Ryan Schoenfeld was named chief executive officer of The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research. Schoenfeld will oversee the foundation’s scientific programs, investments, and operations, and will be responsible for shaping how The Mark Foundation allocates the $500 million in additional funding recently committed by its founder (The Cancer Letter, Feb. 18, 2022).
With major leadership changes, grant disruptions and terminations, and a stoked distrust in science, Steven Artandi, the director of Stanford Cancer Center, worries that young investigators will feel disenchanted by the U.S. research atmosphere and take their work and study elsewhere.
