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City of Hope provides education programs for the general public, students and medical professionals as well as our patients and their families. Our education efforts range from forums, health fairs and lectures that help inform the public about various health issues to the Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences of City of Hope, a highly-regarded Ph.D. program that trains future scientists for careers in academia, medical or industrial fields.

Encouraging careers in science and medicine, City of Hope offers a summer academy for high school and college students to pursue a course of research study that offers practical lab experience and mentoring with institute faculty. Additionally, throughout the year, City of Hope provides continuing medical education, clinical training and scientific lectures in collaboration with leading experts from other medical and research institutions.

Press Releases

3/12/2013 - City of Hope selects chief executive for City of Hope Medical Foundation

A former executive vice president at WellPoint Inc., overseeing Comprehensive Health Solutions, Levine will lead the medical foundation in its mission to care for, and provide services to, City of Hope patients.

7/24/2012 - Robert Stone Named President of City of Hope

Robert Stone, J.D., President and Executive Officer of City of Hope Medical Foundation and chief strategy and administrative officer of City of Hope has been promoted to president of City of Hope. Stone will assume the duties of this position on Aug. 1, 2012.

7/17/2012 - City of Hope among the top 25 cancer hospitals in the nation for 2012 by U.S.News & World Report

City of Hope is ranked as the 23rd best cancer hospital in the nation in U.S.News & World Report’s 2012-13 Best Hospitals report. City of Hope also nationally rated as “high-performing” in urology, gynecology and nephrology specialties.

6/11/2012 - City of Hope’s Samuel Rahbar receives ADA’s National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Award for contributions to diabetes research

Pioneering City of Hope diabetes researcher Samuel Rahbar, M.D., Ph.D., will receive the Samuel Rahbar Outstanding Discovery Award from the American Diabetes Association (ADA). The one-time namesake award is one of the association’s National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Awards.

6/6/2012 - City of Hope and Duarte Unified School District awarded $1.3 million NIH grant to foster fledgling scientists

It’s only a few blocks from City of Hope to classrooms in the Duarte Unified School District, yet for some Duarte students, the road to becoming a scientist can seem a world away. A new grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) promises to bring this world within their reach.