Arul M. Chinnaiyan, S.P. Hicks Professor of Pathology and Urology at Michigan Medicine, was awarded the 2022 Sjöberg Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Roy S. Herbst was named the inaugural deputy director for clinical affairs at Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital. The appointment is effective immediately and is in addition to Herbst’s role as chief of the Section of Medical Oncology and associate cancer center director for translational research at Yale Cancer Center.
Mark A. LemmonDaniel C. DiMaioMegan C. KingMark A. Lemmon, David A. Sackler Professor of Pharmacology, professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, and co-director of Yale’s Cancer Biology Institute, was appointed deputy director of Yale Cancer Center.
Candice Lucas was named the first chief community impact officer of the Wilmot Cancer Institute Community Outreach & Engagement, part of the University of Rochester.
The American Cancer Society will launch two national roundtables—one focused on cervical cancer, the other breast cancer—to bring together leading organizations and experts with the goal of improving health equity and access to cancer screening.
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas on Feb. 16 announced 74 new cancer research and prevention grants totaling over $112,768,740.
Fox Chase Cancer Center has been awarded a Research Education Program (R25) grant that will allow the center to expand the reach of its University of Delaware-Fox Chase Cancer Center Summer Research Fellowship.
U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act, bipartisan legislation to expand access to medically-appropriate genetic testing to determine an individual’s risk of developing hereditary cancer—and access to evidence-based medical care to reduce risk for those who have a predisposing genetic mutation.
Craig Thompson said he would step down from his roles as president and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Bill Cance will step down from his role as chief medical and scientific officer of the American Cancer Society.
