Lorenzo Galluzzi was named associate professor with tenure in the Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment Research Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center received a $50 million gift from Richard and Susan Rogel for pancreatic cancer research and care.
A multidisciplinary team of experts in lung cancer screening and implementation science from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, an independent charitable organization, to spearhead a new initiative aimed at reducing disparities in lung cancer screening across Los Angeles County.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center hosted its ninth annual Boot Walk to End Cancer fundraising event on Nov. 2, in the Texas Medical Center. This year, the Boot Walk’s 7,000+ in-person participants and 1,200+ virtual participants from Houston and around the world joined together to raise $1.4 million to support the institution’s mission to end cancer.
UChicago Medicine received a $75 million donation from the AbbVie Foundation, a nonprofit focused on advancing health equity, to help fund the construction of the new cancer care and research pavilion.
The Longevity Consortium received a five-year, $45 million grant to move the consortium’s work to its next stage: integrating results from numerous studies about the factors that contribute to longer and healthier lives.
New York Cancer & Blood Specialists successfully challenged the New York State Department of Health’s restrictive definition of “oncologic protocol.”
UF Health officials and supporters gathered Wednesday to unveil the UF Health Cancer Center’s Mobile Cancer Screening Connector, which will take cancer screening care to a 23-county area in North Florida. UF Health photo by Nate GuidryThe University of Florida Health Cancer Center launched a 40-foot-long mobile cancer screening bus that will expand access to cancer screenings and essential health care services, including 3D mammograms and cervical, colon, and prostate cancer screenings.
The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center has received reaccreditation from the Commission on Cancer, a quality program of the American College of Surgeons.
The University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center has received a full five-year designation from NCI.
