Allan Tsung was appointed director of the Division of Surgical Oncology 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.
Marc Hurlbert was named chief science officer at the Melanoma Research Alliance. He will begin his role Nov. 1, 2018.
Rachel Katzenellenbogen was named the inaugural Chuck and Tina Pagano Scholar at Indiana University School of Medicine. She will hold that title as well as associate professor of pediatrics.
Ruth O'Regan was named chief scientific officer of the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium.
Peter Wiklund, a surgeon who pioneered robot-assisted cystectomy, has been appointed director of the Bladder Cancer Program at the Mount Sinai Health System and professor of urology in the Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
NIH has awarded 89 grants that will provide funding to scientists proposing innovative research to address major challenges in biomedical science.
Researchers from Queen's University Belfast and the University of Leeds, as part of a pan-European partnership called the European Cancer Concord, have won the 2018 European Health Award.
Shirley Mertz was elected chair of the MBC Alliance and Christine Benjamin was elected vice chair beginning Nov. 1. xxx:moreThe MBC Allia
The House of Representatives Sept. 26 passed the fiscal year 2019 “minibus” funding bill, increasing the NIH appropriation by $2 billion to $39.1 billion—a 5.4 percent boost over the current level.
A memorial service for Alan Rabson will take place on Oct. 30, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium, Natcher Conference Center in Bethesda, MD.
