JAGS launched an ongoing Diversity in Research on Aging series that examines diversity in research. 1st article highlights the insufficient research on health disparities among older cancer survivors: agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… #GeriOnc #DEI #AGS #CARG #SIOG #ASCO

William Dale, MD, PhD, FASCO Awarded the 2024 ASCO B.J. Kennedy Geriatric Oncology Award

#Cancer #ASCO #GeriatricOncology #AmericanHospitalAssociation #Cancer Center #OncoDaily #Oncology

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Two alumni with ties to U of I School of Molecular and Cellular Biology will receive Alumni Achievement Awards Friday from U of I College of LAS
We are so excited to celebrate Lisa Monteggia and Ruben Mesa!

More about their remarkable careers:

Dr. Mesa: go.mcb.illinois.edu/rubenm
Dr. Monteggia: go.mcb.illinois.edu/lisam

🔉💻 Join us at the upcoming bi-weekly Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) #GeriOnc meeting!
4/16 at 11am PT/2pm ET
Co-leads: Drs. Heidi Klepin and Melissa (Kah Poh) Loh, MBBCh BAO, MS, FACCC
*Agenda*
-Announcements
- #CARGGOTO Updates: GAIN-S and SHINE
-Open Discussion – MPI Office Hours

Great retreat on Aging & Cancer (pathogenesis, treatment, supportive care) between Strict Aging Center Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist & Wake Forest Baptist - Comprehensive Cancer Center Levine Cancer ! Shared lessons & opportunities Stephen Kritchevsky Heidi Klepin Tim Pardee/F3 Splash Metin Gurcan @AtriumHealth Wake Forest University School of Medicine monet roberts…

What a great day! It was lovely to see so many of us in the same room. Ruben A. Mesa, MD Steven Kridel, PhD ❎ Dave Pantoja, PhD Dr. Shelley Bluethmann John M. Salsman Wei Zhang Giselle C. Melendez Heidi Klepin Nadine J. Barrett, PhD, MA., MS Wake Forest Baptist - Comprehensive Cancer Center Atrium Health Atrium HealthWFB

Deeply grateful to The Cancer Letter for helping share our gratitude for Jill Biden & Dr. Kimryn Rathmell visit to our #IntegratedCancerCenter Wake Forest Baptist - Comprehensive Cancer Center Levine Cancer focusing on #CancerMoonshot topics of #PatientNavigation & #FinancialToxicity Atrium Health Atrium HealthWFB…

Outstanding presentation by Pallawi Torka on prediction of toxicity in older patients with #lymphoma and the role of comprehensive geriatric assessment #ASH23 #lymsm #geriheme

A fabulous talk delivered by Marissa LoCastro on the #telehealth serious illness care program for #geriheme pts. She also won the #ash23 Abstract Achievement Award! #proudmentor ash.confex.com/ash/2023/webpr… Wilmot Cancer Institute UR Medicine URMC Department of Medicine Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) #GeriOnc

Novel “Time Without Transfusion” metric for quantifying the cumulative benefit of anemia in myelofibrosis patients treated with momelotinib: #ASH23 #mpnsm ⁦⁦GSK⁩ ⁦Wake Forest Baptist - Comprehensive Cancer Center⁩ ⁦Levine Cancer⁩ #LevineCancer ⁦Atrium Health⁩ ⁦Atrium HealthWFB⁩

CHARM #ASH23 PIs: Artz & Mohamed Sorror 1226 enrolled.Wowsa! very feasible GA 7 factors influenced NRM. Memory 🧠and PATIENT reported KPS. First prospective GA in transplant. 🤜🙌🙌

That’s a wrap! 10th year of Hematology and Aging Friday Scientific Workshop #ASH23 Heidi Klepin Sarah Wall, MD MPH Dr. Shakira J Grant MBBS, MSCR Rebecca Olin MD Richard J. Lin MD PhD Megan Moore Weivoda Reena Jayani

Join us at 2.15pm to listen to Marissa LoCastro #ASH23 oral presentation on the #telehealth Serious Illness Care Program for #geriheme pts with #leusm and #mds Wilmot Cancer Institute Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) #GeriOnc #gerionc ash.confex.com/ash/2023/webpr…

⁦Melissa (Kah Poh) Loh, MBBCh BAO, MS, FACCC⁩ presenting the impact of chemotherapy on epigenetic age and whether this could be mitigated by exercise intervention at the ⁦ASH⁩ FSW on Hematology and Aging

Melissa (Kah Poh) Loh, MBBCh BAO, MS, FACCC shows that a median ⬆️ of 300 steps using a mobile health app can slow down epigenetic changes of aging associated with worse outcomes #geriheme #ASH23

⭐️ I am going to exercise more and prescribe exercise to my patients!!

Have been looking forward to this data on INAVO120 after serving as the local PI for this trial Wake Forest Baptist - Comprehensive Cancer Center. Happy to see the data today supports what we saw in clinic to overcome endocrine resistance with improved PFS with triplet therapy in PIK3CA mutated BC #SABCS23

Dr. Rebecca Hesterberg starting off the ⁦ASH⁩ FSW on hematology and aging with her work demonstrating that lymphoma induces an aging phenotype in T cells #geriheme

Getting started with the ⁦ASH⁩ FSW on hematology and aging! ⁦Ashley Rosko⁩ ⁦Dr. Shakira J Grant MBBS, MSCR⁩

Almost time for the ASH Friday Scientific Workshop on Hematology and Aging to start in Room 11!