Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (August 25, 2023) — Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center recently received a $3 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health, to evaluate the effectiveness of the Health Enhancement Resource System (HERS) intervention.

PHILADELPHIA (August 23, 2023) — Anjali Albanese, MSW, LSW, OSW-C, a licensed social worker at Fox Chase Cancer Center, will receive the Compassionate Care Award from the Sarcoma Foundation of America (SFA) during SFA’s Stand Up to Sarcoma Gala on September 19 in New York.

PHILADELPHIA (August 18, 2023) — A Fox Chase Cancer Center researcher has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to investigate RNA structure and stability, work that has implications for cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other degenerative diseases and continues the Fox Chase legacy of basic research.

PHILADELPHIA (August 18, 2023) — Vanessa B. Wookey, MD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has received a grant from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Oncology Research Program (ORP) to explore optimizing biomarker-directed therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer.

PHILADELPHIA (August 16, 2023)—Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Dapo Amosu, MS, PharmD, DPLA, as its new Senior Director of Pharmacy.

PHILADELPHIA (August 16, 2023) — Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Nkemdilim Mgbojikwe, MD, as Associate Chief Medical Officer. Mgbojikwe will also serve as an associate professor and a hospitalist in the Department of Medicine.

PHILADELPHIA (August 15, 2023)—Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Christopher G. Cann, MD, as an assistant professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology with a focus on gastrointestinal cancers.

PHILADELPHIA (August 15, 2023) — Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to welcome Rebecca M. Shulman, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology. Shulman recently concluded her residency training in radiation oncology at Fox Chase, serving for one year as chief resident.