Awards, Appointments, Announcements

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▪ Lainie P. Martin, M.D., joined the department of medical oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia as an attending physician.

▪ John T. Hunt, Ph.D., was voted chairperson-elect of the chemistry in cancer research working group of the American Association for Cancer Research. He is executive director of oncology drug discovery at Bristol-Myers.

▪ Nicholas J. Vogelzang, M.D., F.A.C.P., was appointed chair of the board of directors at the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation in Santa Barbara, Calif.

▪ Mark A. Morgan, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., F.A.C.S., was named chief of gynecologic oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

▪ Asif R. Harsolia, M.D., of William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich.; Sandeep S. Hunjan, Ph.D., of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; and Ping Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., of Institute Gustave Roussy in France, were awarded the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology's 2006 poster recognition awards.