DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., Jan 12, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) The Pap Corps’ Board of Directors is proud to announce that Sally Berenzweig, M.A., M.Ed, has been appointed the new CEO of the 68-year old South Florida nonprofit which raises funds for cancer research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Berenzweig, the co-founder and former CEO of KidSafe Foundation, will use her 14 years of nonprofit expertise to expand The Pap Corps’ fundraising base, develop new partnerships, increase membership, raise awareness through social media campaigns and explore grant opportunities.
To learn more about The Pap Corps, please visit: https://www.thepapcorps.org/.
“We are very proud that Sally has joined our organization,” said Susan Dinter, Chair of the Board of Directors. “The Board is confident that her extensive experience in the nonprofit realm and her passion for our mission will guide The Pap Corps to the next exciting stage in its evolution.”
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In what is believed to be the most comprehensive molecular characterization to date of the most common type of head and neck cancer, researchers from the Johns Hopkins departments of pathology and oncology, the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and 18 other centers around the U.S. and Poland have clarified the contribution of key cancer-associated genes, proteins and signaling pathways in these cancers, while proposing possible new treatment avenues.
Their deep-dive investigation of HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs), described in the Jan. 7 issue of the journal
Cancer Cell, involved tumors from 108 patients who had not yet received cancer treatment, and 66 samples of healthy tissue surrounding the tumors. The study systematically catalogued HPV-negative HNSCC-associated proteins, phosphosites (areas where they are modified by phosphate groups) and signaling pathways, finding three
Nearly half of U.S. cancer doctors who responded to a survey say they’ve recently recommended medical marijuana to patients, although most say they don’t know enough about medicinal use. The results reflect how marijuana policy in some states has outpaced research, the study authors said. All 29 states with medical marijuana programs allow doctors to recommend it to cancer. Cancer Sep 27, 2017
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12-15-2020
Take a look at a month-by-month recap of the biggest stories at the University of Miami during the past year.
From a pandemic that forced the migration of spring semester classes to an online environment, to a new dean for the College of Engineering, to a Super Bowl halftime performance by the Band of the Hour, to a record-breaking gift for the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2020 proved to be a very unusual year for the University of Miami.
January
The Planet Kreyol student organization and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs commemorate victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake with dance, song, poetry, and more on January 15.
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Ransom Everglades School teacher Greg Coooper is a volunteer in the Janssen vaccine trial underway at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Pfizer vaccines are being distributed across Florida this week. One vaccine still in the trial phase is the Janssen one, under Johnson and Johnson.
In November, WLRN’s Veronica Zaragovia spoke with Dr. Dushyantha Jaweera, the head doctor-researcher at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine for the Janssen trial.
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