Karyn Aalami Goodman was named associate director for clinical research at Mount Sinai's The Tisch Cancer Institute. She is also professor and vice chair for research and quality in the Department of Radiation Oncology.
Lillian L. Siu will receive the European Society for Medical Oncology's TAT 2020 Honorary Award for her contributions in the development of new anticancer drugs, particularly with respect to phase I trials in head and neck malignancies.
Satish Gopal was named director of the NCI Center for Global Health effective Feb. 3.
The Livestrong Foundation released an updated mission and a new logo.
David Ann was named dean and Yilun Liu was named vice dean of the City of Hope graduate program. xxx:more
Krystyna Kowalczyk was named CEO of Moffitt Cancer Center's new contract research organization with a focus on immunotherapy.
Brandi Felser was named executive director of The Sarcoma Foundation of America.
LUNGevity Foundation released its first Lung Cancer Scorecard that grades individual states on policies that support access to optimal care for lung cancer patients. These grades were assigned based upon five factors: coverage for lung cancer screening, coverage for comprehensive biomarker testing, Medicaid expansion, lung cancer incidence, and lung cancer survival.
A scientific team is developing a CAR T-cell gene therapy for advanced metastatic prostate cancer at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania with a $500,000 grant from Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy.
The Johns Hopkins University established a new cancer center, The Mark Foundation Center for Advanced Genomics and Imaging. The center will initially receive $5 million over two years from the Mark Foundation.
