JEANNIE LEE is the 2016 winner of the Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences for uncovering the functions of long, noncoding RNA in epigenetic regulation. Her work was selected by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health for accelerating the understanding of mechanisms driving epigenetic regulation, which involves changes in gene function without changing the... […]
JOAN SCHILLER was named deputy director of clinical investigation of the Inova Dwight and Martha Schar Cancer Institute. Schiller is the former division chief of Hematology/Oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center where she lead UTSW’s process to become an NCI-designated cancer center and then an NCI-designated comprehensive center in 2015. She was also deputy director... […]
THE COMMISSION ON CANCER of the American College of Surgeons granted a second installment of 2015 Outstanding Achievement Awards to 27 accredited cancer programs. Award criteria were based on accreditation surveys conducted during the second half of 2015. The award recognizes cancer programs that achieve excellence meeting the CoC Standards. The awardees are: Fairbanks Memorial... […]
ESPN’s 2015 Jimmy V Week for Cancer Research raised $3.2 million for The V Foundation for Cancer Research—a million more than the $2.2 million raised in 2014. In nine years, Jimmy V Week has raised $13.7 million for cancer research. Jimmy V Week ran from Dec. 2-8, 2015 and introduced the awareness campaign Your Fight... […]
THE MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE at Baptist Health South Florida joined the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance, making it the third health care system to enlist in the national collaboration.
THE BONNIE J. ADDARIO Lung Cancer Foundation launched the second phase of its Clinical Trial Innovation Prize crowdsourcing challenge in honor of World Cancer Day. The goal of the challenge is to produce breakthroughs that will double the patient accrual rate of clinical trials evaluating interventions in the diagnosis and treatment of all cancers. “The... […]
THE AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, the Urology Care Foundation and Chesapeake Urology Associates formed a $1 million partnership, establishing the Community-Based Research to Advance Prostate Cancer Care program. The program will involve data from community urology practices; helping urologists develop research partnerships and collaborations; scholarships for urologists and academic physician-scientists and researchers; services such as study... […]
PAUL VANVELDHUISEN was named chief operating officer of The Emmes Corporation. VanVeldhuisen will continue to serve as principal investigator for government and privately funded research projects. VanVeldhuisen joined the company in 1993 and was promoted to vice president in 2006. He is responsible for the scientific aspects of various research studies, including study design and... […]
PAT KEEL was appointed chief financial officer of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Keel was most recently with University Health System in Shreveport, Louisiana, where she served as chief financial officer and senior vice president. In addition, she held leadership roles with Good Shepherd Health System in Longview, Texas and CHRISTUS Schumpert Health System in... […]
THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center created two endowed chairs in head and neck oncology. These are the first two chairs of the “100 New Talents for 100 Years” initiative announced by President Julio Frenk at his inauguration address. The W. Jarrard Goodwin Jr., M.D., Endowed Chair in Head and Neck Oncology Surgery... […]
