THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN received a five-year, $2.6 million grant from NCI to study new therapeutic approaches for pancreatic cancer.
ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE was granted approval to begin genomic testing of cancer patients by the New York State Department of Health.
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE formed a three-year immuno-oncology lung cancer research collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation and Janssen Biotech Inc.
STEVEN BANGERT, of CoBiz Financial, was named CEO of the Year at the American Cancer Society Corporate Impact Conference.
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY received a $110 million gift from the Sidney Kimmel Foundation. The gift will benefit Jefferson Medical College, which was renamed the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.
THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS and the Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust announced the inaugural class of Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research.
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB announced a collaboration with Duke University through the Duke Clinical Research Institute focused on clinical trial transparency.
STAND UP TO CANCER CANADA was announced by EIF Canada and members of the cancer research community.
JOSEPH HAYWOOD was named president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
VINCENT O'NEILL was appointed as chief medical officer of Exosome Diagnostics.
