David Tom Cooke named associate director of Office of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility at UC Davis

Plan to Enhance Diversity is no longer a part of CCSG application

The latest notice of a funding opportunity for the Cancer Center Support Grants released by NCI no longer requires submission of a Plan to Enhance Diversity.

April 11, 2025

Vol.51 No.14

Podcast The Directors

The Directors: Ray DuBois and Roy Jensen on how COE guides cancer care in rural America
“We’re just going to have to ride through this and not give up.”

How are cancer centers in two rural states—Kansas and South Carolina—weathering the challenges of Trump-era belt-tightening and uncertainty? Their directors weigh in on The Cancer Letter Podcast.

March 14, 2025

Vol.51 No.10

By Paul Goldberg

Black History Month Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Brian Rivers: Celebrating Black history reinforces the dynamic culture of America
“It gives America, in part, its identity.”

Nearly 30 years ago, while completing an assignment for his master’s degree in public health, Brian Rivers discovered he had a family history of prostate cancer.

In The Headlines: Trump moves to cap NIH indirect costs at 15%, HHS agencies webpages removed

In this episode of In the Headlines, Paul Goldberg, publisher of The Cancer Letter, and Jacquelyn Cobb, associate editor, discuss the “doomsday scenario” facing academic cancer centers that would follow the success of President Trump’s move to limit indirect costs to 15% for NIH-funded institutions.

February 14, 2025

Vol.51 No.05

White House

Rooting out the “illegal and immoral discrimination” of DEI is the first order of business for Trump

Surprised was the last thing anyone should claim to be as the Trump administration, on its first day, smashed the federal government’s diversity equity and inclusion offices, literally sending employees who administer these programs packing and making plans for their prompt firing.

Breast cancer-causing gene predisposes Black women to TNBC

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Sanchita Bhatnagar and her team have been working to get to the bottom of the genetic determinants of the racial disparity in triple-negative breast cancer.

January 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.02

David Tom Cooke named associate director of Office of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility at UC Davis

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David Tom Cooke named associate director of Office of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility at UC Davis

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

Plan to Enhance Diversity is no longer a part of CCSG application

The Directors: Ray DuBois and Roy Jensen on how COE guides cancer care in rural America“We’re just going to have to ride through this and not give up.”

Brian Rivers: Celebrating Black history reinforces the dynamic culture of America“It gives America, in part, its identity.”

In The Headlines: Trump moves to cap NIH indirect costs at 15%, HHS agencies webpages removed

Rooting out the “illegal and immoral discrimination” of DEI is the first order of business for Trump

Breast cancer-causing gene predisposes Black women to TNBC

The Directors: Ray DuBois and Roy Jensen on how COE guides cancer care in rural America
“We’re just going to have to ride through this and not give up.”

Brian Rivers: Celebrating Black history reinforces the dynamic culture of America
“It gives America, in part, its identity.”