Amy Abernethy is leaving her positions as FDA principal deputy commissioner and acting chief information officer in mid- to late April, the agency said.
John C. Byrd, the D. Warren Brown Chair of Leukemia Research at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, was named professor and chair of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine.
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital have established the Brain Tumor Center, to provide care for brain tumor patients while also developing transformative basic, translational and clinical research to develop new therapies and improve patient outcomes.
Marcelo Bonini and Devalingam Mahalingam were named to new leadership positions at Lurie Cancer Center.
Gyorgy Paragh was named the Lawrence P. & Joan Castellani Family Chair in Dermatology and head of the Department of Dermatology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Cecelia Calhoun was named assistant professor of medicine (hematology) and assistant professor of pediatrics (hematology/oncology) at Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital.
Reverend Melody Rutherford was named Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Director of Spiritual Care, following a national search.
A team of researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded two research grants totaling $6 million from NIH to identify new ways to treat pancreatic cancer.
A team of researchers from four New York institutions have received $6 million from Stand Up to Cancer to address the low participation of Black, Indigenous and People of Color in cancer clinical trials.
City of Hope and its nursing team have achieved Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
