David Tom Cooke named associate director of Office of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility at UC Davis

Longevity Consortium receives $45M grant

The Longevity Consortium received a five-year, $45 million grant to move the consortium’s work to its next stage: integrating results from numerous studies about the factors that contribute to longer and healthier lives.

November 01, 2024

Vol.50 No.41

In Brief

Chapman-Davis, Romero Arenas, and Guzman named to Meyer Cancer Center inaugural DEI leadership team

The Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center of Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian Hospital has appointed a trio of physicians and researchers to oversee the center’s first Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion: Eloise Chapman-Davis, Minerva A. Romero Arenas, and Monica L. Guzman.

September 20, 2024

Vol.50 No.35

Guest Editorial

Cancer centers, health providers should clearly signal that they welcome LGBTQI+ patients

So far in 2024, 516 anti-queer bills have been introduced in state legislatures across the country, part of a coordinated effort where bills getting traction in one state are soon parroted by legislators in others.

June 14, 2024

Vol.50 No.24

By NFN Scout

Clinical Roundup

Innovative PET scanner could change the way lung cancer is evaluated and treatment is assessed

Scientists at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer and the UC Davis Department of Radiology have discovered a novel way to image the unique blood supply of the lungs. Their findings, published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, suggest the new method could help determine if lung cancer treatment is working.

June 14, 2024

Vol.50 No.24

Most cancer centers provide paltry resources for meeting NCI’s CCSG mandate to enhance diversity, study shows

Directors of NCI-designated cancer centers are facing a new set of challenges in a polarizing, high-stakes election year.

June 07, 2024

Vol.50 No.23

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Fred Hutch’s Christopher Li: Cancer centers should commit more resources to meet NCI’s Plan to Enhance Diversity requirements

Christopher Li, the Helen G. Edson Endowed Chair for Breast Cancer Research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, understands what it means to be an underrepresented minority at each stage of his academic career.