The University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center announced that UH alumnus and philanthropist businessman Jay H. Shidler has donated $1 million to start the Director’s Innovation Fund to allow Director Naoto T. Ueno to advance his vision for the research at the center.
Pasi A. Jänne received the GO2 for Lung Cancer’s 2024 Bonnie J. Addario Lectureship Award.
LifeCare Alliance and the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Center and Richard J. Solove Research Institute announced a partnership aimed at enhancing access to breast cancer screening and diagnostics for underserved individuals across Ohio.
NeOnc Technologies Holdings Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has received the Breakthrough Medical Technology Achievement Award from the California Investment Forum for its innovations in medical technology related to the treatment of brain and central nervous system diseases.
Jonathan M. Gerber was named chief clinical officer of NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center.
Erika Newman was named associate director for cancer health equity, and Simpa Salami was named associate director for research workforce and leadership development at Rogel Cancer Center.
Sanjay S. Reddy, an associate professor in the Department of Surgery, program director of the Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, and co-director of the Marvin & Concetta Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute, was promoted to division chief of surgical oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Michelle Pedersen joined Fox Chase Cancer Center as a hospitalist and assistant professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine within the Department of Medicine.
Kristi Hendriks has been elected to the Lymphoma Research Foundation’s board of directors. Hendriks is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and wife of Boston Red Sox player and cancer survivor Liam Hendriks.
Investigators from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center were awarded a $4 million grant from NCI to help advance immune-based therapies to improve treatments and outcomes for people diagnosed with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
