Archive for August 29th, 2005
August 29, 2005
Search Committee Appointed for São Paulo Branch Director Succession
(New York, August 29) — The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) today announced that it has formed a search committee to identify candidates to succeed Dr. Ricardo R. Brentani as Director of the São Paulo Branch in Brazil. The search committee is comprised of Dr. Sam Hellman, former Dean of the University of Chicago School of Medicine, Dr. Harald zur Hausen, former Director of the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, and Dr. Erney de Camargo, President of Brazil’s National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Dr. Brentani will retire December 31st this year after 22 years in that position. The São Paolo Branch is the second-largest of the Institute’s nine Branches with approximately 140 staff and students.