The American Association for Cancer Research named its newly elected 2025 class of fellows of the AACR Academy.
Kathy Giusti, founder of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and two-time cancer survivor, will join Thyme Care as a strategic advisor for patient experience.
Breast cancer surgeon Tari A. King was appointed as chief surgical officer for the cancer service line at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and Emory Healthcare. Joining Emory on July 14, she will also be the chief of the newly formed Division of Breast Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine and co-director of Winship’s Glenn Family Breast Center.
Matteo Paz, 18, of Pasadena, CA, won the top award of $250,000 in the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search, the U.S.’s longest-running and most distinguished science, technology, engineering, and math competition for high school seniors (The Cancer Letter, March 7, 2025).
Jeffrey C. Rathmell, an immune and cancer cell metabolism researcher, was named chair of the Ben May Department for Cancer Research and director of the Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research at the University of Chicago, effective July 1.
Monica Bertagnolli, former director of NIH and NCI, joined the Friends of Cancer Research as board of directors.
Megan Melody joined the Tampa General Hospital Cancer Institute Cellular Therapy team. She was formerly at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas Children’s Hospital have announced a collaboration focused on pediatric cancer care.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center received a $9 million gift from the F. W. Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation to establish the F. W. Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Nurse Leadership Academy.
RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute opened a new Breast Health Center in East Brunswick, NJ.
