The Directors: Gary Schwartz and Ramon Parsons on the best of times (for science), the worst of times (for funding) Cancer centers fund small grants to boost morale amid low paylines

Mt. Sinai forms committee to probe Epstein links to breast center founder Eva Dubin, other faculty members

Mount Sinai hospital has formed a committee to investigate the ties between Jeffrey Epstein and Eva Dubin a leading doctor at the hospital and founder of the Dubin Breast Center at the Tisch Cancer Institute whose name is featured prominently in the Epstein files.

March 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.09

By Claire Marie Porter and Sara Willa Ernst

In Brief

Kim Rathmell named OSUCCC director, Pollock becomes director emeritus in planned leadership transition

W. Kimryn Rathmell, CEO of the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, has also been named director of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center in place of former Director Raphael E. Pollock, who has stepped down from the position he had held since November 2017 to become OSUCCC director emeritus.

March 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.09

Podcast The Directors

The Directors: Yolanda Sanchez and Kelvin Lee talk about making cancer centers more resilient
“Diverse ecosystems are more robust than non-diverse ecosystems. That is a biological fact.”

“We’ve always argued that money comes and goes, but if you lose a generation of scientists—you can’t buy them back,” said Kelvin Lee, director of the Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center.

February 27, 2026

Vol.52 No.08

By Claire Marie Porter and Paul Goldberg

News Analysis

NIH Director Bhattacharya named acting CDC director in latest public health shakeup
The temporary appointment concentrates vast authority in the hands of one person

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya has taken a second big job.

February 20, 2026

Vol.52 No.07

By Claire Marie Porter

Clinical Roundup

Mount Sinai study strengthens evidence supporting lung-sparing surgery in mesothelioma

Pleurectomy/decortication, a lung-sparing surgery, can be performed safely with low mortality in carefully selected patients with pleural mesothelioma, according to a study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center.

February 20, 2026

Vol.52 No.07

NCI

The FY26 funding package gave NCI a raise, but the institute’s buying power is 18% less than it was two decades ago
Lowy: “We still have percentiles, but we’re not allowed to make awards exclusively on the basis of payline.”

When President Donald Trump on Feb. 3 signed H.R.7148, a package funding most of the federal government through FY26, many in oncology released a long-held sigh of relief.

February 13, 2026

Vol.52 No.06

By Jacquelyn Cobb

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Mt. Sinai forms committee to probe Epstein links to breast center founder Eva Dubin, other faculty members

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The Directors: Yolanda Sanchez and Kelvin Lee talk about making cancer centers more resilient
“Diverse ecosystems are more robust than non-diverse ecosystems. That is a biological fact.”

NIH Director Bhattacharya named acting CDC director in latest public health shakeup
The temporary appointment concentrates vast authority in the hands of one person

The FY26 funding package gave NCI a raise, but the institute’s buying power is 18% less than it was two decades ago
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