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THE GRADUATE Monica Bodd, MD, MTS, at her MD Graduation with Associate Dean for Student Affairs Aimee Chung, MD, her advisory dean (left); her primary Duke Surgery mentor DCI head & neck surgical oncologist Dan Rocke, MD (top right) and clinic staff; and with her proud parents on match day (bottom right).
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New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina, make up the Southern Division of the National Cancer Institute Cooperative Human Tissue Network's Southern Division. Duke University is the headquarters of the Southern Division.
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(from left to right) Brian Brigman, MD, PhD; Kate Ericson, NP; Nicole Mouser, Nurse Clinician; Colleen Forbes, Nurse Clinician; Sarcoma survivor Sharon Alston; Pam Pennigar, NP; and Ms. Alston’s son Cason. (photo courtesy of Sharon Alston)
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THRIVERS: Patient advocate Katrina Cooke, Komen Development Director Pam Kohl, and patient advocate Rhonda Howell, in Oct. 2018. Metastatic breast cancer survivors Cooke and Howell — both of whom are Duke Cancer Institute patients — are participating in three new DCI/UNC Lineberger metastatic breast cancer research projects made possible by the Susan G. Komen MBC Collaborative Research Initiative. The initiative is the brainchild of Kohl, also a longtime Duke patient.
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