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Giulia Petrone and Emily Podany, third-year Hematology-Oncology Fellows at Washington University School of Medicine, are recipients of the 2024 Knowlton Incentive for Excellence Award. The Knowlton Award recognizes and support fellows who exemplify a compassionate spirit combined with outstanding knowledge and skill. Giulia’s research explores clonal hematopoiesis as a precursor to myeloid neoplasms and investigates […]

Congratulations to third-year fellow Dr. Emily Podany, who was selected for the Conquer Cancer Merit Award at the ASCO Quality Care Symposium. This award will provide funding for her research project and a travel grant to attend the ASCO Quality Care Symposium from 9/27-9/28/2024 in San Francisco, CA, where she will present a poster. She […]

Congratulations to third-year fellow Imran Nizamuddin, who was recently selected for the 2024 Young Investigator Program scholarship by the Society of Hematologic Oncology (SOHO)! As an award recipient, he will receive a travel grant to attend the 2024 SOHO conference in Houston, TX later this week. He will also be presenting two posters at the […]

Congratulations to first-year fellow Susrutha Puthanmadhom Narayanan, MBBS, who presented her research at ASCO 2024 this past weekend entitled, “Transcriptomic Analysis of cAMP/PKA/CREB Signaling in Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer”. The goal of her study was to explore transcriptomic alterations in invasive luminal breast cancer (ILC) that could be exploited for targeted therapy, as currently ILC […]

Dr. Podany, a second year Hematology-Oncology presented her abstract “Racial differences in genomic profiles and targeted treatment use in ER+ HER2- metastatic breast cancer“ at the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting. She was chosen to be interviewed to discuss disparities in the use of PI3K inhibitors for Black patients with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer […]

“Integration of Clinical Trial Development in Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Training” describes the Clinical Trial Development Program initiated at Washington University School of Medicine in 2002. This program was developed as a hands-on learning experience for Hematology-Oncology fellow in the design, implementation and publication of clinical trials and is led by Dr. Lee Ratner, Associate Program Director […]

Dr. Emily Podany received a 2024 GRASP Advocate Choice Award for her abstract “Racial differences in genomic profiles and targeted treatment use in ER+ HER2- metastatic breast cancer“. GRASP (Guiding Researchers and Advocates to Scientific Partnerships)connects cancer researchers and advocates to advance breakthroughs. As part of her GRASP award she will be presenting her research […]

The Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine is proud to announce that third-year fellow, Stefan Tarnawsky, M.D., Ph.D, has been selected by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to participate in the 2024 Research Training Award for Fellows (RTAF). He is one of 17 outstanding fellows across the country selected for this highly competitive award, and […]

The Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine is proud to announce that second-year fellow, Giulia Petrone, M.D., has been selected by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to participate in the 2024 Research Training Award for Fellows (RTAF). She is one of 17 outstanding fellows across the country selected for this highly competitive award, and one […]

Each spring the Hematology/Oncology first year fellows is present their original clinical trial concepts to the faculty and fellows of the Divisions of Hematology and Oncology. This year the trials include novel phase I & II clinical trials, genomic studies and trials of cellular therapies.Since 2002 all Hematology/Oncology fellows at Washington University write and perform […]