JEAN-YVES DOUILLARD was appointed the first chief medical officer of the European Society for Medical Oncology. A senior staff position based at the Society’s headquarters in Lugano, Switzerland for a fixed two-year term, the CMO will lead the development of ESMO’s scientific strategy and activities. Douillard’s appointment follows a six-month selection process open to all […]
ITAI YANAI was named the inaugural director of the Institute for Computational Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, effective May 1.
THE V FOUNDATION for Cancer Research and the WWE announced a multi-year partnership to support cancer research nationally through funds raised by Connor’s Cure. The announcement was made at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, where Connor’s Cure was originally established, with representatives from the hospital, the WWE and The V Foundation. In 2014, Connor’s Cure was... […]
PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES and the Institute for Systems Biology announced an affiliation focused on personalized medicine. Leroy Hood, will serve as senior vice president and chief science officer of Providence Health & Services, a five-state, not-for-profit health system, and continue as president of the Seattle-based ISB. Providence and ISB will establish a number of... […]
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY published The State of Cancer Care in America: 2016, in the Journal of Oncology Practice—ASCO’s third annual assessment of national trends in cancer care delivery. The report was also presented at a Congressional briefing in Washington, D.C., The report highlights many promising cancer care developments, including new drugs and... […]
CHARLES SERHAN received the Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine from the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. Serhan is director of the Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Simon Gelman Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and professor at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Serhan’s research focuses on... […]
JENNIE CREWS was elected president of the Association of Community Cancer Centers during the association’s 42nd annual meeting, in Washington, D.C. Crews brings more than 18 years of experience in advancing quality oncology care, currently as the medical director for cancer services in the PeaceHealth Northwest Network, which includes cancer centers in Washington state and... […]
DEBRA PATT was named editor-in-chief of JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, a new publication of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Patt, who specializes in medical oncology and hematology, is a vice president of Texas Oncology, and medical director of outcomes research and the pathways task force for The US Oncology Network. She was formerly medical... […]
WILLIAM GRADY was awarded a $180,000 grant from the DeGregorio Family Foundation for Gastric and Esophageal Cancer Research and the Price Family Foundation for a two-year project to develop methods to identify people at the highest risk for esophageal adenocarcinoma. Grady is a clinical researcher and cancer geneticist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The... […]
ROBIN MJELLE received a $300,000 grant from the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. Mjelle is a researcher at the Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The ALCF-IASLC Joint Fellowship Award supports novel, innovative and translational... […]
