DEFINIENS and Clarient Diagnostic Services Inc. signed an agreement to extend the use of Definiens' automated image analysis software and solutions in Clarient's validated clinical applications for immunohistochemistry testing in breast cancer.
THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH selected GenomOncology's GenomAnalytics platform and services to explore and mine the data in The Cancer Genome Atlas.
SARAH CANNON CANCER CENTER and HealthONE hospitals launched an initiative to fully integrate their cancer programs by the end of 2014.
RICHARD FOLKERS was named director of communications for the Foundation for the NIH.
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE was awarded a $900,000 grant from the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund to test new combinations of targeted drugs against the disease.
THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR CANCER RESEARCH elected members to its board of directors. Wendy Selig was elected president.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO and Quest Diagnostics formed a collaboration to research advanced diagnostics in the field of precision medicine. Initial clinical areas of focus include autism, oncology, neurology and women's health.
ANGELA DAVIES was appointed chief medical officer of Champions Oncology.
THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center received a pledge of $15 million to support breast cancer research from The Vera Bradley Foundation.
JOHN PORTER, former member of Congress, partner in the law firm Hogan Lovells, and chair of Research!America, was named the recipient of the 2014 Public Welfare Medal by the National Academy of Sciences. The medal will be presented April 27 during the academy's 151st annual meeting.
