Ruben Mesa was named executive director of the Mays Cancer Center. His appointment includes academic and research programming, as well as leading the cancer center's patient care and clinical programs of the UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson affiliation.
Stephen Gruber was named director of City of Hope's newly founded Center for Precision Medicine. He will lead a team of more than 14 researchers focused on personalized cancer prevention and treatment plans.
Deirdre J. Cohen, an expert in pancreatic and other gastrointestinal cancers, was named director of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Program and medical director of the Cancer Clinical Trials Office at The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Health System.
James B. Yu, was named associate chief medical officer for radiation oncology for Smilow Cancer Hospital and Smilow Cancer Hospital Network.
Yale Cancer Center researchers were awarded a five-year, $11.7 million grant from NIH to fund the Yale Head and Neck Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence.
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center received an overall “exceptional” score for its research impact and excellence in patient care.
The American Association for Cancer Research, in association with the AACR Minorities in Cancer Research Council, will host a virtual meeting on cancer health disparities Oct. 2-4, 2020.
UCLA researchers have received a $13 million grant from NIH to find new ways to overcome melanoma resistance to some of the most promising targeted therapies and immunotherapies.
Researchers at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have been awarded a five-year, $10 million grant from NCI to study the long-term, longitudinal impact of COVID-19 on first responders, health care workers and the general population.
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute and The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine have been awarded a five-year, $9.1 million grant Program Project Grant renewal from NCI.
