Robert C. Gallo joined Tampa General Hospital on July 8 as founder and director of the Microbial Oncology Program at the TGH Cancer Institute and senior scientific advisor to the executive director of the TGH Cancer Institute.
Jennifer Munson has been named director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC’s Cancer Research Center in Roanoke, VA.
Monica BertagnolliBrett GuthrieNIH Director Monica Bertagnolli and Rep. for Kentucky’s 2nd congressional district, Brett Guthrie were named recipients of Friends of Cancer Research 2024 Cancer Leadership Award.Â
The members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology recently elected five new officers to ASTRO’s board of directors.
Thyme Care announced the close of a $95 million capital raise. With $55 million in equity funding, Thyme Care welcomes new investor Concord Health Partners with participation from all existing investors, including CVS Health Ventures, Town Hall Ventures, a16z Bio + Health, AlleyCorp, Echo Health Ventures, Frist Cressey Ventures, and Foresite Capital.Â
Lei Zheng was named executive director of the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, and vice president for oncology for the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.Â
Mark Burkard was named director of University of Iowa Health Care Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.Â
Glen Barber was named director of the Center for Innate Immunity and Inflammation within the Pelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute.Â
Tiffany Seagroves joined the Tulane Cancer Center and Tulane University School of Medicine as a professor in the John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology.
Linda Liau, chair of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was elected as an Academician of Academia Sinica by the 35th Convocation of Academicians, the preeminent academic institution in Taiwan.