Madhusmita Behera was named the first chief informatics and data officer of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.Â
Aman Chhabra was named the first chief business officer of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.Â
Lali Medina Kauwe, has been appointed as co-program leader of the Cancer Biology Program within Cedars-Sinai Cancer at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute.Â
Pamela Kunz was named the 2021 Woman Oncologist of the Year by Women Leaders in Oncology.Â
Lynn Wilson has been named deputy chief medical officer for radiation oncology for Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven and the Smilow Cancer Hospital Network.Â
Margaret Gilshannon was appointed deputy director for finance and administration at Yale Cancer Center.Â
Christian Linge of SafeBreast Communities from Oslo, Norway, donated $250,000 to the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Crypto Fund.Â
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), Exact Sciences, and Providence announced funding for a new Dream Team dedicated to addressing colorectal cancer disparities. The SU2C Colorectal Cancer Health Equity Dream Team will receive a total of $8 million—$6 million from Exact Sciences and $2 million from Providence.Â
Michael Diaz was named president and managing physician at Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute.Â
Two Mount Sinai cancer researchers will be awarded $4 million in total costs from the National Institutes of Health Common Fund, which supports high-impact programs and research by junior scientists around the country.
