约翰·门德尔松,医学博士,命名为名誉主席
Former MD Anderson president honored for leadership, contributions to cancer research
校董德州主板的大学已经一致通过任命John Mendelsohn, M.D., as president emeritus of MD Anderson Cancer Center. Mendelsohn, who served asMD安德森’s third full-time president from 1996 to 2011, retired on Aug. 31.
Internationally renowned for hisclinical cancer researchand平移癌症研究乐动体育LDsports中国, Mendelsohn has received numerous honors over the course of his career. Most recently he received theTang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science, which cited his role in conceiving the idea of using antibodies to target the epidermal growth factor receptor.
During Mendelsohn’s 15-year tenure as president ofMD安德森,该机构增加了一倍以上的规模和范围,比增加了四倍的操作和研究预算越来越显著扩大其协作网络,在国内和国际。乐动体育LDsports中国南校区研究计划启用的发展乐动体育LDsports中国Red and Charline McCombs Institutefor the Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer, and MD Anderson’s largest fundraising campaign, Making Cancer History®: The Campaign to Transform Cancer Care, generated more than $1.2 billion in philanthropy.
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