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The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute names Kathleen Fedoronko, MSN, RN, OCN, as the new chief nursing officer and vice president of Patient Care Services at Karmanos Cancer Hospital. Fedoronko brings over 25 years of ambulatory and acute health care leadership, 20 of those years at Karmanos. She assumed the position in June after Kathleen Carolin, RN, BSN, MSA, the former CNO, retired. “I’ve dedicated my career to oncology nursing, and it's been my goal to continue leading excellent nurses at one o...

Wayne State University (WSU) marked a major milestone in its mission to advance health and scientific discovery with the groundbreaking of the Health Sciences Research Building (HSRB) on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. This transformative, $200 million, 160,000-square-foot facility will drive next-generation opportunities for innovation, collaboration and community engagement. The groundbreaking ceremony – held at the building’s future site at 545 E. Canfield Street in Midtown Detroit – brought together state, ...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute’s Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) has continued its Community Conversations on Cancer series in 2025 in partnership with the Detroit Public Library. The program invites members of the public to dialogue about current cancer research and treatment, improved health outcomes, and a deep understanding of a cancer diagnosis. The 2025 series includes six events, each a collaborative, informative discussion introducing the community to a different asp...

The National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Anna Gottschlich, Ph.D., M.P.H., member of the Population Studies and Disparities Research Program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and assistant professor of Oncology in the Wayne State University School of Medicine, a five-year, $916,545 career development award to support her research on the epidemiology of cancer health disparities and early detection and interception strategies to improve cancer equity. The g...

Latonya Riddle-Jones, M.D., MPH, assistant director of Clinical Outreach at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and associate professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, has been selected as a fellow in the 2026 Class of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) program at Drexel University College of Medicine. ELAM is the nation’s premier leadership training program for women in academic medicine, dentistry, public health, and pharma...

Hayley Thompson, Ph.D., associate center director of Community Outreach and Engagement, faculty supervisor of the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, and professor of Oncology at Wayne State University (WSU), was selected to participate in the HERS Leadership Institute’s program for academic leadership development with support from WSU leadership. The program focuses on values-driven, equity-minded leadership while encouraging practical learning...

The Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) has again awarded KSP , McLaren’s Specialty Pharmacy, as a 2024 Specialty Pharmacy Pioneer in URAC’s Leaders in Performance Measurement (LPM) recognition program. As a URAC-accredited organization, this distinction shows that KSP continues demonstrating a commitment to improving health care quality and well-being through performance measurement. As a specialty pharmacy, KSP provides needed medications for patients with complex diseases or whose care...

The  Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute is gearing up for the third annual Classic Cars for the Cure on Saturday, Sept. 20. Tickets are now available for this high-energy evening highlighting Michigan’s love of automobiles. This year’s event will support cancer research at Karmanos. “We are honored to invite our friends in Detroit, throughout Southeast Michigan and worldwide, to a special event,” Deborah Savoie, Karmanos Cancer Institute Board of Directors, said. “This year’s Classic Cars for th...

A $300,000 grant from Exhale – The Family Caregiver Initiative will allow the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute to continue providing its Give Yourself a Break Today program, a healing arts program for family caregivers and cancer thrivers. This gift supports the program for three years in partnership with other community groups. In Michigan alone, there are over 1.7 million family caregivers. Cancer is an incredibly relentless disease that takes a toll on patients tremendously. Cancer does not just...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, cancer centers, and other organizations nationwide recognize July as Sarcoma Awareness Month. Sarcomas are rare tumors that make up about 1% of all adult cancers and 15% of childhood cancers. In 2025, over 13,500 new cases of sarcoma will be diagnosed in the U.S. Karmanos offers an expert team dedicated to diagnosing and treating these uncommon tumors. What is Sarcoma? “Sarcomas are cancers originating in bone or soft tissues, for example, fat, muscle, nerves, ...