THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN Carbone Cancer Center received a five-year, $12 million Specialized Programs of Research Excellence grant from NCI to improve treatments and outcomes for head and neck cancer patients.
MICHAEL MAITLAND was named the director of therapeutics for Inova Center for Personalized Health of Northern Virginia, and as the associate director of cancer therapeutics for the INOVA Schar Cancer Institute, both part of the Inova Health System. Maitland came to Inova from the University of Chicago, where he was the co-leader of the Cancer... […]
JAMES MORGAN was named scientific director and an executive vice president of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Morgan held the interim scientific director post since 2015, and was formerly chair of the Department of Developmental Neurobiology. As scientific director, Morgan will oversee the institution’s basic science programs and related research efforts. The appointment comes as... […]
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH established an award in honor of Waun Ki Hong, AACR past president (2001-2002), professor of medicine in the Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, and the Samsung distinguished university chair in cancer medicine emeritus at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award... […]
THE COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY ALLIANCE launched the Advanced Practice Provider Network, for oncology nurse practitioners, physician assistants and others. The network consists of a private, peer-to-peer-only information sharing website and listserv; monthly conference calls to review important practice issues and discuss solutions; and opportunities for in-person meetings. Participation in the network is open and free of […]
VANDERBILT-INGRAM CANCER CENTER received a $3 million, three-year grant from the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation, in support of VICC’s drug discovery program. “We are profoundly grateful to the Foundation for their support of this vitally important cancer drug discovery research initiative,” said Scott Hiebert, Hortense B. Ingram Professor of Cancer […]
UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER's Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center received $11 million in SPORE funding from NCI to support its Kidney Cancer Program.
NATASCIA MARINO was named a Breast Cancer Research Foundation Investigator at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Marino, also an assistant research professor of medicine, is an investigator with the Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center. Her research focuses on the normal breast and how it relates to the development […]
CHRISTOPHER MANLEY and KRISTEN SCULLY MANLEY joined Fox Chase Cancer Center. Christopher Manley will serve as the director of interventional pulmonology in the Department of Medicine, and Kristen Scully Manley will serve as a hospitalist in the department of medicine. “Dr. Manley’s expertise in pulmonary medicine makes him the perfect candidate for our new director […]
PIERRE MASSION will direct the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s Cancer Early Detection and Prevention Initiative. Massion is the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Medicine, an Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and co-leader of the VICC Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program. “The prevention of cancer and the development of more effective strategies to detect cancer precursors […]
