Lisa M. DeAngelis was named physician-in-chief and chief medical officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Melissa Bondy was named chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and associate director for population sciences at the Stanford Cancer Institute. The appointment takes effect Oct. 1.
After serving as the interim leader for almost two years, William Farrar will become CEO of The Ohio State University Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (The James), pending approval by The Ohio State University Board of Trustees.
Yiping Yang was named director of the Division of Hematology at 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 Medicine.
Steven R. Patierno will deliver the 2019 AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities at the 12th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved in San Francisco Sept. 20
The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF) announced that it awarded $1.4 million in new grants to scientists conducting groundbreaking research. The grants will fund research in aging and cancer, differentiation therapy, abnormal gene expression, and epigenetic therapies.
Purdue University and the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research formed a partnership focused on research and development in predictive modeling.
LUNGevity Foundation announced the recipients of its 2019 Career Development Awards (CDA) for lung cancer research.
A team led by Reuben Harris, professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, and Douglas Yee, director of the Masonic Cancer Center, and professor in the Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, were recently awarded a P01 from NCI.
After six years as senior director of communications at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Judy Fortin has accepted a new position with UCLA Health in Los Angeles as executive director of communications. She will oversee media relations, reputation management, and internal communications.
