MONTEFIORE HEALTH SYSTEM and SBH Health System signed a letter of intent, agreeing to explore a closer integrated relationship, further strengthening a partnership that has served the Bronx for years. The two health systems already have a long tradition of sharing: SBH’s Level 1 Trauma Center and stroke and AIDS care are complemented by Montefiore’s... […]
THE CANCER PREVENTION & RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS awarded 26 new grants totaling just over $61.5 million. Twelve of the grants were made through CPRIT’s academic research program, including five CPRIT Scholars recruitment grants, and 14 through its prevention program. To date, CPRIT has awarded 1,059 grants totaling more than $1.64 billion since 2009, when... […]
The PEYTON ANDERSON CANCER CENTER, Navicent Health in Macon, GA, joined the Winship Cancer Network of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. The Winship Cancer Network brings together a group of health systems and hospitals with Winship, the first and only NCI-designated cancer center in the state. In addition to the Peyton Anderson Cancer... […]
SCRIPPS HEALTH of San Diego and MD Anderson Cancer Center reached a partnership agreement to create Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center, a comprehensive and clinically integrated cancer care program in San Diego. Scripps joins the MD Anderson Cancer Network, a global collaborative network of hospitals and health care systems Scripps MD Anderson will be overseen... […]
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 […]
