Names & News

Posted: June 2018 The 2018 Heine H. Hansen Award recipient was IASLC Lung Cancer News Associate Editor Fabrice Barlesi, MD. The award was presented at the 2018 European Lung Cancer […]

Posted: June 2018 IASLC past-president Frances Shepherd, MD, has been awarded the 2018 Canada Gairdner Wightman Award for outstanding career leadership in medicine and medical science. Dr. Shepherd is a […]

Posted: June 2018 Pasi A. Janne, MD, PhD, was awarded the Second AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translational and Clinical Cancer Research. The award is given to […]

Posted: June 2018 Primo N. Lara, Jr., MD, has been named director of the National Cancer Institute–designated UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, leading a team of more than 300 scientists […]

Posted: February 2018 Laurie E. Gaspar, MD, MBA, has been elected as the 2019- 2020 Treasurer of ASCO. Dr. Gaspar is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Radiation Oncology at […]

New IASLC Foundation Board Member Posted: February 2018 Dr. Paoletti is the Chairman of the Board for Genmab, PsiOxus Therapeutics (Chairman of the Board), FORMA Therapeutics, and Nucana Biomed. He […]

Posted: February 2018 Howard A. “Skip” Burris III, MD, has been elected to serve as the 2019-2020 President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) for the term beginning […]

New IASLC Foundation Board Member Posted: February 2018 Mr. Ratner is the Executive Chairman of Forest City Ratner Cos., a New York-based real estate development company, which he started in […]

Posted: February 2018 Tony S. K. Mok, BMSc, MD, has been elected to an International Oncologist seat of the 2019-2020 ASCO Board of Directors. Dr. Mok is the Li Shu […]

Posted: February 2018 John V. Heymach, MD, PhD, has been named a Fellow (Medical Sciences) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Heymach is the Chair […]