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Lowy fields questions about peer review at inaugural meeting of the new NCAB ad hoc working group

With NCI Director Anthony Letai in Milan supporting his daughter, Julie, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Douglas R. Lowy, principal deputy director of NCI, took on the job of delivering detailed remarks and fielding questions at the inaugural meeting of the NCAB’s ad hoc working group on Extramural Research Concepts and Programs.

February 18, 2026

NCI

The FY26 funding package gave NCI a raise, but the institute’s buying power is 18% less than it was two decades ago
Lowy: “We still have percentiles, but we’re not allowed to make awards exclusively on the basis of payline.”

When President Donald Trump on Feb. 3 signed H.R.7148, a package funding most of the federal government through FY26, many in oncology released a long-held sigh of relief.

CBER Director Vinay Prasad sidelined staff to jettison Moderna’s mRNA flu shot

In the latest episode of Vinay Prasad’s extraordinary adventures at FDA, the agency (i.e. Dr. Prasad himself) has issued a Refusal-to-File letter to an mRNA-based influenza vaccine application.

February 13, 2026

Vol.52 No.06

By Claire Marie Porter

Black History Month Cancer History Project

Olopade: “The genetic basis of every cancer, or everything we do, starts in Africa.”
For Black History Month, Olopade reflects on mentorship, community, and her career in cancer genetics

When Olufunmilayo I. “Funmi” Olopade was born, the most common Nigerian career aspirations were pastor or teacher. Olopade’s father, a pastor, thought differently. He wanted his children to be scientists, economists, and doctors.

February 13, 2026

Vol.52 No.06

By Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Robert A. Winn and Preston Willett

NCI

NCAB ad hoc group approves seven new, reissue concepts

The National Cancer Advisory Board’s ad hoc Working Group on Extramural Research Concepts and Programs on Feb. 6 voted to approve four new and three reissue concepts.

February 13, 2026

Vol.52 No.06

By Sara Willa Ernst