MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER made several changes in its executive team.
LISA KACHNIC was named professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. She will join the faculty on Sept. 21.
MICHAEL SIMON received the 2015 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation McDevitt Excellence in Research Award for Physicians in the area of clinical research. Simon is leader of the Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Team and co-leader of the Population Studies and Disparities Research Program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.
EDUARDO SOTOMAYOR was named inaugural director of the GW Cancer Center. He will also serve as a professor of medicine.
DAN THEODORESCU and SETH LERNER were named editors-in-chief of the new journal Bladder Cancer.
THE SWEDISH CANCER INSTITUTE in Seattle adopted Syapse Precision Medicine Platform software for its personalized medicine program.
MOFFITT CANCER CENTER and Aetna launched an oncology medical home model.
PROTON PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, which is planning to build three proton beam therapy cancer treatment centers in the U.K., announced the appointment of global partners to provide clinical equipment and technology solutions to the company.
THE CHILDREN'S INN at NIH raised nearly $700,000 at a gala to help provide residences for children undergoing treatment at the institute and their families.
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Cancer Institute developed free online training that covers the fundamentals of oncology patient navigation in the U.S. The program was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
