Vivek S. Kavadi was named CEO of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. He will succeed Laura Thevenot, who has led the organization since 2002.
Miguel Villalona Calero was named deputy director of the University of California, Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and division chief for hematology/oncology. He will start on July 8.
Zachary SteinhartMaxwell FoiseyDebolina GangulySean Yamada-HunterThe Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, a collaborative consortium of the world’s leading immuno-oncology experts, named its 2024 class of Early Career Researcher awardees.
The Wistar Institute’s Noam Auslander, assistant professor in the Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program at the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center, was awarded a $600,000 Women Scientists Innovation Award for Cancer Research grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
Researchers at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have been awarded five grants from NCI in 2024, totaling $4.6 million.
Fred Hutch Cancer Center established Partners in Science 2.0 @ Fred Hutch, a summer research program that trains middle school and high school teachers in Fred Hutch labs to expand hands-on learning experiences they can take back to the classroom.
Chika Madu was named director of Staten Island University Hospital Florina Cancer Center, which is part of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute.
Christian Rolfo was named director of the Division of Medical Oncology at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. He will start on Aug. 15.
The American Society of Hematology will recognize exemplary hematologists who have made significant contributions to the field with several honorific awards at the 2024 ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego on December 7-10.
Fred Hutch Cancer Center announced the recipients of the 2024 Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award, which recognizes early-career scientists from underrepresented backgrounds who are studying cancer, infectious diseases, and basic sciences.
