SAGAR LONIAL was named chair of the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute.
THE OVARIAN CANCER NATIONAL ALLIANCE and the OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND announced a merger, forming the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance. The new body will be the largest global organization dedicated to advancing ovarian cancer research.
TARA YATES was named director of communications of the Wistar Institute.
JUDY KEEN was named director of scientific affairs of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
CARMEN SOLÓRZANO was named chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Solórzano is a professor of Surgery and director of the Endocrine Surgery Center.
MINESH MEHTA joined Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida as deputy director and chief of radiation oncology.
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL's Health Care Initiative launched the Precision Trials Challenge, a competition to bring precision diagnostics and therapies to market more quickly.
UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH selected e+CancerCare, a national operator of outpatient cancer care centers, to operate the UC San Diego Health - Chula Vista radiation oncology facility.
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER and AbbVie formed a three-year collaboration to perform preclinical and clinical studies evaluating immuno-oncology therapies. AbbVie and MD Anderson will each assign two scientists to a joint scientific committee, which will decide on which projects to pursue. The collaboration will begin with projects driven by AbbVie Biotherapeutics. Future projects will draw... […]
THE NEW YORK GENOME CENTER received a $100 million challenge grant from the Simons Foundation and The Carson Family Charitable Trust. The two organizations will match every dollar that NYGC raises over the course of the next three years. The Simons Foundation is chaired by James Simons, who also serves as an NYGC board director.... […]
