GREG SIMON was named executive director of the national moonshot cancer initiative by Vice President Joe Biden. Previously, he helped start the charity FasterCures in 2003. In 2009, he became senior vice president for patient engagement at Pfizer. Most recently, he was chief executive of Poliwogg, a financial services company. Simon was diagnosed with leukemia...
Over the course of his first six months as NCI director, Anthony Letai has contended with federal budget turbulence, a record-setting government shutdown, and concerns about the flow of over research dollars.
