NANCY WEIGEL was named editor-in-chief of the Endocrine Society's journal Hormones and Cancer, beginning Jan. 1, 2015. Weigel is a professor at Baylor College of Medicine.
KATHLEEN GREEN was appointed associate director for basic sciences research at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.
NANCY HESSE was named chief nursing officer of Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
CITY OF HOPE launched a stem cell therapy clinic. The Alpha Clinic for Cell Therapy and Innovation is funded by an $8 million, five-year grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
STEVEN FINKELSTEIN was appointed national chief science officer of 21st Century Oncology.
DAVID NATHAN is the first recipient of the Boston Children's Hospital Lifetime Impact Award at the hospital's second annual Global Pediatric Innovation Summit.
THE CANCER INNOVATION COALITION held a policy briefing on Capitol Hill, calling for legislative and regulatory action in 2015 to be focused on U.S. cancer research.
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY's Pennsylvania Division, Southeast Region, recently honored researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple University School of Medicine.
MERIDIAN HEALTH and Hackensack University Health Network agreed to enter into discussions to merge the health systems that will result in one, integrated health care delivery system.
CITY OF HOPE launched an institute focused on treating blood and bone marrow diseases: the Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplantation Institute.
