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Awards, Appointments, Announcements
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) presented several awards at its recent annual meeting: Alfred G. Knudson, M.D., Ph.D., a distinguished scientist and senior adviser to the president at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, received the AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research. Knudson was honored for his development of the "two-hit" model, which launched the discovery and study of tumor suppressor genes.
Lewis C. Cantley, Ph.D., professor of systems biology at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Signal Transduction at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, both in Boston, received the eighth annual Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research, for his leadership in the field of signal transduction.
W. Marston Linehan, M.D., chief of the Urologic Oncology Branch in the National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research, has received the Barringer Medal from the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons in recognition of his research into the molecular genetics analysis of urologic malignancies and his commitment to involving urologists in the treatment of kidney cancer.
The Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation has honored four contributors to the cause of cancer early detection and prevention:
Dale Mintz, M.P.H., national director of women's health for Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, has been awarded the Cancer Prevention Laurel for Advocacy.
Paul Limburg, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has been awarded the Cancer Prevention Laurel for Dedication to Community Service.
Richard Wender, M.D., alumni professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, has been awarded the Cancer Prevention Laurel for National Leadership for his efforts on behalf of colorectal cancer screening.
U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter, who represents New York's 28th Congressional District, has been awarded the Cancer Prevention Laurel for Public Service for her efforts to promote cancer screening and education and to increase federal funding for research in cancers affecting women.
Francine Foss, M.D., director of the Lymphoma and Experimental Therapeutics Group at Tufts New England Medical Center, has been appointed Professor of Medical Oncology at the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Conn.
S. Clifford Schold Jr., M.D., has been named the first physician-in-chief at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Fla. The position was created to enhance the service, academic, and research endeavors of the Moffitt Cancer Center faculty. Schold is the chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology at the University of South Florida College of Medicine and associate center director for clinical affairs at the Moffitt Cancer Center.
Douglas Dean, Ph.D., has been named to the Rounsavall Chair of Ocular Cancer Biology at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. Dean, who joins the University of Louisville from Washington University in St. Louis, has appointments in the Cancer Center and the Department of Ophthalmology.
The National Naval Medical Center and the Medical Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute will host the first annual Daniel C. Ihde, M.D., Memorial Lecture on June 3. The lecture series honors former NCI deputy director Dan Ihde, who died in December 2004. John Minna, M.D., Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research and Max L. Thomas Distinguished Chair in Molecular Pulmonary Oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, will give a lecture entitled "Molecular Pathogenesis of Lung Cancer With Translation to the Clinic."
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