A group of more than 50 cancer research-focused organizations are urging Congress to include $10 billion in emergency funding to restart cancer research and clinical trials at the National Institutes of Health stalled by the coronavirus pandemic.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital plans to invest $11.5 billion over the next six years to accelerate research and treatment globally for children with catastrophic diseases.
Gabriel Seidman was named director of policy within the new Policy Department at The Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC.
ZERO – The End of Prostate Cancer and Us TOO International are merging into one prostate cancer organization.
Taofeek K. Owonikoko was named chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the Department of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.
Suresh S. Ramalingam was named editor-in-chief of the journal Cancer, with a five-year editorship beginning July 1.
Douglas S. Tyler was elected the 2021-2022 president of the Society of Surgical Oncology.
Stand Up To Cancer will receive a $4 million grant from Mirati Therapeutics Inc. to develop new approaches to treat patients with KRAS mutant cancers, as a part of the SU2C Catalyst program.
Two Little Rock Central High School students received the inaugural Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Special Award for Outstanding Cancer Research at the Arkansas State Science and Engineering Fair.
David A. Tuveson was inaugurated president of the American Association for Cancer Research for 2021-2022.
