Awards

Zhou and colleagues win 2013 NC Cancer Hospital Endowment Fund Award

Elaine M Zeman — 2013-04-01T16:50:00Z

Congratulations to Dr. Xiaofeng Zhou and the Radiation Oncology physics team for winning an NC Cancer Hospital Endowment Fund Award for their project entitled "Improving radiotherapy safety and efficiency by infrared imaging".

Price and colleagues win a 2013 NC Cancer Hospital Endowment Fund Award

Gregg S Tracton — 2013-02-04T22:25:00Z

Drs. Michael Price (PI), Ellen Jones and Mahesh Varia, along with computer scientist Gregg Tracton, have received a 2013 NC Cancer Hospital Endowment Fund Award for their project, “To reduce brachytherapy discomfort for gynecological patients.”. Congratulations!

Zagar wins a 2013 Junior Faculty Development Award

Gregg S Tracton — 2013-01-03T15:10:00Z

Dr. Timothy Zagar received a Junior Faculty Development Award for calendar year 2013 from the UNC Committee on Faculty Research and Study Leaves.

Chen receives a UNC Health-E-NC grant

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-07-26T14:55:00Z

Dr. Ronald Chen is among the recipients of a UNC Health-E-NC* project grant entitiled “Improving Cancer Survivorship Care through Enhanced Communications and Coordination.” The study consists of two coordinated projects to both develop and evaluate a comprehensive approach to integrating primary and specialty oncology survivorship care for patients with breast, colorectal, lung and prostate cancer.

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*Health-E-NC is a statewide effort to improve cancer outcomes for diseases that affect North Carolina's citizens. Sponsored by the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University Cancer Research Fund, the effort is aimed at finding innovative approaches to cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment and survivorship, and spreading the latest and best evidence-based cancer information to health care providers, advocacy groups, cancer patients, their families and survivors.

Sheets honored by the cancer center for IMRT publication

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-07-10T20:55:00Z

Radiation Oncology Chief Resident Dr. Nate Sheets was one of five clinical research fellows honored recently by the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center for research accomplishments and clinical excellence:

“ was first author of a recent paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the comparative effectiveness of IMRT radiation therapy for prostate cancer with proton beam therapy”

Chen wins Medical Student Research Mentor Award

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-06-19T16:00:00Z

Congratulations! Dr. Ron Chen was recently selected as a 2012 recipient of the Medical Student Research Mentor Award by the Academy of Educators of the UNC School of Medicine. This award recognizes Dr. Chen’s excellence in the teaching and mentoring of medical students conducting research in the Dept. of Radiation Oncology.

Rosenman funded for "Statistics of Shape" grant

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-06-07T13:25:00Z

The School of Medicine Dean’s Office has announced that Dr. Rosenman’s grant proposal, Mathematical Statistics of Computer Representations of Multi-Object Complexes, has received funding from the School’s Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program.

Congratulations also to the co-authors:

Professors Stephen Pizer, Depts. of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Radiation Oncology, James Marron, Dept. of Statistics and Operations Research, and James Damon, Dept. of Mathematics.

Jones inducted as a member of the Academy of Educators

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-05-22T18:55:00Z

On May 16, 2012, Dr. Ellen Jones was inducted into the UNC School of Medicine's Academy of Educators, joining past-inductees Drs. Mahesh Varia, Elaine Zeman and Sha Chang.

Zhang receives R01 funding

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-05-22T16:55:00Z

We recently received official notice that Dr. Yanping Zhang's R01 grant submission scored in the 2.0 percentile, meaning that it will receive funding as of July 1, 2012. Congratulations to Dr. Zhang on his fourth funded grant from the National Institutes of Health!

Stone promoted to MSA II position

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-05-22T16:51:13Z

Please join us in congratulating Brittney Stone who was recently promoted to the position of MSA II. In this capacity, Brittney will be assisting in the charging/billing procedure and also radonc hospital purchasing. She will also be the primary person for the Chart Close Out process in Chart Rounds.

Chen Awarded Outstanding Student Mentorship

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-05-22T16:46:59Z

Dr. Chen received an award for outstanding student mentorship, after being nominated by several students, at the spring meeting of the UNC Academy of Educators meeting on May 16^th

Chang Elected Fellow of AAPM

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-04-18T15:41:01Z

Congratulations to Sha Chang!

She will receive this recognition at the Awards Ceremony and Reception in Charlotte on July 30th.

On her election as a Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Dr. Chang is recognized for her distinguished contributions to medical physics by her peers and the Board of Directors of the AAPM. She will receive this recognition at the Awards Ceremony and Reception in Charlotte on July 30th, 2012.

Chen Awarded Grant to Study Heart/Prostate Factors

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-04-18T15:31:37Z

who recently received a research grant from RTOG.

“A Study to Evaluate Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Receipt of Primary and Preventive Care in Prostate Cancer Patients who Receive Definitive Radiation Therapy and Androgen Deprivation Therapy”

A formal public award announcement will be at the June RTOG meeting.

Congratulations to Dr. Ron Chen for receiving research funding from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) for a grant entitled “A Study to Evaluate Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Receipt of Primary and Preventive Care in Prostate Cancer Patients who Receive Definitive Radiation Therapy and Androgen Deprivation Therapy”.

Zhang awarded R01 grant

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-04-18T15:30:00Z

For the award of a RO1 grant issued March 19th and beginning in July 2012.

Project title: Mitochondrial p32 regulation of the Mdm2-p53 tumor suppression signaling and apop.

This is GOOD NEWS indeed!

Congratulations to Dr. Yanping Zhang for receiving funding for an NCI R01 grant beginning in July 2012. The project's title is "Mitochondrial p32 regulation of the Mdm2-p53 tumor suppression signaling and apoptosis."

Great news!

Yanping Zhang Promoted to Professor

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-04-18T15:20:00Z

Congratulations Dr. Yanping Zhang!