Anthony G. Letai to be named NCI director

The Dana-Farber and Harvard physician-scientist is an inspired choice, colleagues say

By Claire Marie Porter and Paul Goldberg

Anthony G. Letai, a physician-scientist at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute whose research is focused on apoptosis and functional diagnostics, has been tapped by the Trump administration to become the 18th director of the National Cancer Institute.