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• Peter Shields Appointed Chair of a DC Cancer Policy Committee.
• Lopa Mishra Discovers "Good" and "Bad" Liver Stem Cells.

• Three-Month Fundraiser supports Lombardi Patient's Assistance Fund.

• Oncology Fellow is Hospital's February Super Star.

• Fisher Center Announces Inaugural Pilot Grant Recipients.

• Director Appoints Two New Program Leaders.

• Peter Shields Appointed Lombardi Deputy Director.

• Milton Brown Receives Inaugural Richard von Matsch Chair.

• Cancer Research Cover Features Study by Albert Fornace.

• Ourisman Receives "Center of Excellence" Designation.
• Bruce Cheson Elected Chair of Lymphoma Research Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board.

Jennifer Eng-Wong, MD, MPH, joined Lombardi as a breast specialist in the adult heme/onc clinic.

Carol Wells works for the Patient Navigator Program at Ourisman as a part-time project assistant.

Julie Feurtado, RN, joined Lombardi as the clinical nurse coordinator for Dr. Marshall.

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Maria Laura Avantaggiati, MD, received a $392,000 R21 from the NCI to study functional mimicry of the p53 tail by the ubiquitin-like molecule, SUMO-1.

Aziza Shad, MD, received a $50,000 grant from the Prevent Cancer Foundation to develop and publish a Pediatric Cancer Survivor's Guide.

Jeffrey Toretsky, MD, received a $73,000 grant from the Stefanacci family and the Go 4 the Goal Foundation to purchase a protein purification device.

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