From landmark research investments to peer mentorship programs, here are 20 recent oncology partnerships to know:
- Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Cancer Center joined the Caris Life Sciences' Precision Oncology Alliance network.
- Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health entered a 10-year partnership with Siemens Healthineers affiliate Varian to advance oncology services in the health system as part of a $260 million investment.
- Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Cancer Institute joined Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Cancer's Certificate in Community Outreach and Engagement program.
- New Haven, Conn.-based Yale Cancer Center received a research grant from the American Cancer Society and the oncology focused venture capital firm Yosemite, to further the study of using AI to reduce breast cancer overtreatment among older women.
- Louisville, Ky.-based UofL Health-Brown Cancer Center and the Gibbs Foundation reaffirmed their partnership through a new $3 million investment.
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Mercy Women's Center adopted the Volpara Risk Pathways software program to enhance management of patients with high-risk breast cancer.
- New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai partnered with biotech company BostonGene on a multiple myeloma precision medicine clinical study.
- Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania and the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy renewed their partnership to advance cancer immunotherapy research at Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center.
- University of Houston and Baylor College of Medicine, both based in Houston, received a $44.2 million grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Research to establish the Consortium for Translational and Precision Health.
- Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System and the Cancer Hope Network partnered on a peer mentor volunteer program for Atlantic Health cancer patients and caregivers.
- Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health expanded its same-day, in-home urgent care program to patients of UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center in partnership with DispatchHealth.
- Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health will continue its partnership with digital health company Story Health to enhance patient access to cardiology services.
- The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson joined the Caris Life Sciences' Precision Oncology Alliance network.
- The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy invested $125 million into the institute's network of seven research centers across the U.S. toward the development of cancer immunotherapies.
- Rutgers Cancer Institute in New Brunswick, N.J., and West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health appointed Nirag Jhala, MD, as chief of the Division of Oncologic Pathology at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, also in New Brunswick.
- MUSC Hollings Cancer Center in Charleston, S.C., joined the Caris Life Sciences' Precision Oncology Alliance network.
- New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health appointed Francisco Esteva, MD, PhD, to chief of hematology and medical oncology at Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, and the Manhattan cancer program at Northwell Health Cancer Institute. He also was named director of breast cancer translational research at the cancer institute.
- Oncologists Julia Moukharskaya, MD, and Daniel Rausch, MD, from New England Cancer Specialists, began treating patients at Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare's Cancer Care Center.
- The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy added New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine to its network of research institutions.
- Cleveland-based University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center joined the Caris Life Sciences' Precision Oncology Alliance network.