Sophia George was named the inaugural associate director of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and Ashish Shah was named director of clinical trials and translational research and principal investigator in the Section of Virology and Immunotherapy at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Brain Tumor Initiative at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
The Oversight Committee of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, approved a large slate of awards totaling over $89 million for cancer research, prevention and product development. The list of grants is included below.
The Wistar Institute’s Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center received a merit extension award totaling more than $5 million from NCI.
RTOG Foundation has created four new committees to streamline the group’s research efforts towards its goal of improving survival and quality of life outcomes for adults with cancer.
Nine outpatient oncology group practices have achieved certification through the new American Society of Clinical Oncology Patient-Centered Cancer Care Certification pilot.
Nicholas Shungu was named associate director for diversity, equity, and inclusion at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center.
Ju Dong Yang was named medical director of the Liver Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center.
Nithya Cherukuru was named assistant professor in the Section of Psychiatry at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Malorie K. Simons was named assistant professor in the Department of Gastroenterology at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Adam Walchak was named assistant professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology, where he will work in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
