Kathy Albain was named the inaugural Huizenga Family Endowed Chair in Oncology Research at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
The endowed chair will enable Albain to devote more time to cancer research, and is recognition of the outstanding contributions she has made as a physician, researcher, teacher and mentor. The chair is funded by Heidi Huizenga, one of Albain’s grateful patients, her husband Peter, and her family.
Albain is a professor in the division of hematology/oncology in the department of medicine of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. She is director of Loyola Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center’s breast clinical research program, co-director of the multidisciplinary breast oncology center and director of the thoracic oncology program.
Albain is a leader in national clinical trials of new treatments for breast and lung cancer as well as cancer survivorship research.
