© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 10, 716-717,
May 15, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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Awards, Appointments, Announcements
Robert C. Young, M.D., president of the Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, and Robert F. Ozols, M.D., Ph.D., senior vice president of medical science at Fox Chase, have been awarded the 25th Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer Research, a $50,000 cash prize.
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The research of Young and Ozols has contributed to the understanding of how ovarian cancer and tumor resistance develop. They were the first group to demonstrate that combination therapy for ovarian cancer is more effective than single drugs and were among the first to recognize the importance of platinum compounds in ovarian cancer.
Young and Ozols developed a chemotherapy regimen that has become standard therapy for advanced ovarian cancer.
Three Receive European Prize
Three European scientists have been awarded the 2002 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine, which earns them a cumulative sum of 1.2 million Euros (US $1.08 million) to carry out new research projects.
Karl Tryggvason, M.D., Ph.D., of BioStratum Inc., in Research Triangle Park, N.C., will focus his research on kidney disease and renal filtration.
Timothy J. Richmond, Ph.D., of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, will study DNA transcription factors.
Richard Treisman, Ph.D., of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London, will study gene controlled by a new family of transcription factors.
Three to Receive Coley Award
The Cancer Research Institute, New York, has awarded three scientists with The William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology.
Mark Smyth, Ph.D., of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute in Melbourne, Australia; David H. Raulet, Ph.D., of the University of California at Berkeley; and Lewis L. Lanier, Ph.D. of the University of California at San Francisco each received the award for their work on natural killer cells.
Two Receive Achievement Award
The American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation has awarded two researchers with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Receiving the awards are Bo Dupont, M.D., D.Sc., of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, and Cornell University, and John Hansen, M.D., of the University of Washington, Seattle, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, for their successes in stem cell transplantation using unrelated donors.
Giovino Awarded
Gary Giovino, Ph.D., has received the Doll/Wynder Award for Rearch. Giovino is a senior research scientist in the Department of Cancer Prevention, Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in New York.
Giovino has served as a research professor at the University of Buffalo and Chief of the Epidemiology Branch at the Centers for Disease Control. The award recognizes scientists who have made advances in public health, public policy or epidemiological research on tobacco use and effects of smoking.
Radiation Oncologists Promoted
Three faculty members have been promoted at Thomas Jefferson University Medical College in Philadelphia.
Adam Dicker, M.D., Ph.D., Richard Valicenti, M.D., and Maria Werner-Wasik, M.D., have all been promoted to associate professor of radiation oncology.
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Spitz Awarded
Margaret R. Spitz, M.D., was awarded the American Association for Cancer Research-American Cancer Society Award for Research in Excellence in Epidemiology and Prevention.
Spitz is chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Her research focuses on biomarkers for upper aerodigestive tract cancer.
Rajput Appointed
Ashwani Rajput, M.D., of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in New York has been appointed attending surgeon in the Department of Surgery and assistant professor of the Department of Surgery at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Rajput’s research focuses on the molecular genetics of colon cancer and other gastrointestinal malignancies.
New 5 A Day Partnership
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson and Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announced a new partnership of federal agencies, private industry, and health organizations to support the 5 A Day for Better Health Program.
Under the new alliance, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will expand its role in the National 5 A Day Partnership through programs such as the National School Lunch Program and the Women, Infants, and Children Program. Other participating groups in the alliance include the National Cancer Institute, the Produce for Better Health Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Cancer Society, the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity, the Produce Marketing Association, and the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association.
The 5 A Day program is a public health campaign that encourages people to eat five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day.
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