October, 2009

Better Than Ever 2009-2010 Grant Award Winners

Better Than Ever is an Arizona Cancer Center fitness training and fundraising program. We are pleased that the $210,000 distributed this year brings the 9 year grant distribution total to more than $1.5 million. Learn more about the 2009-2010 grant award winners.

Margaret E. and Fenton L. Maynard
Margaret E. and Fenton L. Maynard

Retired retail executive donates $5 million to Arizona Cancer Center

The late Fenton L. Maynard of Phoenix committed a $5 million gift from his estate to the Arizona Cancer Center to create the Margaret E. and Fenton L. Maynard Excellence in Breast Cancer Research Endowment. This is the largest gift for research activities made to the Cancer Center in its 33-year history.

Arizona Cancer Center members receive $4 million in federal stimulus grants

Nineteen Arizona Cancer Center members have been awarded a total of $4 million in federal National Institutes of Health stimulus grants through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD; George Watts, PhD; and David S. Alberts, MD
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD; George Watts, PhD; and David S. Alberts, MD

Congratulations Arizona Cancer Center 40 Under 40 winners

The Arizona Cancer Center congratulates three of its researcher/members and a community advisory board member on being selected as winners of the Tucson-area 40 Under 40 awards, which honor young community leaders.

Dr. Chambers
Dr. Chambers

Setsuko K. Chambers, MD, elected to Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Setsuko K. Chambers, MD, director of Women’s Cancers at the Arizona Cancer Center has been elected a member of the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention logo
Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention logo

Arizona Cancer Center Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention awarded $15.7 million

The Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention (NACP) has been awarded a $15.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to continue developing sustainable solutions to cancer disparities among Native Americans.

Mark Gilbert heads clinical professional development

Mark D. Gilbert, MD, has been named director of clinical professional development at the Arizona Cancer Center.

Alfred M. Cohen
Alfred M. Cohen

Alfred M. Cohen, MD, named Arizona Cancer Center surgical director

Alfred M. Cohen, MD, has been named surgical director at the Arizona Cancer Center and will guide the Department of Surgery oncologists.