Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center today announced the recipients of the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, which recognizes the outstanding achievement of graduate studies in the biological sciences. The thirteen award recipients were chosen by a selection committee of Fred Hutch faculty members and students for the quality, originality and significance of their work, and for representation of a diverse range of research topics.
Boehringer Ingelheim announced a new multi-year collaboration with Vanderbilt University, complementing an already existing collaboration by focusing on the research and development of small molecule compounds targeting the protein SOS (Son Of Sevenless).
For the sixth year in a row, iKnowMed electronic health record has been named the top-ranked EHR platform for oncologists and hematologists by Black Book Research, an industry-leading source for polling, surveys and market research.
Cancer Treatment Centers of America, in collaboration with NantHealth and Allscripts, is implementing a custom technical solution that, for the first time, enables eviti, a NantHealth clinical decision support solution, access to clinical workflows in the Allscripts Sunrise electronic health record.
Blackfynn and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia said they have expanded their relationship. Under the expanded relationship, Blackfynn's Data Platform will be used by CHOP and the Children's Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium to bring together complex non-identifiable patient data for collaboration and analysis, thereby accelerating translational discovery toward treatments for brain cancer in children.
The new Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center will begin welcoming patients March 6.
Jeffrey Patrick was named director of the Drug Development Institute at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center–Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.
Tony Hunter, who holds an American Cancer Society Professorship at the Salk Institute, has been awarded $500,000 as part of the $1 million Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' inaugural Sjöberg Prize for Cancer Research for “groundbreaking studies of cellular processes that have led to the development of new and effective cancer drugs.”
The Prostate Cancer Foundation announced Tuesday it has granted eight new 2016 PCF Challenge Awards to advance treatments and cures for metastatic or currently incurable prostate cancer.
Chyke DoubeniMelissa SimonMichael BarryThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced on Monday the addition of three new members: Chyke Doubeni, Melissa Simon and Michael Barry. They are appointed to serve four-year terms beginning in January 2017.
