A $10 million gift from the Brock family, including John F. Brock III, his wife, Mary, and their three adult children—Rebecca Brock Dixon, John F. Brock IV and Major Brock—will establish the Brock Family Center for Applied Innovation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
OneOncology has formed five OneOncology disease groups.
Sarah Quinlan was named chief program officer of The Lymphoma Research Foundation.
Researchers who developed a camera technology inspired by the mantis shrimp’s visual system have received a $9 million P01 award from NCI.
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center was designated as the first SpaceOAR Hydrogel Center of Excellence in the world, led by urologic oncologist Jonathan Shoag, and radiation oncologist Daniel Spratt.
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research has awarded eight research projects in six countries with a total of $2.029 million ASPIRE grants.
Following the first year of its 2022–27 strategic plan, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is increasing its investment in programs to advance the study and treatment of pediatric cancer and other catastrophic diseases (The Cancer Letter, May 14, 2021).
Donna Hansel was named Division Head of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Kimberly Hoggatt Krumwiede was named dean of MD Anderson’s School of Health Professions, effective Aug. 1.
Howard Sandler was elected president-elect of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
