THOMAS MERCHANT was named chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Merchant will also hold the Baddia J. Rashid Endowed Chair in Radiation Oncology.
The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has devastated the Ukrainian healthcare infrastructure, disrupting cancer care, halting clinical trials, and compounding long-standing systemic challenges. Even before the war, Ukraine’s oncology system faced major constraints: Limited access to radiotherapy equipment, outdated chemotherapy supply chains, and workforce shortages. The invasion intensified these issues—cancer hospitals were damaged, warehouses destroyed,...
