BORIS LUSHNIAK was named dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Lushniak will officially assume his new role on Jan. 9, 2017. Lushniak is a professor and chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, and professor of dermatology, at the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine at Uniformed Services University... […]
MARC BENIOFF and wife Lynne gave $20 million toward construction of the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of University of Southern California, a center in Los Angeles that will combine interdisciplinary research with the holistic prevention and treatment of cancer. In recognition of their gift, the lobby of the Ellison Institute will be... […]
MERCK KGaA announced the recipients of the 2016 Grant for Oncology Innovation, who will share a EUR1 million grant to progress their respective research initiatives. The winners were formally awarded Oct. 9 evening at an award presentation coinciding with the 2016 annual European Society for Medical Oncology Congress in Copenhagen. The three winning proposals, which... […]
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER and Tempus, a health-tech company focused on personalizing cancer care, and have partnered to bring MI-ONCOSEQ to patients and healthcare providers across the country who are seeking the high quality data and analyses necessary to personalize treatment for their patients. The MI-ONCOSEQ panel was developed at the University... […]
DR. SUSAN LOVE RESEARCH FOUNDATION received a $3 million NCI grant to further test a computer assisted diagnosis triage software product that can triage palpable breast lumps and identify those that are suspicious. The technology is being developed for use in low- and middle-income countries. The three-year UH3 Phase II exploratory cooperative agreement will support... […]
SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE was awarded a five-year IDIQ contract with a potential value of $19 million from NCI to study the preclinical toxicology of new drugs that are under development for treatment of cancer. The toxicology contract is one of three ongoing contracts between Southern Research and the NCI, and is the latest in a... […]
STANLEY MARKS, a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center oncologist, was honored by UPMC and his medical partners at Oncology Hematology Association through the establishment of the Stanley M. Marks–OHA Endowed Chair in Hematology/Oncology Leadership. Every one of his 48 partners at OHA, a UPMC-owned practice, financially committed to create this chair, which also was supported... […]
YANIS BOUMBER joined the Department of Thoracic Medical Oncology and the Molecular Therapeutics Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center. Boumber first joined Fox Chase’s Department of Medical Oncology in 2013 and now returns to Fox Chase from the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center. He specializes in treating patients with thoracic cancers, including lung... […]
KWOK-KIN WONG was named chief of hematology and medical oncology at the Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center. Wong will join the Perlmutter faculty in January,. He is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a clinical oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. His research focuses on understanding the pathogenesis and genetic... […]
ANN RICHMOND, Vanderbilt University cancer researcher, has won the 2016 William S. Middleton Award, the highest honor for scientific achievement bestowed by the Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Service of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Richmond is Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and professor of Cancer Biology and Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of... […]
