Bill Nelson, director of Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, is conducting a series of interviews commemorating the cancer center’s 50th anniversary.
More episodes will be released during the cancer center’s 50th anniversary year, and highlighted on the Cancer History Project. Each episode features Nelson in conversation with a guest expert, and explores a topic related to oncology’s history at Johns Hopkins.
These and future 50th anniversary podcasts are available here. Listen to more podcasts featured on the Cancer History Project.
50th anniversary of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center podcast series
- Quantitative Sciences
Bill Nelson speaks with Steven Piantadosi about the origin of quantitative sciences in cancer research. - Drug Development
Bill Nelson and Ross Donehower discuss the origins of the drug development program and its first director, O. Michael Colvin. - Radiation Oncology
Bill Nelson and Ted DeWeese, the interim dean of faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, review the history of radiation oncology at Johns Hopkins. - Director Martin Abeloff
Bill Nelson speaks to Ed Miller, the former dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, about the second director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Martin Abeloff. - Pediatric Oncology
Bill Nelson speaks with Donald Small, the director of pediatric oncology, about the role Johns Hopkins played in the creation of the discipline of pediatric oncology. - The Founding of the Cancer Center
Bill Nelson speaks to Jonathan Simons about the first leaders of the cancer center, Albert Owens and Donald Coffey.
All articles by the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center are available here.
This column features the latest posts to the Cancer History Project by our growing list of contributors.
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