The National Cancer Institute approved the following clinical research studies last month.
Cancer centers that continue to experience pandemic-induced shortages in staffing their clinical research enterprise may soon be able to rely on support from NCI’s Virtual Clinical Trials Office to open studies and accrue patients.
Leaders of three health agencies presented new initiatives focused on patient-centered research, diversity in clinical trial enrollment, and innovation in clinical research.
The NCI Board of Scientific Advisors approved five new concepts and 17 reissue concepts at a joint meeting of the BSA and the National Cancer Advisory Board June 11-12.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Rice University formed the Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative to develop innovative technologies and bioengineering approaches to improve cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment.
The Snyder estate, now being sold by ACS. Source: Google, ©2024 AirbusThe American Cancer Society is selling the 25,000 square-foot mansion that was donated to the society by former Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder and his wife Tanya Snyder, a breast cancer survivor, in March (The Cancer Letter, March 29, 2024).
Vivek S. Kavadi was named CEO of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. He will succeed Laura Thevenot, who has led the organization since 2002.
Miguel Villalona Calero was named deputy director of the University of California, Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and division chief for hematology/oncology. He will start on July 8.
Zachary SteinhartMaxwell FoiseyDebolina GangulySean Yamada-HunterThe Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, a collaborative consortium of the world’s leading immuno-oncology experts, named its 2024 class of Early Career Researcher awardees.
The Wistar Institute’s Noam Auslander, assistant professor in the Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program at the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center, was awarded a $600,000 Women Scientists Innovation Award for Cancer Research grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
