2012

Delaying childbirth may reduce risk of an aggressive form of breast cancer

Delaying childbirth may reduce risk of an aggressive form of breast cancer

Fred Hutch’s Chris Li finds younger women who have their first child 15 years or more after menarche may reduce risk of triple-negative breast cancer by up to 60 percent
Hutch NewsDecember 26, 2012
Hutch Holiday Gala: $4.8 million and counting

Hutch Holiday Gala: $4.8 million and counting

Guests at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s 37th annual Gala meet challenge to fund breakthrough research in transplantation
Hutch NewsDecember 10, 2012
Former PHS, WHI leader Maureen Henderson dies

Former PHS, WHI leader Maureen Henderson dies

Public Health Sciences Division’s Cancer Prevention Program founder laid groundwork for many prevention studies
Hutch NewsDecember 10, 2012
Michael Emerman wins McDougall mentorship award

Michael Emerman wins McDougall mentorship award

Students, postdocs honor Fred Hutch scientist whose individualized teaching style fuels excitement about questions and process of discovering answers
Hutch NewsDecember 10, 2012
Gottschling, Hughes discover key events in cellular aging

Gottschling, Hughes discover key events in cellular aging

Studies in yeast by Fred Hutch’s Drs. Dan Gottschling and Adam Hughes bring unprecedented clarity to aging process, provide paradigm for studying how genes and environment—including calorie restriction—may influence lifespan in humans
Hutch NewsNovember 26, 2012
Hohl named Infectious Diseases Society fellow

Hohl named Infectious Diseases Society fellow

Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division fungal expert Dr. Tobias Hohl among 86 physicians, scientists honored nationally
Hutch NewsNovember 19, 2012
Giants pitcher Barry Zito named 48th Hutch Award winner

Giants pitcher Barry Zito named 48th Hutch Award winner

World Series star to be honored at annual Hutch Award Luncheon, Jan. 30; baseball icon Lou Piniella will be keynote speaker
Hutch NewsNovember 08, 2012
In remembrance of Larry Rohrschneider, cell biologist

In remembrance of Larry Rohrschneider, cell biologist

Longtime Basic Sciences faculty member died Oct. 28 at the age of 68
Hutch NewsNovember 05, 2012
Honoring life of E. Donnall Thomas Nov. 3

Honoring life of E. Donnall Thomas Nov. 3

All are invited to attend a celebration of thanks for the life of E. Donnall Thomas, the 'father of bone marrow transplantation,' on Saturday, Nov. 3, 4-7 p.m. in the Thomas Building
Hutch NewsOctober 29, 2012
Thompson Studies' Ilda Islas killed in highway crash

Thompson Studies' Ilda Islas killed in highway crash

Fred Hutch Public Health Sciences Division team mourns loss of colleague considered the ‘heart and soul' of their site office in the Lower Yakima Valley
Hutch NewsOctober 29, 2012
Clinical researcher Scott wins NCI leadership award

Clinical researcher Scott wins NCI leadership award

Bart Scott recognized for promoting culture of successful clinical research; he is the first investigator from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to receive the honor
Hutch NewsOctober 22, 2012
Remembering E. Donnall Thomas

Remembering E. Donnall Thomas

Dr. Don Thomas passed away Saturday, Oct. 20; Nobel laureate established transplantation as a lifesaving treatment for blood cancers and helped bring the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to global prominence
Hutch NewsOctober 20, 2012
View new Fred Hutch annual report online

View new Fred Hutch annual report online

'Breakthroughs for Life' features Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's eight top research achievements for fiscal year 2012
Hutch NewsOctober 15, 2012
Korde named Prevention Center director

Korde named Prevention Center director

Breast cancer physician-researcher Dr. Larissa Korde takes the helm of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's comprehensive research study shared resource
Hutch NewsOctober 15, 2012
José Carreras recital honors Dottie Thomas

José Carreras recital honors Dottie Thomas

Benefit concert commemorates 90th birthday of Dottie Thomas, wife and research partner of Fred Hutch Nobel Laureate Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, and 25th anniversary of the world-renowned tenor’s bone marrow transplant at Fred Hutch
Hutch NewsOctober 08, 2012
Hutch Award nominees include Mariners' Felix Hernandez

Hutch Award nominees include Mariners' Felix Hernandez

Winner to be honored at annual Hutch Award Luncheon with baseball icon Lou Piniella Wednesday, Jan. 30, Safeco Field
Hutch NewsOctober 08, 2012
Simple questionnaire may lead to better ovarian cancer detection

Simple questionnaire may lead to better ovarian cancer detection

Dr. Robyn Andersen of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s Public Health Sciences Division leads first evaluation of paper-and-pencil symptom survey in a primary care clinic
Hutch NewsOctober 01, 2012
Hutchinson Center study finds male DNA in women's brains

Hutchinson Center study finds male DNA in women's brains

Research in Dr. Lee Nelson's lab is first to show high frequency of male microchimerism in female brain; further study needed to determine medical implications
Hutch NewsOctober 01, 2012
Inaugural IN for the Hutch raises more than $230,000

Inaugural IN for the Hutch raises more than $230,000

'Late night cocktail party with a twist' for Innovators Network members and friends at the Four Seasons boosts research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Hutch NewsSeptember 24, 2012
Discovery may reduce GVHD risk in bone marrow transplant patients

Discovery may reduce GVHD risk in bone marrow transplant patients

Team of scientists led by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s Dr. Effie Petersdorf find previously undetected genetic differences that could better match transplant patients and donors to avoid graft-vs.-host disease.
Hutch NewsSeptember 03, 2012