In 1996, Lei Zheng, a graduate of Peking Union Medical College, enrolled in the doctorate program at what was then known as the Cancer Therapy & Research Center in San Antonio.
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has earned the highest—”exceptional”—rating from NCI as part of renewal of the grant the institution has held since 1972.
NCI is seeking an innovative leader to serve as the director, Office of Cancer Centers.
Directors of NCI-designated cancer centers are facing a new set of challenges in a polarizing, high-stakes election year.
Christopher Li, the Helen G. Edson Endowed Chair for Breast Cancer Research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, understands what it means to be an underrepresented minority at each stage of his academic career.
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health can add the word “Comprehensive” to its name, becoming the 57th institution to earn this top-level designation from NCI.
Comprehensive cancer centers seek to reduce the burden of cancer through clinical care, research, education, and community engagement, including a commitment to diversity.
People of African ancestry (Black/African American) have some of the worst cancer incidence and greatest mortality, compared to white and other racial and ethnic populations in the U.S1-3. On average, Black persons are 1.5 times more likely to have cancer and >2X more likely to die from cancer compared to whites.4-6
Amid the gridlock that has seized Washington, NCI faces a grim and disturbing FY2024, the institute’s Principal Deputy Director Douglas R. Lowy said at the annual meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes.
With just days left before the end of September, and with it, the end of fiscal year 2023, NCI officials are preparing for rough times, both in the short term and long term.
