Announcements

Carolyn Menendez, MD, FACS, assistant professor of Surgical Oncology has been appointed director of Duke Cancer Institute’s Clinical Cancer Genetics Program.

The Duke Cancer Patient Support Program will host the 29th Annual Nancy Weaver Emerson Tree of Hope Lighting Ceremony at on Thursday, Dec. 5.

Duke Cancer Institute hematologic oncologist Joseph Moore, MD, after 44 years, retired from clinical practice this summer. He and colleagues reflect on his legacy.

Yousuf Zafar, MD, associate professor of Medicine and Public Policy, was recently appointed director of Healthcare Innovation for DCI.

Duke Alumnus, Trustee William G. Kaelin Jr., MD, shares award for studies of how cells adapt to changing oxygen environments. Sign-up for October 16 web chat with him.

Danielle Brander, MD, and Joseph Moore, MD, have teamed up to serve as honorary co-captains for Team Duke Cancer Center Durham at 2019 LLS walk.

Evelyn Morgan, for whom the Friends of Nursing’s annual “Evelyn Morgan Award for Excellence in Oncology Nursing Practice” was named, passed away on Sept. 10.

Caring House will host its annual Benefit Gala at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club on February 8, 2020.

The Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies will seek potential therapies for diseases from cancer to schizophrenia.