2019, Jiyeon Choi, Ph.D., M.S., was appointed Earl Stadtman tenure-track investigator in the Laboratory of Translational Genomics.
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Conversation with Former Fellow, Diana Merino, Ph.D., M.Sc.
A brief interview with former DCEG fellow, Diana Merino, Ph.D., M.Sc., about her work at Friends of Cancer Research and her time in DCEG.
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Molecular and Digital Pathology Laboratory Expands Capacity for DCEG Studies
The Molecular and Digital Pathology Laboratory is an extension of the Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory that integrates histological and molecular tissue profiling with analyses of environmental and genetic risk factors in epidemiologic studies.
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Cook Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
Dr. Michael B. Cook was awarded scientific tenure by the NIH and promoted to senior investigator in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch.
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Weinberg Delivers 2019 Wacholder Lecture
Clarice Weinberg delivered the 2019 Sholom Wacholder Distinguished Lecture on Evidence for Familial Clustering of Breast Cancer Age at Onset.
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Borrego and Davis Lynn Become Independent Research Scholars
David Borrego and Brittny Davis Lynn were inducted into the inaugural cohort of the Independent Research Scholar Program in the NIH Office of Intramural Research in August 2019.
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Catherine Schairer Retires from DCEG
Catherine Schairer, Ph.D., M.S., senior staff scientist in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, retired from DCEG in September 2019, after 37 years of service.
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Sir John Burn Delivers Seminar on Prediction and Prevention of Colorectal Cancer in Patients with Lynch Syndrome
In July 2019, Sir John Burn spent two days with DCEG staff and fellows as a Visiting Scholar during which time he delivered an informative seminar on prediction and prevention of colorectal cancer in patients with Lynch Syndrome.
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Trabert Granted DoD Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Britton Trabert received a Department of Defense Investigator-Initiated Research Award for her proposal titled “Making the CASE: Chemopreventive use of ASpirin for ovarian cancer—integrating Epidemiological data to evaluate population subgroups and tumor expression.”
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Summer Intern on Volunteering at Camp Fantastic
Frank Colon-Matos, a summer intern in DCEG, shares his experience at Camp Fantastic 2019 as a childhood cancer survivor and first-time volunteer.
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2019 Camp Fantastic
In August 2019, DCEG staff and fellows spent a week in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, volunteering at Camp Fantastic, a summer camp for children affected by cancer.
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Lisa J. McReynolds Becomes the First Assistant Clinical Investigator of DCEG
In July 2019, Lisa J. McReynolds was appointed the first Assistant Clinical Investigator in the Clinical Genetics Branch.