MARGARET FOTI received the Ovarcome Excellence Award in recognition of her accomplishments in the field of ovarian cancer research from Ovarcome Non-Profit Inc. Foti, the CEO of the American Association for Cancer Research, accepted the award at the foundation’s annual gala in Houston, where she delivered the keynote address. “I am deeply honored to be... […]
THE CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS awarded 35 new grants totaling around $79.2 million. Thirty-three of the grants were made through CPRIT’s academic research program and two through its product development research program. The academic research grants, totaling approximately $45.3 million, include around $19.7 million for funding of four Core Facility Support Awards.... […]
HONG-YU LI, a professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was named an Arkansas Research Alliance Scholar, and the Helen Adams & Arkansas Research Alliance Endowed Chair. Using a bequest from Helen Adams, UAMS has provided $500,000 to fund the chair. The ARA, with the approval of its Board... […]
JAMES BRINK was elected chair of the American College of Radiology by its Board of Chancellors.
MICHAEL KAPLAN was named president and CEO of the Melanoma Research Alliance, effective July 5. Previously, Kaplan was president and CEO of AIDS United. Prior to joining AIDS United, Kaplan held leadership positions at Cascade AIDS Project in Portland, Ore., and the Academy for Educational Development, Futures Group International and the National Youth Advocacy Coalition... […]
THE SENATE Agriculture Appropriations Committee today marked up an Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2017 that would not undercut FDA oversight of tobacco products. “We applaud the Committee for preserving the FDA’s ability to protect the public health and oversee several tobacco products proving to... […]
THE AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION honored its 2016 award recipients during its 111th Annual Meeting in San Diego. William Marston Linehan received the Ramon Guiteras Award for his contributions to the art and science of urology, most notably in the identification of genes associated with different types of kidney cancers and developing new strategies for their […]
BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL chose not to contest the plaintiffs' offers of proof in two medical malpractice lawsuits against the Boston hospital at a Massachusetts tribunal May 13.
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA’s member companies invested an estimated $58.8 billion in research and development in 2015, up 10.3 percent from 2014, based on the 2016 PhRMA annual member survey published in the 2016 Biopharmaceutical Research Industry Profile. According to PhRMA, the biopharmaceutical industry is the most research-intensive sector of the U.S. economy, […]
The UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Leica Biosystems will collaborate in digital pathology. Product testing will be conducted with UCLA to validate digital pathology in a high-volume setting. This joint effort builds upon the existing relationship between UCLA and Leica Biosystems that was established in 2011. The pathology team at UCLA will […]
