Stephen Gruber will step down as director of USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center effective June 30.
Bhavesh Ashar was appointed senior vice president and head of oncology for Bayer's Pharmaceuticals Division in the United States.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Guideway Care announced a partnership to expand the reach of UAB's cancer navigation program, Patient Care Connect, to patients nationally.
Paul Goldberg, editor and publisher of The Cancer Letter, was named as a 2017 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature finalist for his novel, The Yid.
Stand Up To Cancer awarded $1 million to four teams of cancer researchers to advance “innovation in collaboration” among SU2C-affiliated scientists.
Aurora Cancer Care launched an oncology precision medicine program that will help physicians and researchers provide more care options for patients whose cancer is resistant to conventional treatment options like radiation and chemotherapy.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory announced a collaboration with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative focused on the development and expansion of CSHL's bioRxiv (pronounced “bio-archive”) preprint service, a free platform that enables life science researchers to quickly and easily share drafts of papers before they are published in peer-reviewed research journals.
Jason Chesney was named director of the University of Louisville James Graham Brown Cancer Center, pending approval by the UofL Board of Trustees.
Kimberly Stegmaier received the St. Baldrick's Foundation Robert J. Arceci Innovation Award. Stegmaier is the vice chair of pediatric oncology research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and co-director, Pediatric Hematologic Malignancy Program at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.
Lori Brown was appointed to the new role of chief experience officer at the The Oncology Nursing Society. Brown joins ONS with more than 18 years of combined marketing experience in retail, customer relations, and the healthcare industry.
