When you hear the words “world famous scientist,” “devoted parent and husband,” “enthusiastic mentor,” and “committed friend,” who comes to mind? I, like many others across the world, think of Dr. C. David Allis. David, a prolific scientist, with over 400 publications and more than 100,000 citations, made many discoveries that have shaped our understanding about how genes are regulated and made a full circle bench-to-bedside impact.
Dr. Jo Anne L. Earp, 79, professor emerita and past chair in the Department of Health Behavior at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, passed away in the early hours of Nov. 18 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, NC.
Dr. Audrey E. Evans, emeritus professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania and the first chief of the Division of Oncology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, died peacefully at her home on Sept. 29, surrounded by loved ones. She was 97.
Nicholas Vogelzang, MD, 72, an internationally recognized oncologist who dedicated his professional life to researching and treating genitourinary cancers as well as mesothelioma, died on Sept. 20.
The breast cancer community has lost a friend, a partner, and a dedicated patient advocate.
Leslie Bernstein, PhD, a trailblazing cancer epidemiologist, died July 28. She was 82.
Richard B. Warnecke, PhD, a longtime member of the University of Illinois Cancer Center and a national leader in cancer control research, died Aug. 19. He was 84.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital mourns the loss of Zoltán Patay, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Diagnostic Imaging. Dr. Patay died suddenly July 22, while visiting family in Budapest. He was 65.
Peter Boyle, FRSE, FFPH, FRCPS(Glas), FRCP(Edin), FMedSci, died after a long illness on July 23 at his home in Lyon, France. He was 71.
Jerome Carl Landry, MD, MBA, a radiation oncologist at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, a professor at Emory University School of Medicine, and former medical director of Grady Memorial Hospital, died recently.
