Roy S. Herbst, deputy director of Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital and assistant dean for translational research at Yale School of Medicine, was elected to the Friends of Cancer Research Board of Directors.
A multidisciplinary team of experts in lung cancer screening and implementation science from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, an independent charitable organization, to spearhead a new initiative aimed at reducing disparities in lung cancer screening across Los Angeles County.
