Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (September 6, 2023) — Anna Liza Rodriguez, MSN, MHA, RN, OCN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer at Fox Chase Cancer Center, is a finalist in the Nursing Administration – Executive/CNO category for the 2023 Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania, which recognize nursing excellence in the state. The award that Rodriguez is a finalist for recognizes an individual who demonstrates visionary leadership, implements innovations, and promotes effective financial stewardship of operational human resources.

PHILADELPHIA (September 6, 2023) — Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Dina Ioffe, MD, as an assistant professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology.

PHILADELPHIA (September 5, 2023) — Registration for Paws for the Cause 2023, Fox Chase Cancer Center’s ever-popular dog walk fundraiser, is now open. The event, now in its 24th year, will be held Sunday, September 10, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Reimann parking lot.

PHILADELPHIA (September 1, 2023) — Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health are pleased to announce the hiring of Randall A. Lee, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology and a member of the Fox Chase-Temple Urologic Institute.

PHILADELPHIA (August 25, 2023) — Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center recently received a $3 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health, to evaluate the effectiveness of the Health Enhancement Resource System (HERS) intervention.

PHILADELPHIA (August 23, 2023) — Anjali Albanese, MSW, LSW, OSW-C, a licensed social worker at Fox Chase Cancer Center, will receive the Compassionate Care Award from the Sarcoma Foundation of America (SFA) during SFA’s Stand Up to Sarcoma Gala on September 19 in New York.

PHILADELPHIA (August 18, 2023) — A Fox Chase Cancer Center researcher has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to investigate RNA structure and stability, work that has implications for cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other degenerative diseases and continues the Fox Chase legacy of basic research.

PHILADELPHIA (August 18, 2023) — Vanessa B. Wookey, MD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has received a grant from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Oncology Research Program (ORP) to explore optimizing biomarker-directed therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer.