Awards

Christopher Counter, PhD, associate director of Basic Research, is a member of a group receiving an international Cancer Grand Challenges Grant to investigate origins of cancer.

Gloria Bass, MA, has been a part of the Duke Health family for 41 years, including 26 years at DCI.

Co-leader of the DCI Melanoma Disease Group Georgia Beasley, MD, MHSc, is among 40 recipients of a Young Physician-Scientist Award from The American Society for Clinical Investigation.

DCI health services researcher Devon Check, PhD, is co-PI on an NIA grant to study risks of co-prescribed opioids & BZDs in older cancer patients.

An endowed professorship for David Harpole, Jr., MD, will support his ongoing translational and clinical research in lung cancer.

Donald McDonnell, PhD, associate director for Translational Research, DCI, receives prestigious St. Patrick's Day Irish science medal for contributions to academia and industry.

In a lot of ways, Susan Blackwell (Crawford), MHS, PA-C’89, and the physician assistant profession have grown up together.

The $50,000 grant will support research by Chuan-Yuan Li, DSc, into the ability of cholesterol-lowering drugs to boost cancer-drug immunotherapies.

“This is really the thing we look forward to all year and we weren’t going to let the pandemic get in the way this year,” said DCI exec. director Michael Kastan, MD, PhD.

Furong Huang PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Wang Lab, received a Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program Early Investigator Award.

First presented in 1987, The William W. Shingleton Award is DCI’s highest volunteer honor. Over the past 35 years, DCI has honored more than 90 individuals with this award.

The metastatic breast cancer research grants, made possible by Susan G. Komen, bring together patient advocates and DCI & UNC Lineberger investigators.

The $3 million National Science Foundation grant is for training Master’s and PhD students at Duke in engineering, computer science, data science, & surgical technologies.

Dukes receives two large grants totaling nearly $12 million from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) as part of its new Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium.

Hai Yan, MD, PhD, was awarded the International Prize for Translational Neuroscience for identifying genetic mutations linked to gliomas.

The $1.25 million grant from the Cancer Research Institute will support brain tumor immunotherapy research

The FASTRO designation honor recognizes exceptional service to the field of radiation oncology and cancer care.

Oncology faculty and providers among 2021 Duke Clinical Leadership Program 2021 graduates, including the winning project team.

Christopher Counter, PhD, Devon Noonan, PhD, MPH, Charles Gersbach, PhD, Fang-Fang Yin, PhD, Sue Jinks-Robertson, Deborah Muoio, PhD, awarded distinguished professorships.

An NIH grant awarded to Greg Palmer, PhD, will fund a micro CT/micro irradiator for the Radiation Oncology Research Program.

Zhao Zhang, PhD, is one of 22 scholars (early-career junior faculty) nationwide this year to receive this 4-year, $300,000 grant award.

One of the Neil L. Spector Art of Medicine awardees is DCI member Kimberly Johnson, MD, MHS.

After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the annual DCI Superstar Awards are back. Submit your nominations.

Duke University Hospital Honored oncology nurse Taylor Jones with the hospital's first DAISY Award for extraordinary nurses.

Their winning article was published in the Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics in April, 2020.

Research study participants encouraged Jessica Jin to pursue a career in nursing. After four years providing care to oncology patients at Duke, she’s won a national award.

Duke Professor Emeritus Joseph Odell Moore, MD, to be recognized with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award on May 14.

Renowned DCI neurosurgeon-scientist Peter Fecci, MD, PhD, is one of three SoM faculty members to be inducted this year into ASCI.

Congrats to Lucy Boyce Kennedy, MD & Divya Natesan, MD (right) who each received a Conquer Cancer 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting Merit Award!

DCI member Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, elected to National Academy of Sciences.

DCI clinicians raised more than $3,500 for Lincoln Community Health Center to support free cancer screening & primary care appointments

DCI faculty Thomas Leblanc, MD, MA, MHS, FAAHPM, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

DCI member Sue Jinks-Robertson, PhD, vice-chair, Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology examines yeast DNA to learn about cancer.

DCI faculty Daniel George, MD, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

DCI faculty Drs. Sullivan, Johnson, Devi, and Kirsch recognized by the SoM for teaching, mentoring, and new faculty member Dr. Shi named Whitehead Scholar.

Moore, Aguilera-Funez, Barnett, Ingraham, Pollak and Kennedy recognized with a Duke Presidential Award as part of the LATIN-19 team.

Erin Wood, Senior IT Analyst, Duke Cancer Institute Information Systems, honored with a Duke Presidential Award.

Neelima Navuluri, MD, MPH, receives NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Award for her project to improve lung cancer screening among Black Veterans.

David Kirsch, MD, PhD, was named a recipient of a Duke School of Medicine 2021 Career Mentoring Award in Basic/Translational Science.

Research led by Duke Cancer Institute’s Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi, MD, PhD, could have implications for the successful treatment of ovarian, breast and kidney cancer.

Jason Somarelli, PhD, was one of two recipients of the inaugural Bass Connections Leadership Award with the project "Bioremediation of Plastic Pollution to Conserve Marine Biodiversity."

The Duke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program has been named Program of the Month (for February) by the Council for Tobacco Treatment Training Programs.

Nominations for the 2021 Sullivan Award are now being accepted. Awards will be presented to a graduating senior and to a Duke faculty member, staff person, or graduate/professional student.

Susan Halabi, PhD, is co-leading a project to create a large international registry of data from prostate cancer patients treated with various PARP inhibitors.

DCI pathologist Jung Wook Park, PhD, mentored by Jiaoti Huang, MD, PhD, and Andrew Armstrong, MD, MSc, has received a Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award.

The NAI recognizes academic inventors for their spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development and welfare of society. 

Siqi Li was one of six senior PhD students in the School of Medicine were awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence in basic science research. 

Daniel Sullivan, MD, professor emeritus in the Duke University Department of Radiology, received an award from the Prevent Cancer Foundation, on Oct. 28.

Pam Bowman, MSN, RN, OCN and Marybeth Tetlow, MSN, RN, BMTCN, CPN, CNIV, made the list of 2020 Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina. Honored on Oct. 10.