Awards, Appointments, Announcements

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▪ Adam P. Dicker, M.D., Ph.D. , was appointed vice chair for translational research of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. Dicker is an associate professor of radiation oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

▪ Joan Massagué, Ph.D., of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, was awarded the 2005 Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology in Biological and Medical Sciences. The awards were given by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

▪ Veda N. Giri, M.D., was named director of the Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Giri has been working at Fox Chase Cancer Center since 2004.

▪ Margaret L. Kripke, Ph.D., was appointed to a second 3-year term on the President's Cancer Panel by President George W. Bush. Kripke is the executive vice president and chief academic officer at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.