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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...

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...

Regina Doxtader, vice president and chief financial officer at the  Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute , has been named to Crain’s Detroit’s 2025  Notable Leaders in Finance . Doxtader joined Karmanos in 2022. With over 35 years of health care financial leadership experience, she provides direction and oversight of financial planning, budgeting, and capital evaluation, as well as strategic financial insights related to growth initiatives, cost efficiency opportunities and network developmen...

Arnold D’Ambrosio , chief development officer at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute , has been named to Crain’s Detroit’s 2025 Notable Leaders in Philanthropy . D’Ambrosio joined Karmanos in 2023 and leads fundraising strategy and execution. He has been instrumental in securing support for the organization's continued success by fostering strong relationships with corporate and community leaders, charitable foundations, board members, and volunteers. Since joining Karmanos, D’Ambrosio has success...

Cinzia Caparso, Ph.D., RN, an assistant professor in the Wayne State University College of Nursing and a member of the Population Studies and Disparities Research (PSDR) Program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute , has been named one of 12 national honorees for the prestigious 2025 Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Science Honor by the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR).  This annual honor recognizes early-stage investigators ...

Wei-Zen Wei, Ph.D., founding co-Chair of the Immunology Focus Group, member of the Tumor Biology and Microenvironment Research Program , and renowned faculty member at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University School of Medicine, has been honored with the appointment to the rank of Distinguished Service Professor. Dr. Wei, who is also the Herrick Endowed Chair of Cancer Research, is recognized for her extraordinary service outside her discipline and outside WSU that broug...

A Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University (WSU) research scientist and assistant professor, Husain Yar Khan, Ph.D., presented an abstract on “Targeting XPO1 to Enhance Durability of Response of MRTX1133 in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma” at this year’s American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Chicago. The study investigates how to improve the durability of response to KRAS inhibitors by combining them with the XPO1 inhibitor. In addition, Dr. Khan was ...