As work advances on a significant expansion of its cellular therapy production and research facilities, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has named Yeong “Christopher” Choi, PhD, MBA, as Senior Vice President of Industry Partnerships and Technical Director of the center’s current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) Facility.

The Roswell Park Care Network, a dynamic alliance of medical providers committed to delivering exceptional care to patients across Western New York and beyond, is pleased to announce new locations, care providers and services as part of ongoing growth and expansion. The Care Network was established in 2019 to expand convenient access to cancer treatment and services guided by experts at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

As bans on menthol tobacco spread across the country and a potential ban looms at the federal level, researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and their colleagues at the University of Southern California (USC) are investigating the tobacco industry’s efforts to circumvent a menthol ban enacted in California in December 2022. Those efforts could signal how they will respond to a nationwide ban on menthol tobacco proposed by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), expected this fall.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Director of Radiation Research Anurag Singh, MD, has been named a 2023 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Fellow. ASTRO is the world’s largest society for radiation oncology professionals. Dr. Singh will receive his FASTRO designation at the Society’s 65th Annual Meeting, which takes place October 1-4 in San Diego, California.