Andrew Hyland, PhD, Chair of the Department of Health Behavior at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) is a featured speaker at the New York State Cancer Prevention Summit, Wednesday, May 20 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in New York City.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has received $6.19 million in research grant funding, including a five-year, $2.01 million National Cancer Institute grant to Xuefang Cao, MD, PhD, Assistant Member in the Department of Immunology.

Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, Cancer Center Deputy Director, Executive Director of the Center for Immunotherapy, and Chair of the Department of Gynecologic Oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) is a featured presenter during the special consortia of the 2015 annual meeting of the New York State Stem Cell Science Program (NYSTEM), Thursday, May 14 at Rockefeller University, New York, NY.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute joined a coalition of leading public health organizations calling for inclusion of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in the New York State Clean Indoor Air Act.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) received a prestigious New York Emmy® for the video “Cancer Can’t Win – Strong.” The video is one segment of a three-part documentary that aired in primetime in three New York state markets in autumn 2014. This video episode tells the story of two Roswell Park patients’ cancer journeys.

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is hosting a capitol briefing titled “Electronic Cigarettes: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You” in room H-137, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC on Thursday, May 14 from Noon to 1 p.m.

Research found no racial or ethnic disparities among patients who participate in the Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. The results were published in a recent issue of the journal Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation.