{"71028":{"#nid":"71028","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cancer Research Takes Center Stage","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECancer research is taking center stage tonight in  a unique joint initiative of ABC, CBS and NBC called \u0027Stand Up To Cancer\u0027 that will air simultaneously on all three networks on\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFriday, September 5, at 8 pm.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe goal: to accelerate groundbreaking research in cancer. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince cancer strikes Georgians with greater ferocity than it does the citizens of many other states - both in the number of cases diagnosed and the number of deaths attributed to this terrible disease, the Georgia Cancer Coalition is highlighting several clinicians, scientists and other researchers (also know as the Georgia Cancer Coalition Scholars) sponsored by the organization.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s  Georgia Cancer Coalition Scholars include: Ravi V. Ballamkonda, PhD; Nathan J. Bowen, PhD; Erin B. Dickerson, PhD; Yuhong Fan, PhD; Melissa L. Kemp, PhD; Valeria Tohver Milam, PhD; Shuming Nie, PhD; Marion B. Sewer, PhD; Francesca Storici, PhD; Dongmei Wang, PhD; and Ming Yuan, PhD.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECancer research at Georgia Tech is conducted across the disciplines among scientists in areas from biology to computing and biomedical engineering to electrical engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and Emory University operate a joint department in biomedical engineering where faculty at both institutions regularly collaborate on cancer research. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institute of Health selected Georgia Tech and Emory as one of seven National Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE).  The center, named Emory-Georgia Tech Nanotechnology Center for Personalized and Predictive Oncology is housed in both the Emory Winship Cancer Institute and on the Georgia Tech campus and functions as a \u0027discovery accelerator\u0027 to integrate nanotechnology into personalized cancer treatments and early detection.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince its inception in 2001, the Georgia Cancer Coalition has funded more than\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n$50 million in cancer research in our state. Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and Scholars have generated about $244 million in federal and private funds for cancer research in Georgia and eight out of every ten scholars have written at least one article ranking in the top ten of the most-cited research in their fields of study.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Cancer research is taking center stage tonight in  a unique joint initiative of ABC, CBS and NBC called \u0027Stand Up To Cancer\u0027 that will air simultaneously on all three networks on \nFriday, September 5, at 8 pm.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Stand Up to Cancer benefit highlights cancer reserach"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2008-09-05 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-09-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-09-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71029":{"id":"71029","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177338","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:38","changed":"1475894628","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:48"}},"media_ids":["71029"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.standup2cancer.org\/donate_splash.asp","title":"Stand Up To Cancer"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.georgiacancer.org\/","title":"Georgia Cancer Coalition"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.wcigtccne.org\/index.php","title":"Emory-Georgia Tech CCNE"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"280","name":"Cancer research"},{"id":"2003","name":"Georgia Cancer Coalition"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"107","name":"Nanotechnology"},{"id":"2005","name":"National Center"},{"id":"170769","name":"Stand up to Cancer"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}