NEW YORK Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that a partnership formed during his New York State Trade Mission to Cuba last year has resulted in a milestone of international collaboration: the launch of a U.S. clinical trial of a Cuban immunotherapy developed by the Center of Molecular Immunology for lung cancer. Roswell Park Cancer Institute has... […]
CAROL BURKE was elected the 2016-2017 president of the American College of Gastroenterology. She takes her position as president during the College’s 81st) annual scientific meeting, held this week in Las Vegas. Burke is vice chair of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and holds joint appointments in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Colorectal... […]
LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC. awarded ATCC a two-year base option subcontract to manage and operate one of the largest repositories of biological specimens in the world, in Frederick, Md. The subcontract is valued up to $32 million over a seven-year period if all options are executed. NCI. Under this subcontract, ATCC will receive, store, and... […]
CHARLES FUCHS was named director of the Yale Cancer Center and physician-in-chief at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven, effective Jan. 1, 2017.
THE ROBERT H. LURIE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER of Northwestern University and Tempus, a health-tech company focused on helping doctors personalize cancer care, announced a partnership that will make Tempus as a preferred partner to handle genomic sequencing and analysis as part of Lurie Cancer Center’s new OncoSET initiative. Lurie Cancer Center launched the OncoSET (Sequence,... […]
THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE and the California Institute for Biomedical Research announced the signing of a strategic affiliation that combines the two organizations into a new biomedical research entity with the tools and know-how to rapidly translate its scientific discoveries into life-saving medicines for the public benefit. The union of these two non-profit organizations–both led... […]
MARCIO FAGUNDES and Michael Chuong joined the Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida’s integrated Radiation Oncology Department. Fagundes will serve as the department’s medical director and vice chair. Before joining Miami Cancer Institute, Dr. Fagundes was medical director of the Provision Center for Proton Therapy in Knoxville, Tenn. Chuong will serve as lead... […]
DAVID CELLA received the National Academy of Medicine Gustav O. Lienhard Award, which recognizes his pioneering work in measuring and applying patient reported outcomes in healh care. The award consists of a medal and $40,000. Cella is the Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor and chair, department of medical social sciences, and director, Center for Patient-Centered Outcomes,... […]
THE PAN MASS CHALLENGE raised $47 million in support of adult and paediatric care and cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute when over 6,000 cyclists came together at Needham, Massachusetts on Aug. 6 and 7. Among them were more than 600 riders and volunteers who are cancer survivors or current patients, and are considered “Living... […]
SIR DAVID COX was named the inaugural recipient of the International Prize in Statistics. Like the Fields Medal, Abel Prize, Turing Award and Nobel Prize, the International Prize in Statistics is considered the highest honor in its field. It will be bestowed every other year to an individual or team for major achievements using statistics... […]
