Sentences with phrase «prominent cancer researcher»

Several prominent cancer researchers are now joining forces in an advanced new cancer study.

In an unusual step, about 60 prominent cancer researchers sent Bush a letter in March emphasizing the importance of the position and offering their help with finding candidates.

At Mr. Silver's trial, the government presented evidence that prosecutors said showed he had orchestrated two schemes through which he obtained nearly $ 4 million in illegal payments for taking official actions that benefited a prominent cancer researcher, Dr. Robert N. Taub, at Columbia University, and two New York real estate development firms.

Evidence showed that he had obtained nearly $ 4 million in illicit fees in return for taking official actions that benefited a prominent cancer researcher, Dr. Robert N. Taub, at Columbia University, and two real estate developers, Glenwood Management and the Witkoff Group.

This turned out to be prescient: Mr. Silver was convicted in November of obtaining more than $ 4 million in illegal fees by using his office to benefit a prominent cancer researcher and two real estate developers.

Prosecutors have charged that Mr. Silver, 71, who spent more than two decades as speaker, abused his position by arranging for a prominent cancer researcher to receive $ 500,000 in State Health Department grants in the mid-2000s through a complex scheme through which Mr. Silver received illegal payments that were disguised as referral fees.

The Duke genomics center run by a prominent cancer researcher, Joseph Nevins, has been disbanded, although a Duke spokesperson says that decision was already in the works and is unrelated to the FDA audit.