Siteman Cancer Center receives Merit Extension from NCI

Rathmell steps down at NCI as Trump team considers candidates to replace her
Wafik El-Deiry, Harvey Risch have been interviewed

W. Kimryn Rathmell has stepped down as NCI director, opting to hand her resignation to the Biden administration over facing the uncertainties that Trump and his team are expected to usher in starting next week.

Siteman receives renewal of five-year, $10.8M SPORE grant for leukemia research

Washington University researchers at Siteman Cancer Center received a $10.8 million grant throughNCI’s Specialized Programs of Research Excellence. Led by principal investigator Daniel C. Link, the five-year grant is a renewal of a previous SPORE grant in leukemia.

January 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.02

In Brief

Report shows UPMC Hillman’s nearly $4B economic impact in Pennsylvania

A recent report showed that UPMC Hillman Cancer Center generated $3.98 billion in total economic impact in Pennsylvania through its clinical, research, and educational missions in 2023.

January 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.02

The Human Tumor Atlas Network charts the roadmap for advancing spatial omics

The NCI Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN) has published a cluster of papers intended to advance the framework of spatial omics, the science of profiling morphological and molecular features of human cancers in two and three dimensions.

Moving from mandate to mission: Community outreach and engagement at NCI-designated cancer centers
“COE is broken.”

Acting Director Dr. Krzysztof Ptak’s words reverberated throughout the meeting room—and the heads of several of us—during the National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Centers update on the final day of the 2024 Association of American Cancer Institutes/Cancer Center Administrators Forum Annual Meeting in Chicago.

December 13, 2024

Vol.50 No.46

By Monica L. Baskin, Nadine J. Barrett, Kim F. Rhoads, Hayley S. Thompson, Kimlin Tam Ashing, Folakemi T. Odedina and Vanessa B. Sheppard

BSA approves four new, five reissue concepts

The NCI Board of Scientific Advisors approved four new concepts and five reissue concepts at a joint meeting of the BSA and the National Cancer Advisory Board Dec. 2-3.

December 13, 2024

Vol.50 No.46

By Jacquelyn Cobb and Claire Marie Porter

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Moving from mandate to mission: Community outreach and engagement at NCI-designated cancer centers
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