Melissa L. Fishel was named the Myles Brand Scholar in Cancer Research by Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center. Fishel is a tumor cell biologist working toward new targets and treatments for pancreatic cancer.
Nasser H. Hanna, an IU Health physician and the Tom and Julie Wood Family Foundation Professor of Lung Cancer Clinical Research at Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, was named the screening program director at IU Health.
J. Leonard Lichtenfeld joined SpotitEarly, an Israel-based technology company transforming cancer screening by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and dogs to detect cancer early, as chief medical officer.Â
Marina Konopleva, director of the Leukemia Program and co-director of the Blood Cancer Institute at the Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, has joined Break Through Cancer, a collaborative medical research foundation that supports teams of scientists as they advance treatments for some of the world’s deadliest cancers.Â
LSU Health New Orleans was awarded a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center received a $2 million gift from philanthropists Bob and Pat Herbold to create the Bob and Pat Herbold Computational Biology Endowed Chair.Â
Six Fred Hutch/University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium scientists received $1.7M in grants from Breast Cancer Research Foundation to launch or continue studies aimed at improving outcomes in breast cancer.
NIH Director Monica M. Bertagnolli delivered the Charles G. Moertel Lecture at the Fall Group Meeting of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. The meeting took place Oct. 30-Nov. 1.
The American Society of Hematology will recognize Judith Kleinerman as the recipient of the 2024 ASH Exemplary Service Award.Â
Jennifer Bickel has been named the inaugural vice president and chief wellness officer at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She will begin on Jan. 6, 2025.
