Gift of Life Breakfast Raises Money, Hope, and Awareness

On Tuesday, October 7, 2008, the Capital Breast Care Center (CBCC) held its Second Annual Gift of Life Breakfast at the Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel in Washington, DC. The program drew attention to the work of the area’s only community-based breast cancer screening facility and its success in addressing cancer disparities in the under-served populations of the national capital region. Read more

In the Spotlight

• Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD Elected to Institute of Medicine
• Founding Director of Lombardi Cancer Center Honored
• Lombardi Names First Director of Clinical Research Informatics
• Lombardi Names Director of Health Services Research
• International Symposium on Dance in Healthcare October 31, 2008
• Hyundai Hope on Wheels Celebrates 5th Year at Lombardi.
• Doctors Isaacs, Liu, and Hilakivi-Clarke talk about breast cancer in current issue of Washington Woman magazine.
• Dr. Lucile Adams-Campbell Joins Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
• The Fisher Center Calls for Pilot Grant Applications.
• Lombardi offers New Options When An Old Enemy Returns.
• Drug Discovery and Systems Medicine Roundtable with Dr. Leroy Hood.
• John Marshall elected president of gastrointestinal oncology society.
• Early phase breast cancer study suggests new approach can re-sensitize tumors.

• Doo Wop Concert for Cancer on Saturday, September 6, 2008.

• Baris Suzek wins caBIG Development Award

• John Marshall on the Diane Rehm Show.

• Lombardi Researchers Link Vitamin A to Breast Cancer Cell Growth.

Beth Beck, MA, CHES, joined Lombardi in September as the Executive Director of the Capital Breast Care Center.

Subha Madhavan, MS, PhD, joined Lombardi as the first Director of Clinical Research Informatics and Research Assistant Professor of Oncology.

Arnold Potosky, PhD, joined Lombardi in September as Director of Health Services Research..

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Carolyn Hurley, PhD, received a 5-year $7.5 million grant from the Office of Naval Research for research on human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing, used to identify compatible donors for bone marrow and cord blood transplants.

Lopa Mishra, MD, received a prestigious 5-year $7.5 million P01 grant from the National Cancer Institute to lead a team studying the cellular and molecular mechanisms of gastrointestinal cancer.

Marc Schwartz, PhD, received a 3-year $1.9 million R01 from the National Human Genome Research Institute to develop a web-based intervention to improve outcomes among women who receive uninformative BRCA1/2 test results.

Jeffrey Toretsky, MD, received a 5-year $2.5 million R01 from the NCI to conduct isolation and small molecule targeting of Ewing's Sarcoma stem cells.

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