Even brighter news! Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, associate professor and founding director of the Equity Research and Innovation Center at Yale School of Medicine, will be one of three co-chairs of Biden’s coronavirus task force! (H/t @Wizdomisms) nhregister.com/news/article/R…

Got the Moderna vaccine today! Thanks to Yale New Haven Hosp for a methodical and safe approach to vaccination. #CRUSHCOVID

The Imperial report on the new UK B117 strain is out. Very concerning findings, that highlight why we need to act on this *now*. These findings suggest that the situation within the UK is likely to get much worse than it is now. Here's why- Thread.

gilberto lopes This brings memories from very difficult times back home. When emotions govern common sense chaos will follow.

Inhibition of B-cell receptor signaling disrupts cell adhesion in mantle cell lymphoma via RAC2 ow.ly/cfDy50D2qyT

Excellent Yale Cancer Center Yale University #ASH20 highlights on lymphoid malignancies by Shalin Kothari Tarsheen Sethi, MD, MSCI Fransceca Montari & moderator Scott Huntington. If you missed you can view recording and slides next week on our website for free and claim the CME credit & check next sessions

Had a great time (virtually) returning to speak with the Dana-Farber Mass General Cancer Center heme/onc fellows about career development. My key thoughts in a nutshell:

A lymphoma version of "scientific papers" with apologies to and acknowledgment of XKCD Comic

What we will likely regret re US pandemic: [THREAD] 1. Entire USA shut down hard in early March (for many places this was excessive, 4 others came too late, NYC). Use of restrictions at wrong time depletes the populations energy & cannot be sustained....

Sorry guys but Hematology Oncology is undoubtedly the best specialty out there and I’m not taking no for an answer.

The most powerful paradoxes of life:

Yale Cancer Center is pleased to announce further investment in our Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program led by Dr. Alfred Lee with a $1.5 million commitment to the program. Yale Hematology Oncology Fellows Yale School of Medicine Yale New Haven Hosp Learn more: bit.ly/352Emq5

A fantastic opportunity to work with a group of talented scientists in this field at Yale! #lymsm

Wow! Genetic guidance of treatment in newly diagnosed #DLBCL sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

There is quite literally no better feeling in the world than showing a patient a PET scan that shows a complete remission. Several in one day is an embarrassment of riches. Feeling grateful, and hoping for many more!

Friends! I am super-excited to share our story on KLHL6 in this @BCD_aacr 📣KLHL6 targets the B-cell receptor and lymphoma mutations perturb this homeostasis! 🔓Read doi.org/10.1158/2643-3… 🪩Joint editorial in Cancer Discovery doi.org/10.1158/2159-8… 🧵Let’s go

Every so often, you meet patients who, despite their suffering, brighten your perspective with meaningful, selfless lives full of volunteerism. This irreplaceable aspect—the honor of knowing them—will never be threatened by the AI-ification of medicine. This is the art of

The anxiety of navigating trial eligibility criteria to find 'gotcha' exclusions for patients who could benefit is real. Just had to exclude a patient due to a highly curable cancer from almost 2 years ago. Clinical trials (except for FiH studies) MUST evolve to reflect

our great YaleHematology group after a very educational post #ASH2024 highlights meeting Yale Cancer Center