MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER opened its Josie Robertson Surgery Center. At full capacity, the outpatient center will accommodate 60 surgeries a day.
RESEARCH!AMERICA unveiled its policy wish list for 2016, urging Congress to take action on several research priorities.
RAYMOND DUBOIS was named the next dean of The Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine. DuBois will assume his new role effective March 1, 2016, with an academic appointment as professor while also holding an appointment in the Hollings Cancer Center.
THE HEALTHWELL FOUNDATION launched a fund to provide financial assistance to underinsured patients suffering from multiple myeloma, providing grants up to $10,000 to assist patients with copayment or premium costs.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY MELVIN AND BREN SIMON CANCER CENTER is seeking high school and college applicants for its 2016 Summer Research Program.
THE KNIGHT CANCER INSTITUTE at Oregon Health & Science University and Cancer Research UK formed an international collaboration focused on the early detection of cancer.
THE ALBERT EINSTEIN CANCER CENTER and the Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care received a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Institutional Research Training Grant from NIH, which will provide $1.18 million in funding over five years.
RICHARD ADAMSON received the 2016 Founders Award from the Society of Toxicology.
JOSEPH SMITH JR. received the Huggins Medal from The Society of Urologic Oncology, the society's highest honor, for his lifetime contributions to treatment for patients with genitourinary neoplasms. Smith is a professor of Urologic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
BHRAMAR MUKHERJEE was appointed associate director for population science research at The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, effective Jan. 15, 2016.
