Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Indiana University received a five-year, $3 million grant from NCI to study cognitive dysfunction after chemotherapy.
Seven researchers have received a total of $1.15 million from the American Institute for Cancer Research to study the relationship between diet, nutrition, physical activity, body weight and cancer prevention and survivorship.
Dan Theodorescu and Peter Kuhn have received the inaugural $1.25 million Virtual Cancer Center Director Award from the Department of Defense.Â
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.Â
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.Â
Suresh S. Ramalingam was named editor-in-chief of the journal Cancer, with a five-year editorship beginning July 1.Â
Douglas S. Tyler was elected the 2021-2022 president of the Society of Surgical Oncology.
