© 1999 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 7, 592-593,
April 7, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press
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Awards, Appointments, Announcements
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, recognized four faculty members for "outstanding dedication in the workplace" with President's Awards that include a plaque, $1,000 for each recipient, and $5,000 for each recipient's program or department. Winners were:Fazlul Sarkar, Ph.D., won in the basic research category for his contribution to the institute's new Cancer Prevention Program and for his research on chemopreventive agents.
Anthony Shields, M.D., Ph.D., won in the clinical research category for his efforts to develop enhanced PET imaging to evaluate treatment response in cancer patients.
Zora Djuric, Ph.D., won in the community research category for her study of the association between breast cancer and nutrition, recruiting study participants from the community, counseling them on a dietary intervention, and analyzing their blood samples.
Cheryl Grigorian, M.D., won in the clinical care category for her efforts to help women feel comfortable during breast cancer screening.
Becker Honored
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, established the Frederick F. Becker Distinguished University Chair for Cancer Research "to honor the man who helped lead the institution to international recognition in basic and translational research."
John Mendelsohn, M.D., president of M. D. Anderson, said that the chair commemorates Frederick F. Becker, M.D., "who has been instrumental in creating the scholarly climate in which research has flourished" at the center.
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Mendelsohn also said that Becker has been instrumental in recruiting some of the center's "most respected faculty and securing the many physical and financial resources our faculty need for their laboratory research." The chair was established with support from several major donors.
Novartis Names Epstein
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., East Hanover, N.J., named David Epstein as the corporation's chief operating officer. He has been with Novartis and a predecessor company, Sandoz, since 1989. Most recently, he was head of product and consumer businesses at Novartis.
The corporation develops prescription drugs used to treat a number of diseases and conditions, including cancer.
Katz Heads DCLG
The National Cancer Institute named Michael Katz chairman of its Director's Consumer Liaison Group. He also is vice president of the International Myeloma Foundation, chairman of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group's Patient Representative Committee, and chairman of the Association of Cancer Online Resources.
The NCI created the DCLG as a chartered advisory committee. Its members are all patient advocates. Since its creation in late 1997, the group helped create formal collaboration between NCI and the advocacy community and helped develop criteria to allow consumer advocates to serve on peer review groups.
The Web site (http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/ADVISORY/boards.htm) has more information about the DCLG.
Grant to Einstein
A 5-year Bristol-Myers Squibb Unrestricted Cancer Research Grant of $500,000 is going to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, Bronx, N.Y.
The grant will be supervised by Susan Band Horwitz, Ph.D., Falkenstein Professor of Cancer Research and associate director of the cancer center. The "no strings" grant was presented by Robert A. Kramer, vice president for oncology drug discover at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, N.J.
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Since the company initiated the grants program in 1977, more than $23 million has been committed to cancer research at medical research institutions worldwide, the announcement said.
Wisconsin Appointments
The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, announced the appointment of Vanessa Barnabei, M.D., Ph.D., as associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology. The announcement described Barnabei as a gynecologist, medical geneticist, and an investigator of the effects of hormone replacement therapy on diseases and disease risk factors for menopausal women.
Before moving to Wisconsin, Barnabei had been on the faculty of the George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
The college also appointed J. Douglas Rizzo, M.D., as assistant professor of medicine in its Division of Hematology/Oncology and assistant scientific director of both the Statistical Center of the International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry and Autologous Blood and Marrow Transplant Registry.
Rizzo had been a senior clinical fellow in the Departments of Hematology and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore. The registries in Wisconsin develop and maintain databases of bone marrow transplants worldwide, capturing data that can be used in research, and for clinicians and patients involved in treatment.
Upcoming ONS Events
The Oncology Nursing Society, Pittsburgh, recently announced several upcoming events.
ONS will hold the second annual Cancer Fatigue Day April 8, with the theme "Fight Fatigue: It Helps!" The day was established last year as a public education project to educate health-care professionals about fatigue related to cancer treatment and interventions that can help patients who experience the symptom.
The sixth Oncology Nurses Day will be observed April 28, and Oncology Nurses Month will be observed April 28 to May 31. Both the day and the month are intended to recognize oncology nurses, educate the public about oncology nursing, and increase recognition of contributions made by oncology nurses to cancer care.
The society also said that its 24th annual Congress will be held April 28 through May 1 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. More than 5,000 oncology nurses are expected to attend.
Culpeper Scholarships
The Charles E. Culpeper Foundation, Stamford, Conn., is accepting applications until Aug. 16 for its Year 2000 Scholarships in Medical Science Program. The scholarships support the career development of academic physicians.
Four awards of $100,000 a year for 3 years will be made to U.S. medical schools, which may nominate no more than one candidate each. Candidates must have received a medical or equivalent degree no earlier than 1991. They are judged on the basis of a research proposal.
Awards will be announced next January and will be activated July 1, 2000. Application forms and instructions are on the Web at www.culpeper.org. They can be obtained also by calling the foundation at 203-975-1240. The fax number is 203-975-1847.
Cancer Survivors Day
The 12th annual National Cancer Survivors Day will take place in more than 700 communities throughout the United States on Sunday, June 6. The event will honor and celebrate the lives of the approximately 8.2 million cancer survivors in the United States and recognizes health professionals who treat cancer patients.
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Richard Bloch, founding co-chair of Survivors Day, said that "there will be parades, carnivals, concerts, ball games, exhibits, fireworks, contests, dances, and races. The activities are as diversified as the communities holding the events."
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