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Yale Cancer Center physicians and trainees attended the 2024 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, September 29-October 2, 2024 to present clinical and research advances from Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital. The ASTRO meeting offered engaging education and scientific sessions, as well as poster presentations and workshop series. Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital faculty and Radiation Oncology Residents participated in over two dozen presentations at the meeting, which focused on the theme, "Targeting Provider Wellness for Exceptional Patient Care."

Melissa R. Schick, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study early detection and intervention of substance use among trauma-exposed individuals.

Matthew Girgenti, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for a study about linking drug use to molecular changes in the brain that can lead to depression.

Joseph Deak, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been chosen to receive two awards from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), including a 5-year K01 career development award.

Joao P. De Aquino, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been selected to participate in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Substance Use Disorder Ventures program.

YCSC Assistant Professor Uche Aneni received a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Career Development Award for the development of a family-based digital intervention to address early substance misuse among Black adolescents.

Meet Garrett Ash, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (general medicine) and assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale.

Jennifer Loya, PhD, associate research scientist in psychiatry, has been awarded a K23 mentored patient-oriented research career development award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Meet Ana Luisa Perdigoto, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (endocrinology) at Yale.