Wendy Brewster was named associate director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Ramesh Narayanan was named the deputy director of the Center for Cancer Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Amit Maity has been named professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology for the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at University of Utah.
Marshall Medical Center in Placerville, CA, and UC Davis Health have entered an affiliation for cancer services that allows Marshall patients access to the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center through the UC Davis Health Cancer Care Network.
Danish Ahmad has joined Fox Chase Cancer Center as an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine for the Division of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine. Ahmad began his tenure at Fox Chase on Nov. 8. 2021.
Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have received a $497,000 multi-year grant from NCI to develop a way to evaluate novel drug therapies in patients with pancreatic cancer.
Jonathan Wesley Riess was named medical director of UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Thoracic Oncology Program, replacing David R. Gandara, who will soon be co-directing a new center in experimental cancer therapeutics. Riess’ appointment is effective immediately.
Eric M. Horwitz was appointed chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine, following an announcement that Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Department of Radiation Oncology has been integrated within Temple University Health System.
United for Medical Research released a video tribute honoring NIH Director Francis Collins, who plans to step down this year.
The World Health Organization and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Dec. 13 announced plans to establish the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines to provide an uninterrupted supply of quality-assured childhood cancer medicines to low- and middle-income countries.
