Kelvin Lee was named director of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Jan Kitajewski was named director of the University of Illinois Cancer Center, effective Oct. 16, 2020.
Ira Pastan, distinguished investigator at NCI, has received the Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Medal from the Partnership for Public Service for his discovery of moxetumomab pasudotox-tdfk (Lumoxiti), which is indicated for the treatment of relapsed or refractory hairy cell leukemia.
Thomas J. Fuchs was named co-director of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health at Mount Sinai, dean of artificial intelligence and human health, and professor of computational pathology and computer science in the Department of Pathology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Kevin Kalinsky was named director of the Glenn Family Breast Center at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. Kalinsky was also named associate professor in Emory University School of Medicine's Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology.
David Gius was named associate cancer center director for translational research at the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson.
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation has received $25 million from the Brian and Sheila Jellison Family Foundation.
Sidi Chen, assistant professor in the Department of Genetics and Systems Biology Institute at Yale School of Medicine and member of Yale Cancer Center, received a $500,000 grant from Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy for pancreatic cancer research.
City of Hope has established AccessHope, a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to serving employers and their health care partners by providing access to City of Hope's cancer expertise.
After 15 years in the role, C. Kent Osborne has stepped down as director of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine, the institution said.
