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Andrew S. Kraft, MD, a nationally recognized prostate cancer physician and researcher, begins work this month as the director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center and associate vice president for oncology programs for the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. He replaces Anne E. Cress, PhD, who has been interim director since July 2013. For the past decade, Kraft led the Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, which earned distinction as an NCI-designated cancer center in 2009.

Bruce D. Minsky, MD, a professor of radiation oncology and the deputy division head and director of clinical research in the Division of Radiation Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, will begin a 1-year term as president of the American Society for Radiation Oncology on September 16. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Minsky has made significant contributions to the clinical management of esophageal and rectal cancer. Widely published, he serves on the editorial boards of several journals.

Joseph R. Haywood, PhD, a professor of pharmacology and toxicology and assistant vice president for regulatory affairs at Michigan State University in East Lansing, began a 1-year term as president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in July. He has served on the Council of the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International and the Board of Governors of the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science.

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