City of Hope received nearly $7 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study how physical activity affects older adults undergoing lung cancer surgery.
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have received a five-year, $5.5 million-plus grant from NCI for research on liver cancer risk factors and prevention, with the goal of reducing the burden of liver cancer in patients with metabolic dysfunction.
The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy has awarded nearly $4.5 million to its Early Career Researcher class of nine graduate and postdoctoral researchers.
Cathy Eng was named director for strategic relations for the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.
James L. Gulley was elected vice president of The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer. Gulley is co-director of the Center for Immuno-Oncology, the director of the Medical Oncology Service, and deputy director of the Center for Cancer Research at NCI.
Nina Burbure was named assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Fox Chase Center.
Vanessa B. Wookey was named assistant professor in the Gastrointestinal Cancer Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
NRG Oncology has appointed the following committee chairs and vice chairs.
Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health have named the following people to the Division of Urology and Urologic Oncology.
Jordan Berlin was named interim leader of the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
