Blood cancer experts receive endowed chairs

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center recently named two distinguished hematologists, Roland Walter, MD, PhD, and Mazyar Shadman, MD, MPH, with endowed chair appointments.

Endowed chairs represent one of the highest honors a Fred Hutch faculty member can receive. The positions will allow them to further their research and gain new insights into treatments for patients with hematologic cancers and diseases.

Walter is the recipient of the distinguished José Carreras/E. Donnall Thomas Endowed Chair for Cancer Research and Shadman is the recipient of the Innovators Network Endowed Chair.

Walter was named the fourth recipient of the distinguished José Carreras/E. Donnall Thomas Endowed Chair for Cancer Research, which was established by the Friends of José Carreras International Leukemia Foundation in 2007.

The Innovators Network Endowed Chair, which Shadman will now hold, was created as a catalyst for leading-edge cancer research and supports an early-career scientist whose work includes evidence of patient benefit, creativity and novel approach to research, and collaborative use of data science and/or emerging technology.