IU team studying NF1 receives renewal for $11.4M SPORE

Biden’s FY25 budget requests $522M increase for NCI, $1.5B for ARPA-H, $2.9B for Moonshot

President Joe Biden has requested an increase of $871.5 million to the overall NIH budget in FY25. Of that amount, $522 million, or nearly 60%, is slated for NCI.

March 15, 2024

Vol.50 No.11

By Alexandria Carolan

Black History Month In the Archives

Before her legendary career at NIH, Vivian Pinn was the second Black woman to graduate from UVA med school
As a student, the first director of the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health helped desegregate Charlottesville

On her first day of medical school at the University of Virginia in 1963, Vivian Pinn waited for the other students who looked like her to show up.

March 01, 2024

Vol.50 No.09

By Robert A. Winn and Alexandria Carolan

Capitol Hill

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....

February 16, 2024

Vol.50 No.07

By Alexandria Carolan

Capitol Hill

House committee issues subpoena for NIH’s Monica Bertagnolli to address NIH sexual misconduct policies

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has issued a subpoena to require NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli to provide information related to NIH’s handling of allegations of sexual harassment and workplace misconduct.

February 09, 2024

Vol.50 No.06

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Shikha Jain, Shea Holman: It’s time for NIH to be transparent about how misconduct cases are handled

NIH has until Feb. 20 to comply with a congressional subpoena that directs NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli to produce internal documents, including reports and whistleblower complaints that could shed light on whether NIH is adequately responding to complaints of workplace misconduct and sexual harassment.

February 09, 2024

Vol.50 No.06

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

In Brief

Maria Czyzyk-Krzeska awarded $2.3M NIH grant to study copper effects on kidney cancer

The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center’s Maria F. Czyzyk-Krzeska was awarded a five-year, $2.8 million grant from the NIH to investigate how copper contributes to the advancement and recurrence of the most common type of kidney cancer, clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

January 19, 2024

Vol.50 No.03

IU team studying NF1 receives renewal for $11.4M SPORE

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IU team studying NF1 receives renewal for $11.4M SPORE

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

Biden’s FY25 budget requests $522M increase for NCI, $1.5B for ARPA-H, $2.9B for Moonshot

Before her legendary career at NIH, Vivian Pinn was the second Black woman to graduate from UVA med schoolAs a student, the first director of the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health helped desegregate Charlottesville

Delay in passing the FY24 budget is “disastrous for our cancer centers”

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Shikha Jain, Shea Holman: It’s time for NIH to be transparent about how misconduct cases are handled

Maria Czyzyk-Krzeska awarded $2.3M NIH grant to study copper effects on kidney cancer

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Before her legendary career at NIH, Vivian Pinn was the second Black woman to graduate from UVA med school
As a student, the first director of the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health helped desegregate Charlottesville