Proud of my amazing team of dedicated residents, medical students, pharmacists, and fellows with four posters presented at @ASCO this year! A blessing to have such an incredibly hardworking, passionate, supportive, collegial, brilliant, and caring team who are all focused on changing outcomes for patients impacted by small cell lung cancer! @TheShieldsLab @IUCancerCenter @IUMedSchool @IUpulm @IUIntMed @IUHemOnc @PareshKumaaar @AAlfonsoMD @brookmarie99 @OncLive #SCLC #LCSM #teamwork #research

Honored to speak today with @IUAA at @LucasOilStadium sharing about my laboratory’s research @TheShieldsLab in small cell lung cancer as one of the 350 cancer researchers at @IUCancerCenter #researchcurescancer @IUBloomington @IUMedSchool @IUIndianapolis @IUgradschool @IUHemOnc @IUIntMed

BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE for the opportunity of a LIFETIME to speak at the 2026 @ASCO lung orals session as the discussant on FOUR impactful abstracts focused on novel therapeutic strategies for small cell lung cancer! These trials represent HOPE through progress, dedicated research, discovery, curiosity, and serve as new/future options for our Small Cell SMASHERS & their loved ones. Deeply grateful for this opportunity to highlight the key aspects of each study and how we can use this knowledge to help change/improve the way we treat, care for, and support our patients all over the world impacted by small cell lung cancer. Thank you to every patient, SMASHER, and loved ones who dedicated their lives to be parts of these studies. Because of your courage, altruism, and selflessness, we are one more step closer to limiting loss from small cell lung cancer. #ASCO2026 #researchcurescancer #lcsm #trials #research @SclcSMASHERS @ConquerCancerFd @IUCancerCenter @LUNGevity @TheShieldsLab @LauraAlderMD @FordePatrick @LaurenByersMD @g_mountzios

What a wonderful moment!

“What does your cancer research lab @TheShieldsLab at @IUCancerCenter study?” We focus exclusively on identifying new biomarkers, targets, and drugs for small cell lung cancer. Our goal is to help patients impacted by lung cancer live longer, fuller, and happier lives, as a result of our research. #research #supportresearch #lcsm #MDPhD #science

Count down to #ASCO2026! ⏰ Looking forward to all the EXCITING updates ahead for our Small Cell SMASHERS and families impacted by small cell lung cancer. Every new discovery brings renewed hope, sharper science, and creates momentum toward better treatments and happier, healthier, and fuller lives. Grateful for all of the clinicians, researchers, nurses, pharmacists, students, companies, and advocates who push progress in SCLC forward every day. 🫁🥹❤️ @ASCO @ConquerCancerFd @ASCOPost @ASCOPres @LUNGevity @SclcSMASHERS @lungoncdoc @OncodailyLung @LungCAN @Lung_Cancers @OncBrothers @TheShieldsLab @TheWRP4LC @Cracking_Cancer @YoungLungCancer @OncogeneCancer @OncoAlert @FoundationGo2 @chrisdraft @StephenVLiu @Latinamd @LaurenByersMD @triparnasen @sands_jacob @LauraAlderMD @cancerGRACE @SCLCUnicorn @SCLCYIForum #ASCO26 #meded

Lung Cancer Voices of Hope is a new podcast from LUNGevity that brings together people living with #lungcancer and experts in lung cancer care to share insights, perspectives, and most of all, support. Start listening today! brnw.ch/21x1RW7 @drshieldsmd @sclcsmashers

@DrShieldsMD at #TexasLung26: "Dawn of a revolution in therapy for SCLC". This year's slide shows the progress we've made. Look forward to @TheShieldsLab moving the needle for this aggressive cancer! @TLCconference

I am deeply honored beyond words to be invited as a discussant for the oral abstracts in lung cancer at #ASCO26. It is a privilege to serve this wonderful community and to highlight progress that brings hope to our patients and their loved ones impacted by lung cancer. #goodnessofgod #blessedbeyondmeasure #LCSM @IUCancerCenter @SclcSMASHERS @TheShieldsLab @ASCO @ConquerCancerFd

Why do you want to study small cell lung cancer? For my Dad. For our patients to live longer. For one more lap. To help find cures. To spread hope. #lcsm #research #oncology #sclc @SclcSMASHERS @LUNGevity @TheShieldsLab @IUCancerCenter

Never underestimate the power of one. One patient can change everything. Discovery lies in the outliers. Ask why. Follow the science. 🧪🧬🔬 #research #medtwitter #sclc #lcsm #biomarkers #precisionmedicine @SclcSMASHERS @TheShieldsLab @IUCancerCenter @IUMedSchool @MoffittNews @ktgminton @hilalozakinci @OTtheScientist @PareshKumaaar @MyaPrecisionG @MCT_AACR @AACR aacrjournals.org/mct/article…

How are brain metastases managed in #smallcell #lungcancer? On 3/20 @LauraAlderMD (@DukeMedicine) will join @drshieldsmd (@TheShieldsLab) and Ann Fish-Steagall, RN, BSN (@LUNGevity) for the the monthly Small Cell SMASHERS YouTube Live. YouTube.com/lungevityfoundat… #SCLC #lcsm

This Women’s History Month, we recognize women leading innovation in lung cancer care—like Dr. Misty Dawn Shields, MD, PhD, a thoracic medical oncologist whose work is advancing precision medicine and clinical trials for lung cancer. Driven by the personal loss of her father to small-cell lung cancer, Dr. Shields has dedicated her career to improving outcomes through research, advocacy, and guideline leadership. Her contributions are shaping the future of lung cancer treatment and care. #WomensHistoryMonth #LungCancer #SCLC #Research

What’s the key 🔑 ingredient to being a translational cancer researcher 🧬🔬? Both a physician and a scientist 👩🏼‍🔬? 1) It takes a team. Science and medicine is a team effort, and we cannot do it alone. “Rising tides floats all boats.” 🛥️ Lift up your team, be kind, work hard, have joy, and show appreciation. Often. 2) Be present. Balance is about being where you are - when you are there. Hack back at distractions - emails 📧 , alerts 🚨, and stay present. 💝 #lcsm #sclc @TheShieldsLab @lungevity @IUCancerCenter @nireyal

A true honor to lead the End Lung Cancer Now team for @IUCancerCenter at the @LungAssociation Fight for Air Climb today up 48 flights of stairs to raise awareness for lung health advocacy and research! So amazing to see our Tom & Julie Wood Lung Cancer Center of Excellence mobile screening unit parked out front of @salesforce tower! Forever grateful to be part of a team of the most amazing champions for lung cancer screening and lung cancer awareness! #screeningsaveslives #getscreened #lcsm #sclc @OTtheScientist @IUCancerCenter @nicolecons @TheShieldsLab @SclcSMASHERS

No real progress was made in small cell lung cancer for almost four decades. Recent studies with new agents brought hope. Deciding what therapy for which patients still remains a challenge. Treatment options for #SCLC after progression are limited. In @TheShieldsLab at @IUCancerCenter, we exclusively focus on identifying novel biomarkers, targets, and combinations for #SCLC. Give us a follow if you want to hear more about SCLC research and updates! @LUNGevity @SclcSMASHERS @OTtheScientist @PareshKumaaar

(1/2) New at #HOPESummit26 Small Cell SMASHERS Live, a track a for people living with #SCLC. Hear from experts on topics like FDA approvals, genetic testing, treatment options, clinical trials, and more! Join us in Dallas, Texas, May 1-3! lungevity.org/hopesummit #lcsc

(2/2) New at #HOPESummit26 Small Cell SMASHERS Live, a track a for people living with #SCLC. Hear from experts on topics like FDA approvals, genetic testing, treatment options, clinical trials, and more! Join us in Dallas, Texas, May 1-3! lungevity.org/hopesummit #lcsc

So proud of the novel research on small cell lung cancer that has been peer reviewed, accepted, & presented at poster sessions by @TheShieldsLab (PI @drshieldsmd) at @IUCancerCenter, since the lab was formed in 2023! #researchcurescancer #smallbutmighty #thisishowwedoit #SCLC

Ecstatic seeing my fabulous graduate student Olivia Terry “OT” @OTtheScientist shining bright while presenting her original research on p53 reactivators, insight into mechanisms of response & acquired resistance, and novel combinations with MCL1i in SCLC at @IASLC #TTLC26. As always, I am forever grateful for the never ending mentorship of Dr. Minna to support my “small but mighty” team in the @TheShieldsLab! #thankful