© 2000 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 24, 1977-1978,
December 20, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press
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Awards, Appointments, Announcements
Jean F. Jenkins, Ph.D., R.N., was invited to become a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Jenkins is a clinical nurse specialist consultant at the National Cancer Institute, Division of Clinical Sciences, Genetics Section of the Medicine Branch, where she is responsible for cancer genetic studies including biomedical and nursing research.
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The American Academy of Nursing is an organization of leaders in nursing who have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to the profession and to health care.
Caro Honored
Susan W. Caro, director of the Family Cancer Risk Service at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, received the Frances Williams Preston Award for Breast Cancer Awareness.
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Caro is the director of Vanderbilt-Ingram’s Family Cancer Risk Service, which was designed to help individuals assess their inherited risk for cancer and make appropriate decisions based on true risk. She is a member of the Susan G. Komen Foundation board and serves as its co-chair for education.
The Frances Williams Preston Award is named for the president and chief executive officer of the international music rights organization BMI.
Commercial Wins Award
AstraZeneca, Wilmington, Del., won an International Health & Medical Media Award, also known as a FREDDIE Award, for its breast cancer awareness commercial, "Myths."
The awards are given by Time Inc. Health to recognize excellence in health care marketing, advertising, and education. AstraZeneca’s commerical was produced by Medicus Group International, New York, and was a campaign for its drug Nolvadex®. The commercial generated more than 700,000 phone calls to a toll-free number for more information.
UPCI Honors Five
The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute recently honored five people for their outstanding acheivements.
Merrill Egorin, M.D., professor of medicine and pharmacology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, received the UPCI Scientific Leadership Award. Egorin’s work translates basic research discoveries of potential treatment medications into the development of more effective cancer therapies.
Rowena Schwartz, Pharm.D., director of UPCI’s Pharmacy Program and associate professor of pharmacy and therapeutics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, received the UPCI Excellence in Patient Care Award.
Ramesh K. Ramanathan, M.D., director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center at UPCI, was the recipient of the Leo S. Criep Award for Excellence in Patient Care. Dr. Ramanathan is UPCI’s lead oncologist for the medical treatment of colon, rectal, and other gastrointestinal cancers.
William Cooper, M.D., J.D., received the Arthur F. McNulty Civic Leadership Award. Dr. Cooper is a physician at UPMC Shadyside and has held various academic positions at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He serves as chairman of the board of directors of the Shadyside Hospital Foundation.
Karlotta Ashby is the recipient of the Excellence in Administrative and Technical Support Award. Ms. Ashby is the oncology registrar supervisor in the clinical research services department and is responsible for collecting data for various clinical trials.
Society Names President
Robert O. Dillman, M.D., medical director of the Hoag Cancer Center, Newport Beach, Calif., is the new president of the Society of Biological Therapy.
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Dillman’s research focuses on cancer treatment with monoclonal antibodies, interleukin-2, interferon, autologous tumor cell vaccines, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, and lymphokine activated killer cells. He will serve as president of the society until 2002.
Ungerleider Leaves NCI
Richard S. Ungerleider, M.D., was named senior vice president for clinical affairs at Theradex, Princeton, N.J.
He has been chief of the National Cancer Institute’s Clinical Investigations Branch since 1990.
Theradex is a clinical contract research company that specializes in the development of new oncologic agents.
Crossley Appointed
John D. Crossley, Ph.D., vice president for operations and nursing practice and head of the Division of Nursing at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, has been appointed to a 4-year term on the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice. He was named to the post by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala.
The council advises and makes recommendations to Shalala and the U. S. Congress on a range of nursing education and practice matters.
Shalala Named
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala will become president of the University of Miami, Fla., effective June 1.
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Shalala is the longest serving secretary in the history of the Department of Health and Human Services.
She will complete her term as secretary Jan. 20.
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