MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER expanded the cancer targets of its Moon Shots Program.
KATHY HELZLSOUER was named chief medical officer and an associate director in NCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences.
FRIENDS OF CANCER RESEARCH honored Marlene Malek, and Reps. Diana DeGette and Fred Upton for their leadership in cancer advocacy at the 19th Annual Cancer Leadership Awards Reception, Oct. 22 in Washington, D.C.
INOVA named Thomas Graves as vice president for cancer services and Jeanny Aragon-Ching as clinical program director of genitourinary cancers at the Dwight and Martha Schar Cancer Institute.
KIDS V CANCER was awarded the 2015 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation for its role in the 2012 Creating Hope Act. Kids v Cancer was chosen out of 655 applicants from nonprofits.
JODI DANIEL joined the firm Crowell & Moring LLP as a partner in its Health Care Group.
RICHARD PAZDUR and ELLEN GOODMAN were honored by the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship for their contributions to cancer care at the “Focus on the Care” reception Oct. 21 in Washington, D.C.
THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS published a white paper, titled “What Will It Take? Five Essential Actions to Achieve a Positive Impact on Patient Care in the Integrated Healthcare Environment,” at its 32nd National Oncology Conference, addressing patient care in a changing provider setting.
THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS announced the six winners of its 2015 Innovator Awards.
IBM acquired Merge Healthcare Inc., a provider of medical image processing and clinical systems, in a $1 billion transaction.