- According to a May 10 Metro News article, MSK employees have embraced Transportation Alternatives’ Bike to Work Challenge, “racking up 1470 miles across the city” in the first ten days. And it is not too late to join – the challenge ends on May 22.
- On another healthy note, MSK counts itself among one of the workplaces that is a member of the Farmigo community, as was mentioned in a recent Forbes interview with the startup. Farmigo is a company that delivers healthy, farm-fresh food to consumers where they work.
- On May 6, five MSK nurses and one patient care technician were honored with Rudin Awards for their outstanding service: Natalie Bell, Jaime McNally, Ethel Oliphant, Erica Fischer-Cartlidge, Rhonda D’Agostino, and Kimberly Chow.
- MSK research collaborations with other cancer centers also made the news this week:
- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center joined a clinical trial led by MSK that will use gene therapy techniques to harness the power of pediatric patients’ own immune system to fight their leukemia.
- MSK’s Dr. Omar Abdel-Wahab collaborated with scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Yale University on research that revealed that a gene mutation that alters RNA splicing is likely responsible for myelodysplastic syndrome, a condition which can be a precursor to acute myeloid leukemia.
- Project Data Sphere, a cancer clinical trial research data sharing/integrating/analyzing technology initiative that MSK has been contributing to, turned 1 year-old on May 11.