Kim Rathmell named OSUCCC director, Pollock becomes director emeritus in planned leadership transition

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If a Mount Rushmore of Epidemiology were to exist, Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. would be etched into the face of the mountain, former NCI Director Ned Sharpless once told Stephen J. Chanock.

Pamela Munster named inaugural associate director for early detection and interception research at Stanford

Pamela Munster will join the Stanford Cancer Institute as the inaugural associate director for early detection and interception research on Aug. 1.

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Kate Markey named Innovators Network Endowed Chair at Fred Hutch

Kate Markey, an assistant professor at Fred Hutch Cancer Center and UW Medicine, has recently been named the next holder of the Innovators Network Endowed Chair.

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ASTRO elects Beth Erickson president, announces other leadership roles

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Curebound has announced three new key leaders: Mary Meyer as chief advancement officer, Scotty Cadet as chief scientific officer and vice president of research, and Leena Gupta as chief financial officer.

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Patricio Polanco named chief of surgical oncology and surgeon-in-chief at Atrium Health Levine Cancer

Patricio M. Polanco, a surgical oncologist specializing in hepato-pancreato-biliary malignancies and minimally invasive and robotic liver and pancreas surgery, has joined Atrium Health as division chief of surgical oncology, surgeon-in-chief for Atrium Health Levine Cancer in Charlotte, North Carolina and inaugural Richard L. White Jr. Endowed Professor of Surgery at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

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Kim Rathmell named OSUCCC director, Pollock becomes director emeritus in planned leadership transition

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Kim Rathmell named OSUCCC director, Pollock becomes director emeritus in planned leadership transition

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Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr., inventor of molecular epidemiology, was a “gentle giant” who “bet on the good people”Chanock and Brawley reflect on their illustrious mentor

Pamela Munster named inaugural associate director for early detection and interception research at Stanford

Kate Markey named Innovators Network Endowed Chair at Fred Hutch

ASTRO elects Beth Erickson president, announces other leadership roles

Mary Meyer, Scotty Cadet, Leena Gupta named to executive leadership roles at Curebound

Patricio Polanco named chief of surgical oncology and surgeon-in-chief at Atrium Health Levine Cancer

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Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr., inventor of molecular epidemiology, was a “gentle giant” who “bet on the good people”
Chanock and Brawley reflect on their illustrious mentor