Glimcher will be replaced by current medical oncology chief Benjamin Levine Ebert, MD, PhD, on October 1.
After 8 years of service, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute president and CEO Laurie Glimcher, MD, will step down from her post on October 1, according to aGlimcher will be replaced by Dana-Farber's medical oncology chair, Benjamin Levine Ebert, MD, PhD, who said he was"honored" by his selection.
"As I reflect on my tenure, I am intensely proud of" those and other accomplishments, Glimcher, 73, said in the release."This is the perfect time for me to pass the leadership of this remarkable institution on to the next generation and return my focus to cancer immunology research." Glimcher also sat on the GlaxoSmithKline board of directors for several years while leading Dana-Farber. And earlier this year, Dana-Farber researchers retracted several papers and issued corrections to others. Glimcher was an author on some, though"there have been no public findings that she engaged in any misconduct," according to
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