Controversies at MD Anderson
Turmoil in Texas: DePinho Recommended AVEO Stock on CNBC Six Days After FDA Said New Trial Was Needed
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When surveyed by the Faculty Senate in October 2012, nearly a third of faculty members at MD Anderson Cancer Center who responded said they were likely to leave the institution within three years.
A year before Kapil Mehta's tenure term expired last August, the 11-member Promotions and Tenure Committee at MD Anderson Cancer Center had unanimously recommended renewal.
The Presidential Veto Within two years, DePinho had vetoed more tenure renewals than the previous president, John Mendelsohn, had in seven. Recent denials of tenure in cases where applicants received unanimous recommendations from the PTC prompted the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate to investigate the renewal process. “There has been some concern that the...
The Case of Kapil MehtaBefore his tenure ran out, Mehta sought to change DePinho's mind. He appealed the decision, and a second independent committee, the Faculty Appeals Panel, supported the PTC recommendation.
In a long-awaited survey of employees at MD Anderson Cancer Center, faculty members show a significant drop in approval scores for the administration's executive leadership, in comparison with the last time the survey was administered in 2012.
“Much to Be Proud Of”In an email to employees, titled, “A BIG thank you,” DePinho lauded the high response rate, saying that the survey scores were favorable.
MD Anderson Cancer Center's uninterrupted seven-year stretch as the top cancer hospital in the U.S. News & World Report rankings has come to an end.
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas last month awarded 101 new grants: 84 for research, 15 for prevention and two for product development.
UT Board Announces Support For MD Anderson Tenure SystemBy Matthew Bin Han Ong
The ten-year period of erosion that followed the doubling of the NIH budget has hit some research institutions harder than others.
Faculty members at MD Anderson Cancer Center are arguably the most intensely watched cohort in academic medicine. Their angst has been measured four times by three administrative entities over two years.
According to MD Anderson administration, Eugenie Kleinerman “decided to step down as Head, Division of Pediatrics, and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, effective Feb. 9 in order to pursue her interests in new initiatives in adolescent and young adult cancer.”
Faculty Urges UT System to Help Fix MD Anderson's Woes
There will be no more faculty surveys at MD Anderson, UT System Chancellor William McRaven pledged to the institution's faculty in a closed-door meeting March 18.
A Story in Mugshots: from left, Jerald Cobbs, former CPRIT chief commercialization officer; Texas Governor Rick Perry; and Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg. The indictment of Texas Governor Rick Perry by a Travis County grand jury brings together two complex subplots: The controversy over the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, which came into...
