NCI’s Intramural Spending is 17 Percent, Higher than 11.1 Percent NIH-Wide Level
March 7, 2014 – NIH has launched a systematic examination of its intramural program, which accounts for 11.1 percent of its $30 billion budget.
The program was last examined in 1993, pursuant to a mandate from the House Appropriations Committee.
That examination was written by a panel co-chaired by Paul Marks, then president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Gail Cassell, then chair of the University of Alabama Department Microbiology.
June 11, 2010 – Special authorities given to NCI under the National Cancer Act of 1971 have been “more of a negative than a positive,” said NIH Director Francis Collins.
In an interview with the journal Science, Collins reignited a controversy that predates the federal government’s “war on cancer” and brings into question survival of NCI’s unique features.
Sept. 15, 2000 – Responding to criticism from patient advocates and researchers, NCI has established a center for studying disparities in the cancer burden experienced by some populations.
According to a draft of the NCI Bypass Budget for fiscal 2002, the Institute would like to spend $2 million for operations and $42.6 million for research projects administered through the new Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities.
March 29, 1996 – As symbols go, the NCI Bypass Budget warrants respect: the document gives the NCI Director a chance to give the US President a summary of opportunities in cancer research.
The document has never been an easy read. It has challenged the reader to sift through 500-plus pages of heavy narrative laden with the jargons of science and bureaucracy.
President Joe Biden’s proposed Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health would be a welcome partner to NCI—particularly in conducting large, collaborative clinical investigations, NCI Director Ned Sharpless said.“I think having ARPA-H as part of the NIH is good for the NCI,” Sharpless said April 11 in his remarks at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. “How this would fit with the ongoing efforts in cancer at the NCI is still something to work out.”
An award-winning investigative documentary film about power morcellation—a once-popular “minimally invasive” surgical procedure—is now available on major streaming platforms.
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship has provided the Cancer History Project with a rich archive of its newsletters: the NCCS Networker, volumes 1-11.
Carl June has received the $1 million biennial Sanford Lorraine Cross Award, which honors life-changing breakthroughs and innovations in medical science.