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“This is our time, and the time is now”—Chapman tells us about Jefferson’s final push for Comprehensive designation
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“This is our time, and the time is now”—Chapman tells us about Jefferson’s final push for Comprehensive designation

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health can add the word “Comprehensive” to its name, becoming the 57th institution to earn this top-level designation from NCI. 
April 19, 2024
Vol.50 No.16
By Paul Goldberg
Association of Cancer Center Administrators holds inaugural meeting in Philadelphia
Guest Editorial

Association of Cancer Center Administrators holds inaugural meeting in Philadelphia

Sporting a leprechaun’s hat and a giant green bowtie, Matthew Huesser, DBA, conference chairperson and vice president for cancer research administration at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, welcomed over 400 attendees to Philadelphia for the inaugural meeting of the Association of Cancer Center Administrators. 
April 12, 2024
Vol.50 No.15
By Lauren Langbein
Edith Mitchell, medical oncologist, champion of health equity, and brigadier general, dies at 76
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Edith Mitchell, medical oncologist, champion of health equity, and brigadier general, dies at 76

Edith P. Mitchell, a medical oncologist, champion of health equity, and the first woman physician to attain the rank of U.S. Air Force brigadier general, died unexpectedly Jan. 21. She was 76. 
January 26, 2024
Vol.50 No.04
By Alexandria Carolan
Breaking barriers:  Edith Mitchell’s extraordinary life
FreeIn the Archives

Breaking barriers: Edith Mitchell’s extraordinary life

Edith P. Mitchell, a pioneering researcher in cancer health disparities, director of the Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities, professor of medicine and medical oncology, and enterprise vice president for cancer disparities at Jefferson Health’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, died Jan. 21. 
January 26, 2024
Vol.50 No.04
In Brief

Edith Mitchell named enterprise vice president for cancer disparities at Jefferson SKCC

Edith P. Mitchell, director of the Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities and clinical professor of medicine and medical oncology, was named enterprise vice president for cancer disparities at Jefferson Health’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center.
February 17, 2023
Vol.49 No.07
A Super Bowl LVII challenge: It’s Chiefs/KU vs. Eagles/SKCC
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A Super Bowl LVII challenge: It’s Chiefs/KU vs. Eagles/SKCC

One city is famous for its cheesesteaks. The other—a known hotspot for some of the country’s best barbecue. 
February 10, 2023
Vol.49 No.06
By Matthew Huesser and Christine Thomas
In Brief

Wm. Kevin Kelly appointed chair of medical oncology at Thomas Jefferson

Wm. Kevin Kelly was appointed chair of the Department of Medical Oncology for the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, effective Jan. 1.
January 13, 2023
Vol.49 No.02
In Brief

Alessandro Fatatis named associate director of basic research at SKCC

Alessandro Fatatis was named associate director for basic research at Jefferson Health’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center.
December 09, 2022
Vol.48 No.44
In Brief

Jefferson Health/Sidney Kimmel establishes geriatric oncology center

Jefferson Health’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center has formed the Geriatric Oncology Center of Excellence to address the needs of a growing patient population through innovative research and care delivery methods via a multidisciplinary approach.  
November 18, 2022
Vol.48 No.42
In Brief

Terry Hyslop named Cancer Risk and Control Program co-leader and director of Center for Health Equity at SKCC

Terry Hyslop  was named co-leader of the Cancer Risk and Control Program at Jefferson Health’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center named. 
October 21, 2022
Vol.48 No.38

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