CAROLYN BRITTEN was named director of the Hematology/Oncology Division at the Medical University of South Carolina. She will continue her role as associate director for clinical investigations at the MUSC Hollings Cancer Center.
CYRUS GHAJAR received a $4.1 million Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program “Era of Hope” Scholar Award.
The LIVESTRONG Foundation announced two appointments to its senior leadership: Donna Palmer as chief development officer, and Katie Merrell as vice president of people.
GEORGE WILDING was named vice provost for clinical and interdisciplinary research at MD Anderson Cancer Center. His appointment will begin Sept. 1.
JONATHAN LICHT was appointed director of the University of Florida Health Cancer Center, effective Oct. 1.
RAPHAEL POLLOCK was named surgeon-in-chief for The Ohio State University Health System.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA appointed five members to the National Cancer Advisory Board.
THE BROAD INSTITUTE of MIT and Harvard University will work with Google to explore technical barriers that hinder biomedical research by addressing the need for computing infrastructure to store and process enormous datasets, and by creating tools to analyze such data. The institute’s Genome Analysis Toolkit will be offered as a service on Google Cloud... […]
GUARDANT HEALTH has partnered with SWOG on a study to use cell-free DNA testing to identify mechanisms of resistance and future treatment options in non-small cell lung cancer. SWOG chose Guardant360 as the blood test for a tumor genomic profiling study of approximately 600 lung cancer patients. The study will test patients at the time... […]
THE BARBARA ANN KARMANOS Cancer Institute and the Detroit Tigers will host the fourth annual “Pink Out the Park” Sept. 18 at Comerica Park in Detroit, as the Tigers play the Kansas City Royals. The event helps raise funds for breast cancer research at the Karmanos Cancer Institute. Delta Air Lines, the official airline of... […]
