INDIANA UNIVERSITY School of Medicine and Lilly USA have partnered to form a medical student rotation program focused on drug development. The four-week program is available to third- and fourth-year students.
ANDREW ROBBINS was appointed chief operating officer of Array BioPharma Inc.
PHILLIP SHARP was awarded the 2015 Othmer Gold Medal by the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Silvia Formenti appointed chair of Department of Radiation Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College
SILVIA FORMENTI was appointed chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College and radiation oncologist-in-chief at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, effective April 15.
MEREDITH MULLINS joined the University of Arizona Cancer Center as associate director of administration.
HOWARD BAILEY was named director of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, effective April 1. Bailey has served as interim director since September 2013.
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL'S Cancer Institute in Royal Oak, Mich., has begun construction of a proton therapy center. This will be the first single-room proton treatment center of its kind in Michigan.
PATRICK HWU was named division head of Cancer Medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center, effective March 4. Hwu joined MD Anderson in 2003 as the first chair of Melanoma Medical Oncology. He is also currently chair of Sarcoma Medical Oncology.
THEODORE LAWRENCE was named the director of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. He succeeds Max Wicha, who founded the cancer center 27 years ago. Lawrence will continue to serve as chair of radiation oncology.
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS was selected to equip and service a new national proton therapy center in Aarhus, Denmark, with the Varian ProBeam proton therapy system.
