MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER received a $10 million grant from ExxonMobil for the center's Moon Shots program.
ROBERT MILLER was named medical director of the Institute for Quality of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
THE BARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE and Wayne State University reaffirmed their affiliation agreement, which has spanned 20 years.
LISA RICHARDSON was named director of the CDC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control.
MARTINE EXTERMANN received the 2014 Paul Calabresi Award from the International Society of Geriatric Oncology. Extermann is the senior member of the Senior Adult Oncology and Health Outcomes & Behavior Programs at Moffitt Cancer Center.
MILAN MRKSICH was appointed associate director for research technology and infrastructure at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.
DOUG ULMAN was appointed president and CEO of Pelotonia, a cycling fundraiser that has raised more than $61 million for cancer research. Ulman is president and CEO of the LIVESTRONG Foundation.
QVC and The Fashion Footwear Association of New York presented $240,000 for breast cancer research to the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Center.
THE EUROPEAN HEAD AND NECK SOCIETY and the European Cancer Patient Coalition called for the implementation of a Europe-wide head and neck cancer early diagnosis awareness program in the European Parliament.
THE FDA DRUG SHORTAGE ASSISTANCE AWARD… There is such a thing!
