Gregory Reaman was named scientific director of the NCI Childhood Cancer Data Initiative. The initiative represents a national commitment to harnessing and sharing data in ways to make faster progress in childhood cancers.Â
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Pfizer’s Institute of Translational Equitable Medicine formed a collaboration to launch a cancer genomics study to characterize novel genetic, molecular, and social determinants of cancer across populations of African ancestry.
UPMC has partnered with Dragan Primorac, a physician and founder and chairman of St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, to expand cancer services in Croatia.Â
More than 50 cancer organizations to issue a call to action urging individuals, providers, and insurers to increase access to and utilization of low-dose CT scans for those at high risk for lung cancer.Â
Robert Uzzo was named president and CEO of Fox Chase Cancer Center, following a period of interim leadership.Â
Jarett Rieger was named vice president and chief innovation officer at Moffitt Cancer Center.Â
Antonio Iavarone was named deputy director of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Jeannie Shen was appointed medical director of the Breast Program at Huntington Hospital, an affiliate of Cedars-Sinai, and medical director of the International Health Program at Cedars-Sinai Cancer at Huntington Hospital.
Cancer Grand Challenges, a funding initiative co-founded by Cancer Research UK and NCI, brings together a community of diverse, world-class researchers to tackle cancer’s toughest challenges. Researchers, patient advocates, and the public are invited to submit ideas to shape its next round of funding and to help drive vital progress against cancer.
Roy S. Herbst received an award of appreciation by the SWOG Cancer Research Network for his passion, commitment, leadership, and enduring dedicated service to the ground-breaking Lung-MAP protocol. The award was given at a commemorative dinner during the SWOG Annual Meeting.
