Research Newsletter - November 2022

News briefs | November 2022

Leadership transitions

The following are leadership transitions at the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center:

Katie McGill, MSM, has been named the associate director of system integration at the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center. In this role, she will continue integrating the cancer center with IU Health.

Huda Salman, M.D., Ph.D., succeeds Utpal Davé, M.D., as co-leader of the Hematopoiesis and Hematologic Malignancies (HHM) research program. She will serve alongside Reuben Kapur, Ph.D., as HHM transitions from a basic science program to a translational program.

New program management specialist joins the cancer center

Daenique Jengelley, Ph.D., has been named a program management specialist with the cancer center’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) team and the Department of Pediatrics’ Pediatric and Adolescent Comparative Effective Research program. At the cancer center, she will provide administrative support to DEI and the Plan to Enhance Diversity (PED). Jengelley earned her bachelor’s degree from Tuskegee University and her doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biology from IU School of Medicine. She can be reached at djengell@iu.edu.

ICYMI: Check out the latest content on the cancer center’s social media channels

Watch Ashiq Masood, M.D., talk about his research on Twitter as part of our content for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.

Meet two fourth-grade students on Facebook who are among the latest cancer center donors.

Check out a highlight reel on Instagram of the 2022 End Lung Cancer Now Gathering.

For Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Francesca Duncan, M.D., discusses her research on health disparities in lung cancer on LinkedIn.

2022 staff milestones

Congratulations to the following cancer center staff members who reached IU service milestones in 2022:

Five years

Tori Alston
Ann Blakley
MacKenzie Church
Regina Cohen
Kaitlin Condron
Maddy Demo-Dananberg
Rana German
Alison Hughes
Gavin Needler
Jessica Norfleet
Chelsea Olson
Jackson Richey
Lori Tyson

10 years

Stephanie Fritz
Phillip Luzader
Matthew Repass
Katie Robinson
Lauren Roland
Pamela VanderVere-Carozza

15 years

Bobbie Frye
Jill Henry
Carol Sampson
Michael Schug
Lina Sego
Demark Van

20 years

Derrick Hawkins
Mary James
Joshua Nichols
Amber Senseny

25 years

Deborah Buckles
Elizabeth Parsons
Greg Sander

35 years

Kimberly Burrows

Member headlines and highlights

	Kenneth Nephew, Ph.D. (TMM), has been newly appointed the Dean of the Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Academy. His multi-year appointment will start in January. The goal of the Ovarian Cancer Academy is to develop successful, highly productive ovarian cancer researchers in a collaborative research training environment.
	Jennifer Belsky, D.O. (CPC), received a three-year, $30,000 funding commitment from the Heroes Foundation for her research on decreasing the detrimental side effects children and teens experience while receiving cancer therapy. Read the announcement.
	Edward Greenfield, Ph.D. (TMM), was awarded the $100,000 Kenneth and Verna Mae Jessen Award from the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium Foundation. He was honored on Nov. 19 during the annual Big Ten CRC Summit in Columbus, Ohio. Learn more about the award in the announcement.
	Anna Maria Storniolo, M.D. (CPC), was recently a guest on the goodMRKT Live! podcast, where she discussed breast cancer research, survival, and a future full of hope. Listen to the podcast.