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.Â
David A. Tuveson was inaugurated president of the American Association for Cancer Research for 2021-2022.
The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research has established a branch at Princeton University.Â
Carl June has received the $1 million biennial Sanford Lorraine Cross Award, which honors life-changing breakthroughs and innovations in medical science.
Marcos J. de Lima was named director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, effective April 1.Â
Patrizia Cavazzoni was named permanent director of the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research April 12.
Mark Juckett was named medical director of the Masonic Cancer Center Clinical Trials Office for the Cellular, Gene and Immunotherapy Initiative (CTO-CGI).Â
Laura Baum was named assistant professor of medicine (medical oncology) at Yale Cancer Center, and will care for patients as part of the Smilow Cancer Hospital Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers and the Smilow Palliative Care Program.
Six researchers have been admitted to the 2021 National Comprehensive Cancer Network Foundation Young Investigator Awards Program.Â
