Leslie A. Crews, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Regenerative Medicine at UC San Diego, was named co-leader of the MCC Hematologic Malignancies Program. Crews will join current co-leader, Thomas Kipps, professor of medicine and Evelyn and Edwin Tasch Chair in Cancer Research.
Jason Sicklick was named co-leader of the Structural and Functional Genomics Research Program at the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. Sicklick will join current co-leader, Jill Mesirov.
Shannon La Cava was named director of the Simms/Mann-UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology.
The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy awards up to $2.9M to eight early-career investigators
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy is recognizing its seventh Early Career Researcher Awards class—eight exceptional graduate and postdoctoral researchers from the PICI Network—a consortium of the world’s leading cancer research institutions, who will share up to $2.9 million total in awards to support their research.
The following institutions have been named to the American Association for Cancer Research’s Project GENIE consortium
Three University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine research teams recently received Collaborative Science Pilot Awards.
Gov. Jim Justice delivered a $50 million check to West Virginia University’s academic and healthcare leaders in the pursuit of earning an official NCI Designation—a first for West Virginia.
MD Anderson Cancer Center and New Orleans-based Ochsner Health are partnering to create Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center in southeastern Louisiana.Â
Sunil J. Advani was named co-leader of the Cancer Biology and Signaling Program at UCSD Moores Cancer Center.
Melody K. Schiaffino was named inaugural associate director for equity, diversity, and inclusion at UCSD Moores Cancer Center.
