University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center researcher Scott Okamoto received the 2023 Prevention Science Award from the Society for Prevention Research.
Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, presented more than $11 million in funding through more than 400 grants and awards spanning multiple areas of cancer care, including precision medicine, palliative care, and breast cancer.
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University received renewal of the Comprehensive Cancer Center designation from NCI.
Sara Hurvitz was named senior vice president of the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and head of the newly united Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Washington Department of Medicine.
Moffitt Cancer Center has established a Department of Bioengineering, which will be housed within the Division of Basic Science and led by W. Gregory Sawyer.
Texas Oncology opened a 50,000-square-foot cancer center in Amarillo to meet the growing need for cancer care in the Texas Panhandle region.
Seven scientists will be awarded $600,000 in grants dedicated to osteosarcoma research from MIB Agents, a pediatric osteosarcoma nonprofit. The scientists will be presented their grants at the MIB Agents’ FACTOR Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, this June.
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital established a pediatric-focused fellowship which aims to help address the critical shortage of top young scientists who often seek more prevalent opportunities in adult cancer research or the pharmaceutical sector. The Damon Runyon—St. Jude Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship will fund up to 25 fellowships over eight years, a $9 million investment.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit approved an agreement by the parties on a stay of the remedy in the case of Braidwood v. Becerra, pausing the effect of the lower court’s ruling that threatens access to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended preventive services without cost sharing as required under the Affordable Care Act.
Christina Annunziata was named senior vice president for extramural discovery science at American Cancer Society, where she will oversee relationships with cancer researchers in the United States, leading the ACS grant review process.
