The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute received a $9.2 million grant through the NCI's Specialized Program of Research Excellence.
NIH has awarded six researchers an average total of $2.3 million each to accelerate genomics research over a five-year period.
Jeffrey N.WeitzelKathleen BlazerCity of Hope's Jeffrey N. Weitzel and Kathleen Blazer are the 2019 recipients of the American Society of Human Genetics' Arno Motulsky-Barton Childs Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Education.
Rahul Jandial has received a $1.35 million grant from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program to support his laboratory research into leptomeningeal disease.
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) is spending $6 million on two clinical trial teams to research triple-negative breast cancer in women and metastatic prostate cancer in men.
Hal Broxmeyer, of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center and IU School of Medicine, received the Cord Blood Association's Lifetime Achievement Award during the association's annual meeting in Miami Beach on Sept. 13.
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center received a four-year $6.42 million U.S. Breakthrough Award through the Department of Defense's Breast Cancer Research Program, and will embark on a three-part strategy for treating advanced cancers.
Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles Brain Tumor Center and the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center received a $400,000 grant to support research developing immunotherapies for glioblastoma.
Oncology health care professionals received recognition and awards at the 2020 NCORP annual meeting in late august.
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb was appointed to the FasterCures advisory board.
