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Lynda Chin

Cancer genomics researcher; co-founded AVEO Pharmaceuticals and co-directed a project at MD Anderson's Institute for Applied Cancer Science.

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MD Anderson Cancer Center co-director of a project at the Institute for Applied Cancer Science Scholarship & press 1
In 2012 the state cancer agency awarded $20 million to that project without its usual approval process. A University of Texas System review found no conflicts of interest related to the grant.

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Embattled Cancer Center Chief Plans New Approach, The Texas Tribune, 4 Oct 2013. Scholarship & press
DePinho’s ties to Aveo Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge company he co-founded with Chin, have also been scrutinized.
His wife, Lynda Chin, a renowned cancer genomics researcher, came with him, as did most of the employees of his Boston lab, to help establish the new Institute for Applied Cancer Science.
A UT System review found no conflicts of interest related to the grant.

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