SCRIPPS CLINIC MEDICAL GROUP expanded its radiation oncology services to include CyberKnife of Southern California at Vista, Oncology Therapies of Vista and Pacific Radiation Oncology in Encinitas.
JOSEPH GULFO was named executive director of the Rothman Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY Center for Cancer Research was renewed as an NCI-designated basic science cancer center, and was awarded $8 million in funding over the next five years. In its review, the institute rated the center as “outstanding.”
ROCHE acquired CAPP Medical, a genomics research company founded by members of Stanford University, to advance the development of technology for cancer screening and monitoring through the detection of circulating tumor DNA in blood. CAPP Medical’s novel technology is designed to isolate and quantify small amounts of ctDNA through a blood draw, which can be […]
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN opened its MACC Fund Center clinic and Northwestern Mutual Day Hospital. “Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin is grateful for its long standing partnership with the MACC Fund, an organization exceptionally dedicated to children with cancer and blood disorders,” said Peggy Troy, CEO of the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. “Through the support of […]
DON GABRIEL joined the Global Clinical Development & Operations team of United BioSource Corp., a subsidiary of Express Scripts. Gabriel will direct UBC’s consultative services to pharmaceutical sponsors developing oncology therapies. A bone marrow transplant physician, Gabriel held a long tenure at the University of North Carolina where he served as professor of medicine, associate […]
GERRIT LOS was named vice president of pharmacology at AnaptysBio Inc.
THE NCCN FOUNDATION awarded its fifth series of Young Investigator Awards to six oncology researchers from NCCN Member Institutions.
MARGARET HAMBURG, former commissioner of FDA, was appointed foreign secretary of the Institute of Medicine.
CHANDINI PORTTEUS was named president and CEO of LIVESTRONG Foundation.
