BASSEL EL-RAYES, associate director of clinical research at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, was selected to hold the John Kauffman Family Professorship for Pancreatic Cancer Research. The newly endowed position was created to support a researcher in the field of pancreatic cancer research and assist with the further development of Winship’s gastrointestinal (GI) cancer... […]
JACQUES GALIPEAU joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center on Sept. 1. Galipeau came from the Winship Cancer Center at Emory University, where he founded the Emory Personalized Immunotherapy Center. Prior to that, he spent most of his career at McGill University in Montreal. Galipeau will be the first-ever assistant dean... […]
THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Hollings Cancer Center and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences were awarded an $8 million grant from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities and NCI to establish the Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center in Precision Medicine and Minority Men’s Health at the Medical University of South Carolina.... […]
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY selected 44 cancer researchers and clinicians to receive a total of $36,500 in individual awards for studies being presented at the society’s annual scientific meeting. The recipients will be recognized at ASTRO’s 58th Annual Meeting, to be held Sept. 25-28, 2016, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The... […]
PEREGRINE PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. said that the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Oncology Research Program (ORP) awarded three grants to investigators to support research of bavituximab in combination with other therapeutics for the treatment of glioblastoma, head and neck cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Funding for the three investigator-initiated clinical studies will take place through a $2... […]
FRANK VRIONIS was named director of Boca Raton Regional Hospital’s Marcus Neuroscience Institute. He will assume his new duties on Oct. 1. Vrionis serves as chief of neurosurgery at the Moffitt Cancer Center, and professor of Neurosurgery, Orthopedics and Oncology at the University of South Florida. During his 16-year tenure, he initiated a host of... […]
THE PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION announced five new Movember Foundation-PCF Challenge Awards to advance new treatments and cures for metastatic, lethal prostate cancer. The Movember Foundation, most famous for their annual November “Movember” fundraiser, is a global men’s health charity raising funds to conduct research and support programs that further the quality of treatment and life... […]
ALLISON AGGON joined the Department of Surgical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center. She comes to Fox Chase from Crozer-Keystone Health System-Delaware County, where she has practiced as a breast surgeon and served as medical director of the Center for Breast Health since 2014. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery('.people-thumb + p > span.has-red-100-color, .people-thumb + p > strong... […]
JEFF ALLEN was named the president and CEO of Friends of Cancer Research. Ellen Sigal, founder of Friends, will continue with the organization as board chair. Marlene Malek, former president of Friends, will become the vice-chair. Allen will lead the day-to-day scientific and policy programs and organizational operations at Friends. He will also direct strategic... […]
ROBERT COMIS, professor of medicine at Drexel University, will step down from his position as group co-chair of ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group. His departure, effective Feb. 28, 2019, will coincide with the end of ECOG-ACRIN’s current National Clinical Trials Network Operations Center U10 grant award from the NCI. Comis chaired the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group... […]
