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.
NANCY DAVIDSON was named president-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research. She will officially take the position at the AACR's Annual Meeting, being held April 18-22 in Philadelphia, and will assume the presidency in April 2016.
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS was selected to equip and service two new national proton therapy centers in England with the Varian ProBeam proton therapy system. Under a public tender, Varian was selected as the preferred supplier to provide equipment and service to operate two three-room centers to be constructed in London and Manchester in a contract valued at up to £80 million.
THE WORLD MOLECULAR IMAGING SOCIETY will collaborate with NCI to promote best practices for co-clinical trials.
