The Tampa General Hospital Cancer Institute has been accepted into the Association of American Cancer Institutes, a recognition of its commitment to excellence in cancer research, treatment, education, and community outreach and engagement.
CTMC, a joint venture between Resilience and MD Anderson Cancer Center, has entered into a collaborative partnership with Einstein Hospital Israelita in Sao Paulo, Brazil, aimed at accelerating the adoption of cell therapy in Brazil and all of Latin America.
The START Center for Cancer Research, the world’s largest community-based network specializing in early-phase oncology clinical trials, together with HM Hospitales, announced the launch of a pediatric onco-hematology clinical research unit at HM Montepríncipe University Hospital in Madrid.
Cornelia UlrichDiane M. SimeoneBarry P. SleckmanCornelia Ulrich was selected to serve as vice president/president-elect of the Association of American Cancer Institute’s board of directors. Ulrich is chief scientific officer and executive director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah.
Paul Boutros was named director of the NCI-designated Basic Laboratory Cancer Center at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute.
NCI has awarded a five-year, $11.2 million Cancer Health Disparities Specialized Program of Research Excellence in Endometrial Cancer grant to Victoria Bae-Jump and Hazel Nichols at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Ruth Rechis was named chief prevention officer the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas.
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have been awarded a $22.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of War to lead studies and clinical trials for leptomeningeal disease, a devastating complication of breast and other cancers that spreads to the coverings of the brain and spinal cord.
The University of Kansas Cancer Center is poised to be part of a deal called “Name, Image and Likeness” that will benefit cancer research and engage KU basketball student-athletes.
From left to right: Geoffrey Shapiro, Leif Ellisen and Nancy Lin. Sitting below them is Kornelia Polyak.The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, a cancer research consortium comprised of five of Boston’s academic medical centers, including Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital, has been awarded an NCI grant to continue its Specialized Program of Research Excellence in Breast Cancer.
