THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY received a $1.58 million, four-year grant from The Merck Foundation to implement a comprehensive Patient Navigation Program in three U.S. communities where substantial cancer care disparities exist. Sites selected to participate in the community-based program include the Queens Hospital Center in Queens, N.Y.; the Phoenix Cancer Center/Maricopa Integrated Health System in […]
DENNIS PATRICK MEEHAN HUGHES, a former pediatric oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center, pleaded guilty in federal court to collecting child pornography. Sentencing is set for June 1. Hughes, 49, resigned from MD Anderson after being arrested in June 2015, and later turned in his license to the Texas Medical Board, according to the Houston […]
JENNIFER PIETENPOL was honored with the Medical Research Advancement Award during the T.J. Martell Foundation Nashville Honors Gala. Pietenpol is the B.F. Byrd Jr. Professor of Oncology and director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. The award is in recognition of Pietenpol’s career as a cancer researcher. She focuses on the p53 family of proteins and breast […]
THE KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE recently promoted five scientific staff members: Jennifer Beebe-Dimmer, Michele Cote, Justin Klamerus, Larry Matherly, and Hayley Thompson. Beebe-Dimmer was appointed co-leader of the Population Studies and Disparities Research Program at Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University School of Medicine. She is an associate professor in the Department of Oncology. Her […]
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... […]
