Jennifer Sizemore, who was editor-in-chief at NBC News Digital, has taken the VP-communications post at the Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She assumes the position on April 17.

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At the formerly named msnbc.com, Sizemore was in charge of a staff of 120 people, overseeing content, business strategy and multimedia platform development.
Her new responsibilities will focus on internal/external PR, community/government relations, marketing and branding.

Sizemore also was deputy managing editor of news at the Houston Chronicle and assistant managing editor at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

She plans to use her journalism expertise to “help the Hutch tell its amazing stories effectively, and connect the organization and its groundbreaking work to the world,” according to her statement.

Sizemore reports to Dr. Larry Corey, president of the FHCRC, who led the nationwide search for the VP post.

FHCRC is known for its pioneering work in bone marrow transplantation that led to the development of immunotherapy, which uses the immune system to treat cancer.

The facility is home to the nation’s first cancer prevention research program, serves as clinical coordinating center of the Women's Health Initiative and houses the international headquarters of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network.