Dolores Hambardzumyan was appointed senior faculty in the Department of Neurosurgery and a member of The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Douglas Hanahan was named a Distinguished Scholar at the Lausanne Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. A pioneering molecular biologist and renowned cancer researcher, Hanahan has made several seminal discoveries in cancer biology and immunology over the course of his career.xxx:more
Northwell Health has acquired Queens Medical Associates, which is now part of the health system's cancer institute.
Thomas J. Lynch Jr. was named president and director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Jan 7.
Aaron Crane was named executive vice president of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
Bhramar Mukherjee was named associate director for quantitative data sciences, and Christopher Friese was named the associate director for cancer control and population sciences at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center.
Christopher Ballas was appointed senior vice president of manufacturing at Innovative Cellular Therapeutics.
HHS Dec. 18 announced a plan to allow states, drug wholesalers and pharmacies to import cheaper drugs from Canada.
Everett E. Vokes was elected president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology for the 2021-22 term.
Stephen M. Hahn was sworn as Commissioner of FDA Dec. 17.
