Dr. Scott Tagawa, of the Division of Hematology/Oncology, has received a Clinical Trial Award from the U.S. Department of Defense as part of its Prostate Cancer Research Program. The grant, in the amount of $750,000, will fund a multi-center clinical trial focusing on targeted radiotherapy in prostate cancer over the course of three years.
The Breast Cancer Research Group in the division of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Medicine is dedicated to improving and extending the lives of patients. As such, there are several different programs under the umbrella of the Breast Cancer Research Program.
The film is the centerpiece of a new blood disease awareness campaign from the American Society of Hematology (ASH), which was launched in September of this year. More information about the campaign, called "Blood: The Vital Connection", can be found in a recent issue of The Hematologist.
Tomer Mark, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology, has been appointed to the first Morton Coleman Assistant Professorship in Multiple Myeloma. The new endowed professorship was established in honor of Dr. Coleman by the generous gift of Linda Rodgers Emory.
The four-day conference featured many exciting oral and poster presentations. These were chosen by peer-reviewers from abstracts submitted prior to the meeting highlighting the latest, most promising developments in scientific research. The Plenary Scientific Session and named lectures on specialized areas provided hematologists with a forum to discuss critical issues in their field.
