In Brief

Researchers from Indiana University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center were awarded a $4.1 million NCI Cancer Moonshot grant to develop immunotherapy treatments for cancer in children and adolescents, especially those with leukemia. Sophie Paczesny, professor of pediatrics, microbiology, and immunology at IU School of Medicine and researcher at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren... […]

Tony Kerlavage was named director of NCI Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology. He has served as acting director for CBIIT for almost two years, having previously served for five years as chief of Cancer Informatics Branch.

Jeff Shilling was named NCI's chief information officer. In this role, Shilling will continue to ensure and manage availability, confidentiality, and integrity of all NCI IT systems and their data by maximizing the value and assessing and managing the risks of information technology at NCI.

Jeff Settleman was named as senior vice president and group head of Oncology Research & Development at Pfizer. The position includes leading all early oncology research, from discovery to proof of concept clinical studies.

RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, in partnership with New Brunswick Development Corp., announced the development of a cancer pavilion in New Brunswick. The initial estimated project cost is $750 million.

Hackensack Meridian Health announced the opening of the Center for Discovery and Innovation, which will offer researchers support to develop novel therapies for cancer and other diseases.