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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Service and Science Recognized at NIH Director’s Awards
DCEG investigators received NIH Director’s Awards in July 2019 for their service to Camp Fantastic, the Agricultural Health Study, and the Women Scientist Advisors Executive Committee.
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Hatch Retires from DCEG
Dr. Maureen Hatch, senior staff scientist in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch retired from DCEG in July 2019.
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Mirabello Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
In June 2019, Lisa Mirabello, Ph.D., M.S., was awarded scientific tenure by the NIH and promoted to senior investigator in the Clinical Genetics Branch.
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Stewart Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
In June 2019, Douglas Stewart, M.D., was awarded scientific tenure by the NIH and promoted to senior investigator in the Clinical Genetics Branch.
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The Unique Role of Staff Clinicians in DCEG Research
Staff clinicians operate at the intersection of clinical care and research on natural history studies of families with cancer predisposition syndromes like Inherited Bone Marrow Failure (IBMFS) and Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS).
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Mille Receives Bernard Wheatley Award
In May 2019, Matthew Mille received the Bernard Wheatley Award for best submitted paper to the Journal of Radiological Protection.
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2019 Winners Announced for DCEG Informatics Tool Challenge
In May, Stephen Chanock announced four winners of the 2019 DCEG Informatics Tool Challenge, a competitive funding program that supports innovative approaches to enhance epidemiological methods, data collection, and analysis using modern technology and informatics.
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2019 Spring Town Hall Meeting
The spring town hall meeting was held in May 2019 to talk about recent scientific achievements and new and ongoing research efforts, and to recognize accomplishments and contributions of staff.
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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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Eleventh Annual Fellows' Training Symposium 2019
In April 2019, the annual Fellows’ Training Symposium was held at the NIH main campus. The theme was “The Training Trio: Seeking to examine the importance of developing research skills and collaborations in the population science disciplines of: Biostatistics/Bioinformatics, Clinical/Molecular Science, and Epidemiology.”
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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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Savage Delivers Fred Li Award Lecture
Sharon Savage delivers Fred Li Award Lecture, “The long and short of telomere biology,” at Dana Farber Cancer Institute April 2019.
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Murphy Recognized with NCI Staff Scientist Outstanding Mentor Award
Dr. Murphy was recognized with the 2019 NCI Staff Scientist and Staff Clinician Outstanding Mentor Award at the CCR and DCEG Staff Scientists and Staff Clinicians Retreat. The award recognizes excellence in guiding the careers of trainees in cancer research.
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Leitzmann Delivers 2019 Schatzkin Lecture on Physical Activity and Cancer
Dr. Michael Leitzmann, from the University of Regensburg, Germany, gave the 2019 Arthur Schatzkin Memorial Lecture on physical activity and cancer.
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Advisory Group Recommends Agents for Review by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published recommendations from an independent Advisory Group convened to prioritize agents for review by the IARC Monographs programme. The recommendations appear in the journal The Lancet Oncology.
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Onabajo Receives Early Career Travel Grant to Immunology 2019 Meeting
Dr. Olusegun Onabajo, staff scientist in the Prokunina-Olsson Laboratory, received a 2019 AAI Early Career Faculty Travel Grant to the American Association of Immunologists Annual Meeting.
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LDpop Plots Linkage Disequilibrium by Ancestry or Geographic Location
LDpop is a free and publicly available cross-platform web tool that plots linkage disequilibrium by ancestry or geographic location. Access it online at https://ldlink.nci.nih.gov/?tab=ldpop.
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2019 NCI Intramural Scientific Investigators' Retreat, Highlights
DCEG investigators participated in the annual Intramural Investigators Retreat. Flora van Leeuwen and Matthew Meyerson gave the Franklin and Knudson Awards Lectures, respectively. Laufey Amundadottir (DCEG) gave an invited lecture. Several others received awards.
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Savage Presents on TP53 and Li-Fraumeni Syndrome at NIH Demystifying Medicine Series
Dr. Sharon Savage and Dr. Marston Linehan from the Center for Cancer Research present their research on inherited cancer at the NIH series, Demystifying Medicine, joined by one of Dr. Savage’s patients.