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University of Maryland’s Owonikoko: What it means to be a Black director of an NCI-designated cancer center
Black History MonthConversation with The Cancer Letter

University of Maryland’s Owonikoko: What it means to be a Black director of an NCI-designated cancer center

A month after reporting to work in the top job at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Taofeek K. Owonikoko reflected on the obligations that come with being a Black director of an NCI-designated cancer center.
Delay in passing the FY24 budget is “disastrous for our cancer centers”
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Delay in passing the FY24 budget is “disastrous for our cancer centers”

As NCI continues to hobble along on a flat budget provided by a succession of continuing resolutions, the prospects for robust funding for cancer research, rising paylines, and healthy cancer center support grants have dimmed for this fiscal year. “The extended delay in passing the FY2024 budget is disastrous for our cancer centers,” Jennifer W.... […]