Kathryn SchmitzJosé ZevallosUPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the University of Pittsburgh announced that Kathryn Schmitz was appointed interim director of UPMC Hillman. José P. Zevallos was appointed as interim deputy director of UPMC Hillman.
Weiran FengHanzhi LuoQing ChenWeiran Feng, Hanzhi Luo and Qing Chen will join Fox Chase Cancer Center as assistant professors.
Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center earned a three-year accreditation again from the Commission on Cancer of the ACS. MECCC earned “Comprehensive” status from NCI in 2023.
Janet WoodcockPaul T. KimJanet Woodcock, former director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at FDA, and Paul T. Kim, principal of Kendall Square Policy Strategies LLC, were appointed to the board of directors at Friends of Cancer Research.
The Collaborative Science Pilot Awards, a program supported by the Case Western Reserve University—University Hospitals Joint Strategic Leadership Committee, awarded five research teams $50,000 with the possibility of receiving additional funding as scientific milestones are met.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology elected Elizabeth A. Mittendorf to lead as its president beginning in June 2026. Mittendorf, a long-time ASCO member and volunteer, will take office as president-elect immediately following the ASCO Annual Business Meeting in Chicago on June 2.
Last week, The Cancer Letter interviewed City of Hope physician Ravi Salgia, who evacuated from his Eaton Canyon home with his wife on the evening of Jan. 7 due to approaching wildfires driven by the Santa Ana winds.
Northwell Health appointed David J. Chung, a prominent oncologist-investigator, as director of clinical research at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute. In this newly created role, Chung also will serve as system chief of multiple myeloma across Northwell’s cancer centers.
Jennifer A. Woyach, a blood cancer doctor and researcher who has been with Ohio State for more than 12 years, was named director of the Division of Hematology at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.
Roland Dunbrack was named co-leader of the Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment Research Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center alongside the program’s current leader, Edna Cukierman.
