News and Events

Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: A Conversation with Lilian Yang, M.B.A.

Lilian Yang, M.B.A., is the Senior Branch Manager in the Neuro-Oncology Branch (NOB). She is originally from Hawaii and identifies as Chinese American. In this Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Q&A, she talks to us about the many places she has lived, some valuable business school advice, and the need for Asian representation in leadership roles.

Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month: A Conversation with Suresh Ambudkar, Ph.D.

Suresh V. Ambudkar, Ph.D., is a Senior Investigator and the Deputy Chief of the Laboratory of Cell Biology. For this Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Q&A, he answers some questions about his academic, research and personal journey immigrating from India to the United States.

Clinical trial researching immunotherapy for B-cell lymphoma

A clinical trial led by Mark Roschewski, M.D., Senior Clinician in the Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, is researching immunotherapy for indolent B-cell lymphoma, a cancer of white blood cells that frequently relapses.

Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month: A Conversation with Fatima Karzai, M.D.

Fatima Karzai, M.D., Associate Research Physician and Clinical Director in the Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, is a clinical researcher at CCR. She is originally from Afghanistan. For this Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Heritage Month Q&A, she discussed her research interests and how her background as an Afghan American woman influences her work today.

Machine learning reveals rules of T cell activation

CCR and McGill University scientists have used machine learning to build models that can predict T cell responses against tumors.

Clinical trial researches CAR T-cell therapy for hairy cell leukemia

Robert J. Kreitman, M.D., Senior Investigator in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, is leading a study to see whether CAR T-cell therapy impacts patients with hairy cell leukemia.

Clinical trials research immunotherapy for Kaposi sarcoma

Clinical trials led by Ramya Ramaswami, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Physician-Scientist Early Investigator in the HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, are researching immunotherapy for Kaposi sarcoma.

In Memoriam: Joost J. Oppenheim, M.D. (1934–2022)

The CCR mourns the recent passing of colleague and friend Joost Oppenheim, M.D., Senior Investigator and Head of the Cellular Immunology Section in the Cancer Innovation Laboratory.

Michael Lichten, Ph.D.; Deborah K. Morrison, Ph.D.; Mary N. Carrington, Ph.D.; Susan M. Lea, D.Phil., F.Med.Sci.

Four CCR researchers receive high honors

CCR Senior Investigators Michael Lichten, Ph.D., Deborah Morrison, Ph.D., Mary Carrington, Ph.D, and Susan Lea, D.Phil., F.Med.Sci., have been elected to notable scientific academies and societies in recognition of their significant and impactful research accomplishments.

Elaine S. Jaffe receives HHS Career Achievement Award

Elaine S. Jaffe, M.D., NIH Distinguished Investigator in the Laboratory of Pathology, was awarded a 2022 Career Achievement Award by the Department of Health and Human Services in recognition of her groundbreaking advances in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with blood cancers.

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