David Spigel has been appointed chief scientific officer of Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, US, and will oversee the development and operations of Sarah Cannon’s clinical research program. Dr. Spigel joined […] Read more
Mark A. Socinski has been appointed Executive Medical Director of the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute, and will oversee the coordination of clinical cancer services for the Florida Hospital network. He will […] Read more
David H. Johnson received the 2016 ASCO Distinguished Achievement Award, which is given annually and recognizes leadership or mentorship by a scientist, practitioner, or researcher who has benefited patients with cancer […] Read more
Laurie Fenton Ambrose received the 2016 James L. Mulshine, MD Leadership Award, which recognized her efforts in guiding patient advocacy and other stakeholder groups in the successful efforts to gain […] Read more
Jeffrey Engelman has been appointed Vice President and Global Head of Oncology at the Novartis Institutes of BioMedical Research. Prior to joining Novartis, Dr. Engelman was Director of the Center for […] Read more
Jean-Marie Cuillerot has been appointed Vice President and Global Head of Clinical Development at Agenus, Inc, Lexington, US, overseeing ongoing clinical development of checkpoint targeted antibodies, including AGEN1884 targeting CTLA-4 and […] Read more
Anton Berns was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). NAS membership is in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Dr. Berns is the Senior Group Leader […] Read more
On July 31, 2016, the lung cancer and oncology research community lost a respected researcher and leader, Gregory Curt, MD, who died at the US Walter Reed National Military Medical […] Read more
Stefania Vallone has been elected President of Lung Cancer Europe (LuCE), which provides a European platform for already existing lung cancer patient advocacy groups and supports the establishment of national […] Read more
Charles Swanton received the Biochemical Society 2016 GSK prize in recognition of distinguished research leading to new advances in medical science. Prof. Swanton is Professor of Cancer Medicine and Chair of […] Read more