SEARCH FOR JTO EDITOR

The IASLC has opened its search for candidates for a five-year term as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO). The Editor is responsible for oversight of each monthly issue and all supplements.  Visit  our Careers Page for more information.

chinese fellowship award

Boehringer Ingelheim IASLC Chinese Reserach Fellowship Award; 1 year duration

The IASLC is proud to announce the Boehringer Ingelheim  IASLC Chinese Research Fellowship  Award.  There is one award for one year for a Chinese applicant to be funded with $40,000.

We are now requesting application for this Fellowship award to be awarded in 2012 - 2013. The goal is to reward scientific excellence and to encourage innovative investigations in the field of lung cancer prevention research and translational research with a potential impact on the management of lung cancer. The applications will be evaluated by a Scientific Review Panel; the deadline for submission of the application is June 15, 2012. A decision on applications will be reached by August 1, 2012.

Please e-mail you application to: Pia.Hirsch@iaslc.org  latest June 15, 2012

lcfa and iaslc funding opportunity

Lung Cancer Foundation of America (LCFA) and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) announce a grant (Award) that fosters collaboration, information-sharing and interaction between basic researchers and clinical investigators with the goal of expediting and translating results of scientific investigation into clinical practice to reduce the lung cancer burden. Please see the Request for Application for further information.

fellowship recipients

Each year the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) honors young researchers with theFellowship and Young Investigator Awards. 

The 2012 recipients are:

Anne-Marie Baird, Research Fellow, Institute of Molecular Medicine, St. James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Alex Drilon, Research Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

Jih-Hsiang Lee, Physician and Clinical Trial Researcher, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Don Nguyen, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Please see the Fellowship Page to read profiles of these honorees.

UPCOMING MEETINGs

5th Latin American Conference on Lung Cancer July 25-27, 2012 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

20th Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium inThoracic Oncology September 6-8, 2012 Chicago, Illinois

5th Asia Pacific Lung Cancer Conference 5th APLCC ITMIG November 26-28, 2012 Fukuoka, Japan

15th World Conference on Lung Cancer October 27-30, 2013 Sydney, Australia