THE GAIRDNER FOUNDATION announced the winners of the 2015 Canada Gairdner Awards, recognizing medical discoveries from around the world.
JIMMIE HOLLAND will receive a Women of Influence Award from the T.J. Martell Foundation.
ELIZABETH JAFFEE was awarded the 20th annual AACR-Joseph H. Burchenal Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cancer Research by the American Association for Cancer Research.
BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES, in partnership with the Australian government, launched Data for Health, a $100 million initiative that will enable 20 low- and middle-income countries to improve public health data collection.
THE COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY ALLIANCE formed the Community Oncology Pharmacy Association.
FADLO KHURI was named president of the American University of Beirut. He will begin his tenure there Sept. 1.
THOMAS MERCHANT was named chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Merchant will also hold the Baddia J. Rashid Endowed Chair in Radiation Oncology.
JULIE JOHNSON was awarded the 2015 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Southeastern Universities Research Association. Johnson is the dean of the University of Florida's College of Pharmacy.
PHILIP LOW was awarded the ninth annual Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research by the American Association for Cancer Research.
A group of cancer researchers, in collaboration with Apple Inc. and Sage Bionetworks, launched a mobile app that breast cancer patients track their symptoms and progress.
