WENDY SELIG plans to step down as president and CEO of the Melanoma Research Alliance, posts she has held for the past five years, in order to establish a new consulting venture.
UT SOUTHWESTERN and a Texas consortium plans to establish the country's first National Center for Heavy Ion Radiation Therapy, targeted for completion in 2021. NCI awarded UT Southwestern a $1 million planning grant to develop research proposals for the center.
KARL DEISSEROTH was awarded the Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences for the development of tools to image the functions of cells, especially neurons.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY's Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, in collaboration with the Northwestern Medicine Developmental Therapeutics Institute and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, has launched a new research program, Northwestern Onco-SET, to provide a personalized, precision medicine option.
DOUGLAS LOWY received the second annual Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine from the Harrington Discovery Institute and the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
WILLIAM NELSON will serve as the editor-in-chief of Cancer Today, the American Association for Cancer Research's consumer magazine.
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY announced a commitment of $1 million to AMPATH in Eldoret, Kenya, provided by the Lilly Foundation. The funding, in conjunction with World Cancer Day, will help equip a new oncology center, hire additional staff and train local healthcare professionals.
CAROLYN COMPTON will lead the scientific advisory board of Indivumed GmbH.
THOMAS RUTHERFORD was named network physician director of cancer services for the Western Connecticut Health Network.
CANDACE JOHNSON was named the 15th president and CEO of Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Johnson will be the first female leader for the 117-year-old comprehensive cancer center.
