The University of Kansas Cancer Center broke ground on the future site of a new complex on May 22 that will bring research and patient care into one area for the first time in KU Cancer Center’s history.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is opening a new science education lab on its South Lake Union campus, supported by Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.
The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University appointed Shalini Kulasingam as the founding director of the school’s newly established Center for Cancer Prevention and Control, effective July 1.
NRG Oncology, an NCI National Clinical Trials Network group focused on improving outcomes for adults with cancer through multi-center clinical research, recently announced new chair and vice chair appointments to the NRG NCI Community Oncology Research Program Cancer Prevention & Control Committee.
NYU Langone announced on May 21 the creation of the Mignone Women’s Health Collaborative, building upon the system’s health care services for women and deepening coordination between specialists who work together to treat women at every stage of life.
Barbara Summers, a pioneering nurse leader, mentor and champion of patient-centered care, died May 6, in Richmond, Virginia, surrounded by her family.
On May 21, the governing body of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas approved 61 grants totaling more than $93 million. The grants support cancer research and prevention projects across the entire spectrum of CPRIT’s mission, including CPRIT Scholar recruitment grants, a wide array of evidence-based prevention programs, and funding for early-stage companies developing promising new treatments for cancer.
Texas Children’s Hospital and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announced a $150 million gift from Kinder Foundation.
UT Southwestern Medical Center broke ground May 12 on a $177 million radiation oncology campus that will provide advanced therapies for patients of Fort Worth, TX, the nation’s 12th-largest city.
City of Hope opened its largest outpatient facility among its network of 38 U.S. locations—Hope Plaza.
