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Christine Lovly, MD, PhD Christine Lovly, MD, PhD, and Helena Yu, MD, have been awarded the 2021 EGFR Resisters/LUNGevity Lung Cancer Research Award. Each award totals $200,000 for a two-year term, with funding raised by the more than 2,500 members of the EGFR Resisters, a biomarker-specific patient group that spans 75 countries. Dr. Lovly, an…

Mary Jo Fidler, MD, is now Section Chief for Section of Medical Oncology at Rush Medical College. She has been on staff in medical oncology at RUSH since 2007. Dr. Fidler is a member of both the Communications Committee and ILCN Editorial Group. 

Heather A. Wakelee, MD, has been promoted to Chief of the Division of Oncology at Stanford University. She has also assumed the role of Deputy Director of the Stanford Cancer Institute. Dr. Wakelee has been with Stanford University since 1996 when she began as an internal medicine resident, before becoming chief resident, oncology fellow and…

Leora Horn, MD, MSc, FRCPC, has joined AstraZeneca as the Global Head of Lung Cancer Strategy. Prior to joining AstraZeneca in September 2020, Dr. Horn was an Associate Professor of Cancer Research at Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. 

Associate Professor of Nursing at Yale University, Marianne J. Davies, DNP, MSN, RN, APRN, CNS-BC, ACNP-BC, AOCNP, added Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) to her impressive list of awards and credentials. The fellowship is one of the highest honors a nurse can be invited to apply for and, Ms. Davies was officially…

Alexander Drilon, MD, is now Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Chief of the Early Drug Development (EDD) Service in the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology of the Department of Medicine. In this role, Dr. Drilon oversees early-phase solid tumor drug development. The EDD has an extensive portfolio of molecularly-directed, immunomodulatory and other novel systemic therapies.…

Former President of Uruguay and oncologist, Dr. Tabaré Vázquez, died at age 80 from lung cancer on December 6, 2020. He became the first Socialist leader of Uruguay during his first presidency (2005-2010). Dr. Vázquez implemented some of the most stringent tobacco control measures in the world, which serve as a model for other countries.…

Posted: August 21, 2020 The Chen-Huang Center for EGFR Mutant Lung Cancers, founded at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute earlier this year, is poised to make advances in the study and treatment of this subset of lung cancer. Funded through a $5 million gift from Winston Chen, PhD, and his wife Phyllis Huang, the Chen-Huang Center is…

Posted: August 21, 2020 In addition to her role as a senior research fellow in Trinity College Dublin, Anne-Marie Baird, BSc, PhD, has been elected as the new president of Lung Cancer Europe (LuCE). LuCE is a non-profit umbrella organization that aims to provide a voice for people impacted by lung cancer in Europe. Dr.…