Katrina Armstrong to lead Vagelos Institute for Basic Biomedical Research at Columbia

Richard Pazdur joins Friendsboard

Friends of Cancer Research announced the election of Richard Pazdur to the organization’s board of directors.

June 05, 2026

Mina Sedrak and Vijaya Raj Bhatt to co-lead Alliance’s committee on cancer care for older adults

Mina Sedrak, director of the UCLA Center for Cancer and Aging and director of Cancer Control and Survivorship Research at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Vijaya Raj Bhatt professor and medical director of the Leukemia Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, were selected to serve as co-chairs of the Cancer in the Older Adult Committee for The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology.

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Vol.52 No.22

Cancer Policy

FDA’s acting drug chief, acting vaccines chief, and chief of staff ousted in the wake of Makary departure

In further major FDA shake-ups, three top regulators left the agency on May 15, just days after the resignation of Commissioner Marty Makary.

May 22, 2026

Vol.52 No.20

By Claire Marie Porter

In Brief

Charles Rudin named cancer center director at MSK

Charles Rudin was appointed director of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, effective June 1.

May 22, 2026

Vol.52 No.20

In Brief

Albert Koong named chief scientific officer at MD Anderson

Albert Koong was appointed chief scientific officer at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center effective June 1.

May 22, 2026

Vol.52 No.20

In Brief

Nhan L. Tran to join TGen faculty as distinguished professor

Nhan L. Tran was named distinguished professor, vice president of Cancer Discovery and Translation, co-director of the Immunology and Microbiome Division, and scientific director of the Microbiome and Immuno-Oncology program at the Translational Genomics Research Institute, which is part of City of Hope.

May 15, 2026

Vol.52 No.19

Katrina Armstrong to lead Vagelos Institute for Basic Biomedical Research at Columbia

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