PAUL VANVELDHUISEN was named chief operating officer of The Emmes Corporation. VanVeldhuisen will continue to serve as principal investigator for government and privately funded research projects. VanVeldhuisen joined the company in 1993 and was promoted to vice president in 2006. He is responsible for the scientific aspects of various research studies, including study design and... […]
PAT KEEL was appointed chief financial officer of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Keel was most recently with University Health System in Shreveport, Louisiana, where she served as chief financial officer and senior vice president. In addition, she held leadership roles with Good Shepherd Health System in Longview, Texas and CHRISTUS Schumpert Health System in... […]
THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center created two endowed chairs in head and neck oncology. These are the first two chairs of the “100 New Talents for 100 Years” initiative announced by President Julio Frenk at his inauguration address. The W. Jarrard Goodwin Jr., M.D., Endowed Chair in Head and Neck Oncology Surgery... […]
DAVID MCCONKEY was appointed director of the Johns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute, which includes members of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, and the school of medicine’s departments of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Surgery, and Pathology. The institute was established in 2014 with a $15 million... […]
SURESH RAMALINGAM was named deputy director of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. He will also serve as assistant dean for cancer research at the Emory School of Medicine. Ramalingam will lead the integration of the research, clinical, and educational components within Winship. This position was previously held by Fadlo Khuri, who assumed the... […]
H. BENJAMIN HARVEY, of Massachusetts General Hospital, and COURTNEY MORENO, of Emory University, received the 2016 Bruce J. Hillman Fellowship in Scholarly Publishing from the American College of Radiology.
M. BEATRIZ CURRIER joined the executive leadership of Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida as director of Cancer Patient Support Services.
KEITH HANSON MCGREGOR was named CEO of the European Society for Medical Oncology.
STAND UP TO CANCER CANADA announced a four-year cancer stem cell dream team focused on brain cancer in children and adults.
THE VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE-Stand Up To Cancer Epigenetics Dream Team's first clinical trial moved forward, targeting metastatic colorectal cancer.
