Around Fox Chase

Connection and Community are key elements of the Fox Chase Cancer Center culture. Evident in many ways, one example is the New Faculty Reception, held January 22, 2026, when senior leaders and established faculty members officially welcomed the newest members to the faculty.

Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers Emma Guilbaud, PhD, and Kelly Coutant, PhD, were recently honored with Scholar-in-Training Awards from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have been awarded a grant to study sexual dysfunction in female patients undergoing treatment for rectal cancer.

Before he was a surgeon specializing in breast cancer at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Austin Williams, MD, MSEd, FACS, was teaching chemistry at William Penn High School in North Philly.

Since 2019, Heather Morgan has navigated three cancer diagnoses across multiple states, gaining firsthand experience in compassionate, coordinated care.

Roland L. Dunbrack Jr., PhD, Professor and Co-leader of the Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment Research Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Founding Director of the Fox Chase Molecular Modeling Facility, has been honored with the 2026 DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB).

Several new endowed chairs were awarded at Fox Chase Cancer Center this year, including David Y.T. Chen, MD, FACS, who was named the Carol and Louis Della Penna Chair in Urologic Oncology.

Mitchell Fane, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment Research Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently awarded a three-year, $600,000 Early Career grant from the V Foundation, an organization dedicated to accelerating cancer research and treatment.