March Newsmakers

March 25, 2021
By: Julie Poucher Harbin, Senior Writer, DCI

Op-Ed: A year of ‘I’m sorry’ — for your loss and the pandemic rules that cloud hospital care
*Features Nathan Gray, MD

Cell Microsystems to Expand Portfolio of Applications into Antibody Discovery and Organoid Cultures (Press Release)

*Features Zachary Hartman, PhD

Good vibrations: can music ease us through anxious times? (The Financial Times)
Features Duke Cancer Institute

GlycoMimetics to Share GMI-1359 and Galectin-3 Antagonist Program Data at AACR 2021 Meeting (Associated Press)
Features Dorothy Sipkins, MD, PhD
Background

Targeted Alignment of Communication Can Improve Uptake of Men's Cancer Screenings in Marginalized Populations (Pharmacy Times)
Features Angelo Moore, PhD, MSN, RN

Salvage Prostatectomy Complication Rates Differ by Primary PCa Therapy (Renal & Urology News and Cancer Therapy Advisor)
Features Thomas Polascik, MD

Whole-Genome Sequencing Emerging for Routine Cancer Care (Medscape)
Features Thomas LeBlanc, MD

Duke Names New Dean of Nursing School (Duke Health News)

Nadine Barrett, Ph.D., to lead Duke project studying health concerns of local Black community (Duke SoM)

Duke CTSI launches new center dedicated to equity in research (Duke SoM)

Papers

Palliative Care Specialist Access is Associated with Rankings of Hospital Quality Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Feb. 16, 2021. Jaan Nandwani, Jennifer M. Maguire, MD, Maggie Rogers, MPH, Diane E. Meier, MD, Arif Kamal, MD, MBA, MHS.

Topics

Angelo Moore, Arif Kamal, Dorothy Sipkins, Nadine Barrett, Nathan Gray, Thomas LeBlanc, Thomas Polascik, Zachary Hartman

Event Recordings

WATCH: "Taking Action on Colorectal Cancer Prevention" (recorded on 3.22.21)
*The DCI Office of Health Equity co-hosted this community forum on colorectal cancer prevention, which featured Julius M. Wilder MD, PhD (Duke GI), LaSonia Barnett, MA (DCI OHE); Emily Butler Bell, MPH (National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable — Colorectal Cancer Interventions) and Willa Robinson, MPH, MAED, MCHES, (Durham County Dept. of Public Health).

WATCH: "How Studying Genes Can Lead to More Personalized Cancer Care" (recorded on 2.23.21)
*This event was hosted by OHE and featured Jennifer Freedman, PhD, Tyler Allen, PhD, and Sean Piwarski, PhD, of the Patierno/George/Freedman Lab for Cancer Research

WATCH: “Cervical Cancer: Early Detection Saves Lives" (recorded on 1.24.21)
*This event was co-hosted by DCI OHE and Nuestras Voces Network. Speakers included Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, MHSc; Rafael Gonzalez, MD; Nadia Aguilera-Funez, BA, and Teri L. Larkins, PhD, CDC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control.

WATCH RECORDING "Medical (Mis)trust and (Mis)information: What You Need to Know About Research and Vaccines to Make Healthy Decisions"

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