Cancer center search committee gains new members
Robin Lally, PhD, professor in the UNMC College of Nursing, and Chuck Baum, vice chairman of the Cattlemen’s Ball Board of Directors, will join the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center director search committee.
Dr. Lally will replace Michele Balas, PhD, associate dean research, Dorothy Hodges Olson Chair, UNMC College of Nursing, who is stepping down from her committee role. Baum will replace Jeff Marshall, chairman of the Cattlemen’s Ball Board of Directors, who also is stepping down from his committee role.
The search is co-chaired by Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD, executive director of the Child Health Research Institute and professor and chief of neonatology for the UNMC College of Medicine, and Chris Kratochvil, MD, associate vice chancellor of clinical research at UNMC and vice president of clinical research for Nebraska Medicine.
Anna Schwartz, PhD, featured in Medical News Today
Anna Schwartz, PhD, was featured in a Medical News Today article titled ‘Cancer and bone health: Chemotherapy and smoking may up fracture risk.’
“It’s always an honor to be recognized as an expert in the field,” said Dr. Schwartz, professor in the UNMC College of Nursing-Omaha Division and Charlotte Peck Lienemann & Alumni Distinguished Chair in Nursing.
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In the Nov. 7 article, Dr. Schwartz was asked to comment on a new study that found an increased chance of bone fractures for older cancer patients, especially in the first five years after an advanced diagnosis.
Dr. Schwartz specializes in research on the beneficial effects of exercise for cancer survivors.
In the article she wrote: “The finding that older adult cancer survivors are at increased risk of fracture for a prolonged time after treatment ends speaks to the critical need for exercise oncology rehabilitation to restore balance and strength to reduce the risk of falls.”