| Dr. Edward Chu to Leave Yale Cancer Center
It is with a mixture of excitement and disappointment that I share with you the news that Dr. Edward Chu will be leaving Yale Cancer Center to become the Deputy Director and Chief of the Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. His new appointment takes effect on September 1. Ed has been a wonderful leader, advocate, and mentor at Yale Cancer Center over the last 6 years as Deputy Director of Yale Cancer Center and Chief of Medical Oncology. During this time he has made lasting contributions to our clinical cancer program and Cancer Center Support Grant efforts.
Ed has co-directed Yale Cancer Center's Developmental Therapeutics Program, along with Tommy Cheng, for 14 years. Their research endeavors and innovative collaborations have consistently received excellent review scores and serve as a model for other research programs at Yale Cancer Center. Ed is an expert in the organization and operation of cancer centers and serves on the NCI Cancer Centers Committee, which oversees the Cancer Centers Program.
An internationally known leader in colorectal cancer, Ed is the author of the
Physicians' Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Manual , founding editor-in-chief of the journal
Clinical Colorectal Cancer , and chairman of the
International Colorectal Congress .
Please join me in congratulating Ed as he moves on to a new challenge at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He has been a fantastic asset to Yale Cancer Center over the last 14 years and his commitment, leadership, and friendship will be greatly missed.
Yale Cancer Center Membership
The Yale Cancer Center membership committee recently updated the membership forms and application process to join the Center. There are two types of membership available, full and clinical. Full members are integrated into one of seven research programs based on their research and interests. In general, full members hold independent research funding or are principal investigators of Cancer Center Clinical Studies. Clinical members do not need to be affiliated with a research program but still participate in the research, education, and clinical mission of the Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital. Please note: current members do not need to reapply for membership.
For more information, please contact Dr. Edward Snyder.
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Laura Sims-Olson has been promoted to manage all administrative activities in the Yale Cancer Center director's office. Laura previously served as a senior administrative assistant for Dr. Ed Chu.
Matt Osborne has joined Yale Cancer Center as a Clinical Secretary for the Hematology Program. He is training with Deborah Finger and can be reached 200-4363.
Julie Lindberg has joined Yale Cancer Center as a Clinical Secretary/Intake Specialist for the Endocrine Cancer Program and is supporting Dr. Holt and Dr. Inzucchi. Julie can be reached at 200-6819.
Michele Robertino will be joining Yale Cancer Center on Monday, June 21 and is assuming the Front Desk check-in role on the 7th floor. She can be reached 200-2429.
Michele Messina has officially joined us as the Clinical Secretary/Intake Specialist for the Melanoma Program. Michele can be reached at 785-4191.
The inaugural
John M. Pawelek Lectureship was presented at the 4th Meeting of the Asian Society for Pigment Cell Research (ASPCR), Guangzhou, China, June 12-14. The lecture was presented by Professor K. C. Park, Seoul, South Korea.
Dr. Pawelek , a senior research scientist in the department of dermatology and pharmacology at Yale, has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers in the areas of skin pigmentation and melanoma for which he has received a number of awards and honors. At the Guangzhou meeting, Dr. Pawelek also presented a lecture entitled
Pigmentation Research: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow .
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Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program
The
Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Translational New Investigator Award
is new for fiscal year 2010 and supports the development of translational research partnerships between two independent investigators. Within the partnership, one member must be a laboratory scientist and the other must be a clinician. This award is intended to support a mentoring partnership between a new investigator and an established research program.
The
Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Idea Award
is intended to promote the exploration of ideas that are still in the early stages of development yet have the potential to yield high-impact results and open new avenues of investigation. This mechanism supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements. Preliminary data are not required. However, research projects should include a well-formulated, testable hypothesis based on a strong scientific rationale.
A pre-application consisting of a two page narrative and biosketches is due July 14, 2010.
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Join us at the Connecticut Challenge
This year's ride begins and ends in Fairfield on Saturday, July 24, 2010. Many throughout the Yale community have ridden in past years and we invite you to join us again or for the first time! Bikes are available for rent at the ride. Please read all the ride and fundraising information carefully and if you choose to ride, please join the team "Yale, Smilow and Friends." If you wish to simply support the team with a donation please do so!
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Team Tri-Captains
Melinda Irwin, Robert Dubrow, and Peter Lamothe
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Recent Publications
Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Expression and Signaling in Renal Cell Carcinoma.
Al-Lamki RS, Sadler TJ, Wang J, Reid MJ, Warren AY, Movassagh M, Lu W, Mills IG, Neal DE, Burge J, Vandenebeele P, Pober JS, Bradley JR.
Am J Pathol. 2010 Jun 21.
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Biomarkers: The Useful and the Not So Useful- An Assessment of Molecular Prognostic Markers for Cutaneous Melanoma.
Gould Rothberg BE, Rimm DL.
J Invest Dermatol. 2010 Jun 17.
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Rehospitalization among Elderly Patients with Thyroid Cancer after Thyroidectomy are Prevalent and Costly.
Tuggle CT, Park LS, Roman S, Udelsman R, Sosa JA.
Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Jun 15.
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To count and how to count, that is the question: interobserver and intraobserver variability among pathologists in lymph node counting.
Parkash V, Bifulco C, Feinn R, Concato J, Jain D.
Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Jul;134(1):42-9.
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Activation of Stat1, IRF-1, and NF-kappaB is required for the induction of uridine phosphorylase by tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interferon-gamma.
Wan L, Cao D, Zeng J, Ziemba A, Pizzorno G.
Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 2010 Jun;29(4-6):488-503.
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American college of sports medicine roundtable on exercise guidelines for cancer survivors.
Schmitz KH, Courneya KS, Matthews C, Demark-Wahnefried W, Galvão DA, Pinto BM, Irwin ML, Wolin KY, Segal RJ, Lucia A, Schneider CM, VON Gruenigen VE, Schwartz AL.
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2010 Jul;42(7):1409-26.
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Gastric cancer in the elderly: An overview.
Saif W, Makrilia N, Zalonis A, Merikas M, Syrigos K.
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2010 Jun 7.
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MicroRNA signatures differentiate uterine cancer tumor subtypes.
Ratner ES, Tuck D, Richter C, Nallur S, Patel RM, Schultz V, Hui P, Schwartz PE, Rutherford TJ, Weidhaas JB.
Gynecol Oncol. 2010 Jun 8.
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MixHMM: inferring copy number variation and allelic imbalance using SNP arrays and tumor samples mixed with stromal cells.
Liu Z, Li A, Schulz V, Chen M, Tuck D.
PLoS One. 2010 Jun 1;5(6):e10909.
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Inside Yale Cancer Center
Healing Garden Provides a Place to Reflect
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Hosted by Ellen Matloff, listen to the latest interviews online.
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Yale Cancer Center Grand Rounds
Video presentations from Yale Cancer Center members are now available online.
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DirectConnect Archives
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Events
June 27; 6:00 PM
Yale Cancer Center Answers
WNPR 90.5
Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer
Harvey Risch, MD, PhD
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June 29; 12:00 PM
Yale Cancer Center Grand Rounds
55 Park Street
Cancer Staging
Frank Detterbeck, MD
Probing Abl Tyrosine Kinase Function in vivo Using C. elegans Genetics
Michael Hurwitz, MD, PhD
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July 4; 6:00 PM
Yale Cancer Center Answers
WNPR 90.5
Cancer Genetic Testing and Counseling
Ellen Matloff, MS
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July 19; 3:00 PM
Yale Cancer Center Seminar
WWW 208
Immortalization and Self-Renewal in Cancer
Steven Artandi, MD, PhD
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Submissions
Please submit your recent publication and grant announcements to:
Renee Gaudette
Director, Public Affairs and Marketing
renee.gaudette@yale.edu
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