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UW-Madison Names New Chair of Oncology
May 21, 2009
MADISON - Dr. James D. Shull will become the next chair of
the Department of Oncology/McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at
UW-Madison.
Shull is currently the Ardith and Anna Von Housen Professor of
Genetics; chair of the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and
Anatomy; and director of the Center for Molecular Genetics and
Genomics. He completed his Ph.D. in biochemistry at UW-Madison,
followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Oncology
(under the mentorship of Henry Pitot, the second chair of the McArdle
Laboratory/Department of Oncology). He then returned to his home state of Nebraska, where he joined the faculty at the University of
Nebraska Medical Center.
Shull has served in a series of leadership positions at the
medical school and its cancer center. He has a distinguished record
of accomplishment as a scientist, teacher, mentor, and administrator.
"We are thrilled to welcome Jim back to UW-Madison and McArdle,"
said School of Medicine and Public Health Dean Dr. Robert Golden. "The Department of Oncology has a remarkably rich tradition of
academic excellence, and is a lustrous jewel in the crown of our
school and university. Jim is extremely well suited to lead it
forward into the future."
Shull succeeds Dr. Norman Drinkwater, who served as oncology
chair for more than 16 years, beginning in the early 1990s. Shull's
research focuses on the basic mechanisms of breast cancer. He will
assume his position on September 1.
The McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research was established in
1940 as one of the nation's first basic-science research laboratories
focused on cancer. It is renowned for its groundbreaking and
innovative research, including the Nobel Prize-winning work of the
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