Nicole D. Fleming has joined Fred Hutch Cancer Center as the new deputy chief medical officer. Fleming brings expertise as a doctor, surgeon, researcher, administrator, mentor, and mother of three school-age children that fits well with the mission of a recently merged organization coping with growing pains.
When the Women’s Health Initiative was announced in 1991, it was set to be the largest women’s health study ever conducted. The WHI scope is massive: the initiative has recruited more than 161,000 women and engaged more than 5,000 scientists from the U.S. and beyond.
