SUSAN RAWL, professor of adult health at the Indiana University School of Nursing and a researcher at the IU Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, received nearly $2.6 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to compare interventions to increase colorectal cancer screening among underserved patients with limited resources. Rawl’s study was selected for PCORI... […]
VALERIE ARMSTEAD joined Fox Chase Cancer Center as a professor in the Department of Anesthesiology. Armstead joins Fox Chase from Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, where she served as a staff anesthesiologist and a professor on the faculty of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery('.people-thumb + p > span.has-red-100-color, .people-thumb +... […]
INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM and the University of Virginia agreed to form a research and education partnership to collaborate on research, medical education, and the recruitment of researchers, scientists and investigators.
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY and Innovative Oncology Business Solutions Inc. announced a collaboration, ASCO COME HOME, an oncology medical home program designed to transition community oncology practices from volume-based to value-based care by structuring reimbursement around the full range of services needed by patients with cancer. ASCO COME HOME will also prepare oncology... […]
MICHAEL O’CONNELL received the 2016 Clinical Research Award at the Association of Community Cancer Centers 33rd National Oncology Conference in St. Louis. The award recognizes O’Connell’s research on the oncology patient, family and the community. O’Connell has helped direct numerous studies that have resulted in better treatment protocols for cancer of the colon and rectum,... […]
SCHULMAN IRB will launch its new Central Oncology Review division at PRIM&R’s 2016 Advancing Ethical Research Conference. The launch of COR represents Schulman’s response to requests from institutional research centers looking for a more advanced level of partnership and service integration. COR will be led by Michele Russell-Einhorn, vice president of oncology services, and Judith... […]
S. GAIL ECKHARDT was named the inaugural director of the LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes of the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. She was also appointed associate dean of the medical school. The appointment was made possible by a $6 million recruitment grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.... […]
LISA KACHNIC, chair of the Department of Radiation Ocology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was elected president of the American Board of Radiology, succeeding Milton Guiberteau. Kachnic heads the Radiation Oncology service at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center with a personal research focus on optimizing sphincter-preserving chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced anal cancer. In a national trial... […]
UPMC and Bon Secours Health Systems Ltd. announced they will own and operate an advanced radiation therapy center for the treatment of cancer patients in Cork, Ireland. This joint venture will combine the expertise of Ireland’s largest independent health care provider with UPMC’s model of cancer care that brings personalized treatments close to where patients... […]
ONCOLOGY HEMATOLOGY CARE, a provider of treatments for cancer and blood disorders in the Cincinnati area, joined The US Oncology Network. The network is supported McKesson Specilaty Health. OHC is one of more than 30 practices and over 1,000 physicians supported by McKesson Specialty Health nationally who have been selected to participate in the CMS... […]
