Thrice Acting Director Lowy lays out vision of NCI future as Bertagnolli steps in

Peter Voorhees named associate director of clinical research at Wake Forest

Peter Voorhees was promoted to associate director of clinical research and will oversee clinical research for Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, as well as all processes related to clinical protocol and data management and protocol review and monitoring system.

June 20, 2025

Vol.51 No.24

In Brief

Samra Turajlić appointed director of Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute

Samra Turajlić was appointed the director of the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute.

June 20, 2025

Vol.51 No.24

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The Directors: Candace Johnson and Jonathan Friedberg on living through uncertainty at NCI, payment woes
Directors of two neighboring cancer centers in Upstate New York will face challenges, but “we’ll get through it”

Candace S. Johnson leads America’s oldest cancer research center and Jonathan W. Friedberg leads the newest NCI-designated center. Their catchment areas are contiguous, their faculty and staff members collaborate often, and together their institutions embody the culture of NCI-designated cancer centers.

In first NCAB meeting since Trump’s inauguration, Lowy reflects on funding choices in lean times
“In the NCI director’s office, we have a photograph of a stone bridge, and it asks the question, which stone holds up the bridge? And the answer is all of them.”

In the first meeting of the National Cancer Advisory Board since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, NCI Principal Deputy Director Douglas R. Lowy addressed many of the burning questions the oncology field has for the institute. On indirect costs: NCI will continue to use previously negotiated and approved indirect cost rates, with the exception...

George Sigounas named the first-ever chief science advisor at NCI

George Sigounas, an expert in bone marrow transplantation, was named to the newly created post of chief science advisor at NCI.

Success rates for RPGs at NCI would plummet from 13.4% to 8.3% if Trump’s FY2026 budget is enacted

Congressional Justifications displaying the details of the President Trump’s budget request for the fiscal year 2026 show that the success rates for Research Project Grants at NCI would plummet from 13.4% in FY2024 to 8.3% during the next fiscal year.

June 06, 2025

Vol.51 No.22

By Paul Goldberg

Thrice Acting Director Lowy lays out vision of NCI future as Bertagnolli steps in

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Thrice Acting Director Lowy lays out vision of NCI future as Bertagnolli steps in

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Peter Voorhees named associate director of clinical research at Wake Forest

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The Directors: Candace Johnson and Jonathan Friedberg on living through uncertainty at NCI, payment woesDirectors of two neighboring cancer centers in Upstate New York will face challenges, but “we’ll get through it”

In first NCAB meeting since Trump’s inauguration, Lowy reflects on funding choices in lean times“In the NCI director’s office, we have a photograph of a stone bridge, and it asks the question, which stone holds up the bridge? And the answer is all of them.”

George Sigounas named the first-ever chief science advisor at NCI

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The Directors: Candace Johnson and Jonathan Friedberg on living through uncertainty at NCI, payment woes
Directors of two neighboring cancer centers in Upstate New York will face challenges, but “we’ll get through it”

In first NCAB meeting since Trump’s inauguration, Lowy reflects on funding choices in lean times
“In the NCI director’s office, we have a photograph of a stone bridge, and it asks the question, which stone holds up the bridge? And the answer is all of them.”