JENNIE CREWS was elected president of the Association of Community Cancer Centers during the association’s 42nd annual meeting, in Washington, D.C. Crews brings more than 18 years of experience in advancing quality oncology care, currently as the medical director for cancer services in the PeaceHealth Northwest Network, which includes cancer centers in Washington state and... […]
DEBRA PATT was named editor-in-chief of JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, a new publication of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Patt, who specializes in medical oncology and hematology, is a vice president of Texas Oncology, and medical director of outcomes research and the pathways task force for The US Oncology Network. She was formerly medical... […]
WILLIAM GRADY was awarded a $180,000 grant from the DeGregorio Family Foundation for Gastric and Esophageal Cancer Research and the Price Family Foundation for a two-year project to develop methods to identify people at the highest risk for esophageal adenocarcinoma. Grady is a clinical researcher and cancer geneticist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The... […]
ROBIN MJELLE received a $300,000 grant from the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. Mjelle is a researcher at the Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The ALCF-IASLC Joint Fellowship Award supports novel, innovative and translational... […]
ARON PAREKH received a four-year, $790,000 Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society to further his research into the mechanical and biological properties of cancer cells and the methods by which they leave the initial tumor and spread or metastasize to other parts of the body. Parekh is an assistant professor of otolaryngology at... […]
JORGE LOPEZ JR. was named general counsel for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, effective July 1. Lopez is a partner at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. He will succeed Roger Parker, who held the role since 1998 and earlier this year announced his plan to retire after 41 years... […]
SADIK ESENER will direct the Center for Early Detection Research at Oregon Health and Science University's Knight Cancer Institute. Esener will also hold the Wendt Family Endowed Chair in Early Cancer Detection.
UC SAN FRANCISCO and Berkeley Lights Inc. formed a collaboration that gives UCSF researchers access to Berkeley Lights’ opto-nanofluidic biosystems, including single-cell genomic profiling of pre-annotated tissue samples, the development of precision diagnostics, and point-of-care therapies. Through the collaboration, UCSF researchers will study various cancer types to better understand the characterization and functionality of cell... […]
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER and New England Cancer Specialists formed a clinical affiliation to expand patients’ access to care, clinical trials, and survivorship resources. NECS is the largest provider of cancer services in Maine, with nearly 45,000 patient visits in 2015 at locations in Scarborough, Brunswick and Kennebunk. Through the affiliation agreement, Tufts MC will be... […]
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE and Baylor Scott & White Health have entered into an agreement to expand biomedical research in North and Central Texas. The largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas, Baylor Scott & White Health was born from the 2013 merger of Baylor Health Care System and Scott & White Healthcare. A search... […]
