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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has named Welela Tereffe, MD, as chief medical executive. She assumed his new position and j…

Cancer Center at Illinois Cancer Center at Illinois member, Michael Oelze, PhD, and his collaborative breast cancer and ultrasound imaging research with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in To…

Thank you to the communications professionals who consistently provide AACI with news from their cancer centers. The February 2021 issue of AACI Update will be published on Monday, February 1. The de…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center A Phase I/II study led by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found IMGN632, a novel CD123-targeting antibody-d…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center New research findings from Paula Bos, PhD, identified a type of immune cells that acts as a major driver of breast cancer growth by preventing the accumu…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center In 2010, Edward Patz, Jr., MD, and colleagues first identified a unique auto-antibody in some early-stage lung cancer patients, responsibl…

Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center A new paper demonstrates an approach to combining individual tumor genomics and mathematics to personalize the dose of radiation therapy for lung cancer patients…

Stanford Cancer Institute David Miklos, MD, PhD, has been appointed the new division chief of Blood and Marrow Transplantation in Stanford University School of Medicine’s Department of Medicin…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Itzhak Nir, MD, has been appointed the first Elsie P. Barry/Cowboys for Cancer Research Endowed Professor in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary and Oncol…

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Patrick Moore, MD, MPH, distinguished professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was a part of the small co…

UK Markey Cancer Center A new University of Kentucky study provides direct evidence for a testing strategy that could be used to support a shortened period of quarantine for university student…

UK Markey Cancer Center A new study by researchers in the University of Kentucky College of Nursing shows correlations between use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), including e-c…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Y. Lynn Wang, MD, PhD, FACP, recently published a comprehensive review of molecular biomarkers in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The review discusse…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center In two new papers, UC San Francisco and Princeton University scientists present complementary strategies for finding medicines that kill ca…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Stephanie Halene, MD, PhD, has been appointed chief of hematology at Yale Cancer Center, Smilow Cancer Hospital and the Yale School of Medicine Depa…

Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University The Cancer Center at Brown University has announced the funding of eight pilot projects, which were selected from 24 proposals by a panel of expert …

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Jedd Wolchok, MD, PhD, director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, is the recipient of the European So…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center By taking a lesson from prostate cancer, researchers now have a promising lead on a treatment for COVID-19. Two proteins, ACE2 and TMPRSS2, help the …

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Stewart Livsie, manager of maintenance and construction at UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, was recently named by the International Facility Mana…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Cancer patients, especially newly diagnosed and African-American patients, are significantly at risk for COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and mortality, ac…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center The University of Chicago Department of Medicine has announced that Sonali Smith, MD, an expert in lymphoma therapeutics, has bee…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Income level, employment, housing location, medical insurance, education, tobacco and alcohol use, diet and obesity, access to medical care. These ar…

Renowned cancer researcher Ze’ev Ronai, PhD, has been named director of Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute's National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Cancer Center. Dr. Ronai's rese…

Joseph V. Simone, MD, a pioneering clinical investigator and institutional leader in pediatric oncology, died January 21 at the age of 85, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center The University of Kansas Tobacco Treatment Specialist training program has been accredited by the Council for Tobacco Treatment Training Programs, joinin…

Anil K. Rustgi, MD, has joined AACI's Board of Directors. Dr. Rustgi was named director of Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center in 2019. He is also Ir…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University A microbe found in the colon and commonly associated with the development of colitis and colon cancer also may play a role…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Rachel Adams Greenup, MD, MPH, FACS, has been appointed as associate professor of surgery (oncology) and section chief of breast surgery for the Dep…

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center UPMC Hillman Cancer Center recently announced the appointment of Jeremy Rich, MD, MHS, MBA, as deputy director of research. Dr. Rich will also serve as the Pittsburg…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center Jing Chen, PhD, an international leader in cancer metabolism, was recently named the first Janet Davison Rowley Professor in Cancer Res…

AACI congratulated President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on their inauguration and pledged its strong support of their efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic and promote cancer research,…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Over the past 15 years, the cancer center’s Community Advisory Board (CAB) has become one of UCSF’s most instrumental community outreach gr…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine Proteogenomic analysis may offer new insight into matching cancer patients with an effective therapy for their particular…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Research conducted by a team at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center sheds light on the carcinogenic effect of exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiati…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Rates of death from breast cancer are 40 percent higher in Black women than in white women. Research shows the tumors in Black women are more aggressiv…

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS, has joined the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center team as the new physician liaison in hematology and chi…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Bernard Fuemmeler, PhD, and his team have conducted the first-ever systematic review of area-level data reported in the United States between 2006 and 20…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Machine learning-based approaches to risk assessment can be highly effective in predicting various types of cardiac dysfunction among cancer survivors who have…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Thomas A. D’Amico, MD, chief of General Thoracic Surgery and director of the Thoracic Oncology program at Duke Cancer Institute, has been …

Siteman Cancer Center Brian C. Baumann, MD, a radiation oncologist, has been chosen to serve on four national cancer advisory committees: National Association for Proton Therapy Physician Advisory C…

University of Virginia Cancer Center The colons of African Americans and people of European descent age differently, new research reveals. Scientists at the University of Virginia found that o…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center If there’s one piece of advice Chengguo "Chris" Xing, PhD, would give you, it’s to "stress less." Dr. Xing, a UF Health Cancer Center member, sees st…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University In what is believed to be the most comprehensive molecular characterization to date of the most common type of head and ne…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Older minority cancer patients with poor social determinants of health are significa…

UK Markey Cancer Center UK Markey Cancer Center has announced the appointment of Mindy Rogers as director of the Kentucky Cancer Program – East, which is housed within the cancer center. …

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center announces the recruitment of Anna Liza Rodriguez, MSN, MHA, RN, OCN®, NEA-BC, as chief nursing officer and vice president of nurs…

Stanford Cancer Institute Alyce Adams, PhD, has been named the inaugural associate director of Stanford Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Health Equity and Community Engagement. Her research…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland have been awarded a five-year, $3.3 million grant by the Na…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Examining a Mediterranean diet in relation to prostate cancer progression in men on active surveillance, researchers from The University of Te…

Moffitt Cancer Center Moffitt Cancer Center researchers are investigating whether inflammation in the body, a side effect of androgen deprivation therapy, contributes to symptoms such as fatig…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Six UC San Francisco researchers have won a $3 million "Endeavor Award" to build a new research collaborative at the university focused on …

The University of Kansas Cancer Center Jamie Wagner, DO, FACOS, FACS, and Shane Stecklein, MD, PhD, have been appointed to the Breast Oncology Local Disease Task Force of the National Cancer Institu…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center A new understanding of intracellular pathways activated as T cells start to mount an immune response offers clues against graft-versus-host disease, …

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina Craig Lockhart, MD, has been recruited as the new chief of the Division of Hematology & Oncology at the Medical University of S…

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Angela L. Talton has joined City of Hope's executive leadership team as senior vice president and chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer. …

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center An analysis of a large nationally representative longitudinal study reports that starting tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, before the age of 18 is a …

UK Markey Cancer Center A new study by UK Markey Cancer Center researchers shows that DACH1 mutations are prevalent in Kentucky patients with endometrial cancer, suggesting that DACH1 may be a…

Moffitt Cancer Center David Sallman, MD, is leading a national, multicenter clinical trial investigating a new therapy option for patients with TP53-mutant disease. It builds upon the standard…

University of Colorado Cancer Center Sean Davis, MD, PhD, who currently serves as a senior associate scientist at the National Cancer Institute, will serve as the new associate director for in…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Two researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah have received awards from the V Foundation for Cancer Research. Charles R. …

Siteman Cancer Center The Siteman Cancer Network, an affiliation between Siteman Cancer Center and regional medical centers, has added a fourth member, the network’s second in Illinois. Carter…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute have developed an improved approach to treating actinic k…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Michael Green, MD, PhD, noticed that when his patients had cancer that spread to the liver, they fared worse than when cancer spread to other parts o…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed the first comprehensive framework to classify small-cell lun…

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center published promising findings on pre…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center A drug typically prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis may also be effective in treating a rare but potentially deadly heart complication some cancer patients exp…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Internationally prominent gynecologic oncologist Kenneth H. Kim, MD, recently was selected to direct the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Cancer. He also se…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Ken H. Young, MD, PhD, is the new chief of the Hematopathology Division and Duke Cancer Institute Blood Cancer Pathology Service. He direc…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center Melody Swartz, PhD, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine. She was honored for "pioneering contributions" to th…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Best of ASTRO Program Committee has selected an abstract by Raymond Mailhot Vega, MD, MPH, as a 2020 Be…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered how therapeutics targeting RNA splicing can activate antiviral …

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center UPMC Hillman Cancer Center has announced that Yen-Michael Hsu, MD, PhD, will serve as the new director of the Immunologic Monitoring and Cellular Therapeutics Labora…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Christian Hinrichs, MD, has been named chief of the Section of Cancer Immunotherapy and co-director of the Cancer Immunology and Metabolism Center of Exc…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center announces the addition of Joel Helmke, MSHP, FACHE, to its senior leadership team as chief operating officer. Before joining Fox …

AACI is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services as part of its Vaccine Consultation Panel (VCP). Through the VCP, AACI has received periodic updates on the development a…

AACI will jointly host its annual Hill Day with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) on Wednesday, June 9. The event will be held virtually for the second year. All faculty and staff o…

The 13th Annual AACI CRI Meeting will be held virtually July 13-15. The three-day online meeting will deliver the innovative, quality education that AACI members have enjoyed at prior CRI annual meet…

AACI cancer center directors are invited to submit nominations for the 2021 Champion for Cures Award by Monday, February 8. Selected by the AACI Board of Directors, the awardee will have gained disti…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center An experienced executive with a passion for serving cancer patients and exceptional strategic leadership skills has rejoined the Roswell Park Comprehen…

Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University Martin A. Weinstock, MD, will lead a six-year clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a topical medication as a way to prevent skin cancer. …

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Emil J. Freireich, MD, a trailblazing oncologist who developed groundbreaking therapies for childhood leukemia and came to be recognized as a …

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Duke Cancer Institute Deputy Director Steven Patierno, PhD, is principal investigator on a newly awarded $3.5 million NCI Exploratory (P20…

Cancer Center at Illinois Rohit Bhargava, PhD, Cancer Center at Illinois director, was selected as the 2021 recipient of The Optical Society (OSA) Ellis R. Lippincott Award. Co-presented by the OSA,…

Sarah Thayer, MD, PhD, FACS, has been selected as the new director of Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport – Feist-Weiller Cancer Center. The cancer center was established by an act of the Louisiana Board o…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Elizabeth Plimack, MD, MS, chief of the Division of Genitourinary Medical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been appointed chair of the scientific…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation have announced a $3.3 million program to address the cancer burden in …

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center A selenium transport protein produced in the colon helps protect against colitis-associated cancer in an animal model. The findings, by Vanderbilt investigators…

Cancer Center at Illinois Cancer Center at Illinois member, Pengfei Song, PhD, was recently awarded a $2.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for a collaborative project with Ma…

The University of Arizona Cancer Center A $1.5 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is funding a University of Arizona Health Sciences study designed to understand the oc…

Stanford Cancer Institute The Stanford Cancer Institute announces the launch of its Community Partnership Seed Grant Program. The program fosters community-driven cancer prevention and control…

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey George Mason University’s College of Science has announced a $1.33 million collaboration with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Mason’s Center f…

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified how breast cancer c…

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The first randomized Phase II clinical trial to report on single and combined neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in stage I-III n…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine Daniel Hamstra, MD, PhD, is joining Baylor College of Medicine as professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Onco…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) and University of Utah Health welcome Sachin Apte, MD, MS, MBA. He will serve as chief clinical officer of H…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University A commercially available genomic test may help oncologists better determine which patients with recurrent prostate cancer …

Stanford Cancer Institute Homing in on about 20 key genes known to be associated with breast or ovarian cancer is likely to provide patients and their doctors with news they can use, according…

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center VCU Massey Cancer Center and VCU Health System welcome Katie Barnes, MPA, as vice president of the cancer service line, a new collaborative model designe…