E. Ramsay Camp was named professor and chief of surgical oncology in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery's Division of Surgical Oncology at Baylor College of Medicine.
Harikrishna Nakshatri, a researcher at Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, received a $1.3 million grant from the Department of Defense to characterize unique biomarkers within the normal breasts of Black women and how that impacts health disparities in breast cancer.
The American Association for Cancer Research and FDA will collaborate on the Project Livin' Label, an educational initiative that aims to foster broad understanding of specific oncology product labels and increase awareness of recent oncology drug FDA approvals.
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James and Richard J. Solove Research Institute has established a center dedicated to maintaining and expanding the legacy of the late Clara D. Bloomfield. The center will be initially supported by a $5 million commitment from the OSUCCC – James.
Hannah Hazard-Jenkins, associate chair of surgery for cancer services, was named the permanent director of the WVU Cancer Institute after having served in the position on an interim basis since January.
Edward S. Kim was named senior vice president and vice physician-in-chief at City of Hope, and physician-in-chief at City of Hope Orange County.
Julia H. Rowland, member of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Board of Directors and former director of NCI's Office of Cancer Survivorship, and Thomas J. Smith, director of palliative medicine for Johns Hopkins Medicine, received the 2020 Ellen L. Stovall Award for Innovation in Patient-Centered Cancer Care, presented by The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
Jedd Wolchok received a $1 million grant over a three-year period from The William Randolph Hearst Foundation to establish a new immuno-oncology research fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and support postdoctoral students who are conducting exceptional research in the field of immune-oncology and immunotherapy.
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas awarded nine new academic research grants totaling $26 million to recruit cancer researchers to Texas.
New policy adopted by physicians at the American Medical Association's Special Meeting of its House of Delegates recognizes racism as a public health threat and commits to actively work on dismantling racist policies and practices across all of health care.
