Physician-scientist Beth Karlan, professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and director of cancer population genetics at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Gynecologic Cancer Society for her contributions to gynecologic cancer research and clinical practice.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the fiscal year 2022 state budget, which included a $10 million appropriation to support pediatric cancer research.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has received $10 million from the Rossy Foundation to establish the David Liposarcoma Research Initiative.
The American Association for Cancer Research has established the Cancer Evolution Working Group.
Stand Up To Cancer will hold its seventh biennial roadblock televised fundraising special August 21.
The House of Representatives has approved bipartisan language “to highlight the need to protect the integrity of the 340B program by halting pharmaceutical manufacturers’ unlawful actions that have resulted in overcharges to 340B covered entities.”
Robert A. Winn was elected president-elect of the Association of American Cancer Institutes.
Jeff Michalski was elected president-elect of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
Michael Birrer, vice chancellor and director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, was invested July 15 in the Kent C. Westbrook, M.D. Director’s Chair for the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
Rachel Katzenellenbogen was named a co-leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control research program at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center.
