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

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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:

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Amy Lacey
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Otis W. Brawley, MD, MACP
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Oncology and Epidemiology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University; Former chief medical and scientific officer, American Cancer Society
Paul Goldberg
Editor & Publisher
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