The Association of American Cancer Institutes presented three awards at its annual meeting Oct. 20-22:
Kevin G. Billingsley, Roy H. Decker, Megan King, Carla Rothlin, Katerina Politi, Don Nguyen and Mark Lemmon have taken on leadership positions at Yale Cancer Center.
Jyoti Patel will join Northwestern Medicine as medical director of Thoracic Oncology and assistant director for Clinical Research at the Lurie Cancer Center this November. Patel, an expert in lung cancer and other thoracic cancers, will also serve as associate vice chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Medicine.
The National Cancer Institute gave an $8.6 million grant to The University of Arizona Cancer Center for the UA Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network.
A drug pricing bill (HR-3) supported by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will come to the floor of the House of Representatives for a full vote later this month.
The International Atomic Energy Agency and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are working to combat childhood cancers in developing countries with training for radiotherapy professionals and research support for pediatric radiation oncology.
Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta received a $20 million donation to develop a fund for clinical trials to develop drugs and treatments for childhood cancer from Peachbowl inc. The donation established the Peach Bowl LegACy fund.
The National Academy of Medicine announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting Oct. 21.
By allowing cancer centers to extend their Cancer Center Support Grant award period from five to seven years, NCI hopes to enable eligible centers to spend less time preparing for a grant renewal in favor of conducting more research and setting long-term goals.
NCI-designated cancer centers will soon be able to extend their Cancer Center Support Grant award period from five years to seven years, depending on merit at peer review, sustained exceptional progress, stability, and longevity of the cancer center.
