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National Heart Lung and Blood Institute awards Egan & team to research patches that prevent air leaks after lung surgery

June 11, 2025
Thomas Egan, MD, MSc, is a Professor of Surgery, whose work at UNC began in 1989. His professional interests both clinical and in research have been in the area of Ischemia-reperfusion injury, lung transplantation, lung transplantation from non-heart-beating donors, ex-vivo lung perfusion/ventilation, and cell culture models of ischemia-reperfusion injury. Dr....

Dr. Yeh’s new R01 project “Targeting EGFR for basal subtype cancer” funded by the NCI

March 13, 2024
The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $3.2 million R01 research grant to UNC Lineberger’s Jen Jen Yeh, MD, and Gary Johnson, PhD, for their project entitled, “Targeting EGFR for basal subtype cancer.” The grant will support the first metastatic pancreatic cancer trial in the country to evaluate whether...

Spanheimer Receives Prestigious National Cancer Institute’s K08 Career Development Award

August 2, 2023
Congratulations to Philip Spanheimer, MD, for receiving the very competitive and prestigious National Cancer Institute’s K08 career development grant which will support 5 years of funding for his research “Repurposing RET Inhibitors for Endocrine Resistant Breast Cancer”. “We have the unique opportunity to bridge laboratory studies and patient care” said...

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Awards Akerman R01 Grant

June 2, 2023
The UNC Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has awarded Dr. Adam W. Akerman, PhD, an R01 grant and a 4-year funding period for his study entitled: “Enhanced Biochemical Monitoring for Aortic Aneurysm Disease.” Dr. Akerman and his team—which includes Drs....

National Cancer Institute awards leading Principal Investigator Dr. Jen Jen Yeh a 5-year, $10.9 million SPORE grant

January 10, 2023
The National Cancer Institute has awarded leading Principal Investigator Dr. Jen Jen Yeh a five-year, $10.9 million Pancreatic Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant intended to further enhance treatment solutions for pancreatic cancer by focusing on key challenges to identifying, producing and directing new therapies.

Yeh recipient of the Lustgarten Foundation’s LEAD Project grant

January 10, 2023
The Lustgarten Foundation has awarded its inaugural Lustgarten Equity, Accessibility, and Diversity (LEAD) Project grant to Jen Jen Yeh, MD, in support of her PROmoting CLinicAl TrIal EngageMent for Pancreatic Cancer App Study (PROCLAIM Study).