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.
AMY ABERNETHY was named chief medical officer and senior vice president of oncology at Flatiron Health.
J. ALAN DIEHL joined the Medical University of South Carolina as associate director for basic sciences at Hollings Cancer Center. He will also serve as professor in the MUSC Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
WILLIAM HOGAN joined the University of Florida College of Medicine's department of health outcomes and policy and will serve as director of biomedical informatics at UF's Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL announced the appointment of three physician-scientists to leadership positions.
