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Researcher honored by NCI


The National Cancer Institute (NCI) recognized Melanie Thomas, M.D., with a Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award. Thomas is one of 11 researchers nationally to receive the award, available only to members of NCI cancer centers. Hollings Cancer Center (HCC) received NCI designation in early 2009.
 
Thomas, associate director of clinical investigations and a gastrointestinal oncologist at HCC, holds the Grace E. DeWolff Endowed Chair in Medical Oncology. She also was the first woman to be appointed to lead a South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence (CoEE). She leads the CoEE in Gastrointestinal Cancer Diagnostics.
 
Designed for midlevel clinical investigators, the awards provide recognition and funding for those who lead cancer research programs at academic cancer centers. Eleven clinical investigators were recognized for their contributions to the advancement of effective new therapies through their collaborative team science approach within NCI-funded clinical trials. The two-year award provides investigators with partial salary support for their leadership roles in clinical trials at NCI-designated cancer centers.




Friday, Nov. 13, 2009


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