With NCI funding expected to remain flat through fiscal year 2025, health professionals and leaders in oncology should use this time to amp up institutional efforts to collaborate and rebuild trust in science, NCI Director Kimryn Rathmell said.
To address inequities in cancer health, NCI is collaborating with a diverse team of experts and cancer center directors—named the Cancer Equity Leaders (CEL)—to learn from communities and inform workforce development as well as outreach initiatives.
Sporting a leprechaun’s hat and a giant green bowtie, Matthew Huesser, DBA, conference chairperson and vice president for cancer research administration at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, welcomed over 400 attendees to Philadelphia for the inaugural meeting of the Association of Cancer Center Administrators.
Julie BaumanStephanie V. BlankJulie Bauman and Stephanie V. Blank were named chair and vice chair, respectively, of the NRG Oncology Cancer Prevention & Control Committee.
Matt Kalaycio was named chair of the board of directors at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Christopher H. Lieu was elected as vice chair, succeeding Kalaycio in the position he has held since 2022.
Nancy Hanley Eriksson and Kevin Conroy received John S. McCain Leadership Awards from Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, at the institute’s 2024 Founders Dinner, an annual gathering held April 4 in Scottsdale, AZ.
A clinic at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute and Pelotonia Immuno-Oncology Institute aims to help manage the autoimmune side effects of immunotherapy-based cancer treatment and allow patients to live the fullest life possible both during cancer treatment and long-term as a survivor.
Researchers at NYU Dentistry’s Pain Research Center have been awarded a five-year, $8 million NIH grant to study signaling mechanisms that generate oral cancer pain. The funding is part of the NIH’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, which supports the development of safe and effective therapeutics to treat pain in an effort to end the opioid crisis.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will receive $1 million from the Judd Hill Foundation’s Fund for Excellence in support of the UAMS Northeast Regional Campus and cancer patients in the region.
The FY24 Defense Appropriations Act provides funding for the LCRP to support innovative, high-impact lung cancer research. The managing agent for the anticipated funding opportunities is the CDMRP at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command.
