Posted: April 16, 2020
Dr. Thomas J. Lynch Jr. has been named the new president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Most recently Dr. Lynch was chief scientific officer at Bristol- Myers Squibb, where he oversaw research and development for oncology, cardiovascular disease, fibrosis, and immunoscience. Previously chairman and CEO of Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, director of Yale Cancer Center, physician-in-chief of Yale’s Smilow Cancer Hospital, and professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Lynch is known for his research on targeted therapies for EGFR-mutated lung cancer while chief of Hematology-Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. ✦