NCI is temporarily reducing its paylines as the federal government is being funded at FY2021 levels via another continuing resolution, delaying the budgeting process for most federal agencies in the new fiscal year.
A $25 million gift from life sciences entrepreneur and investor Pablo Legorreta and his wife, Almudena, will support the development of Brown University’s recently launched cancer center.
Every cancer center seeking to obtain (or keep) an NCI designation will soon have to present a plan for increasing the diversity of their faculty and workforce.
DEI Network founders: Let’s work together to increase diversity across all cancer centers in America
Christopher Li and Wendy Law, both of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, have a message for leaders of DEI programs in oncology.
Soon after starting work on a book about the role the NCI-designated cancer centers have played in the National Cancer Program, Skip Trump and Eric Rosenthal got in touch with John W. Yarbro.
Richard I. Fisher has stepped down from his roles as Fox Chase Cancer Center president and CEO, Fox Chase Cancer Center director, and senior associate dean for cancer programs at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.
Scott Lippman is transitioning from his role as director of Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health to become the associate vice chancellor for cancer research and care, with the goal of formally launching the Precancer Genome Atlas.
The National Cancer Act of 1971 established an unprecedented government-wide plan to eradicate a major disease, creating institutions that have no equivalent in other therapeutic areas and galvanizing the nationwide conversation about cancer.
Congress needs to increase the FY22 base budgets of NIH and NCI by $3.2 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively, over FY21 levels, the American Association for Cancer Research said in its 2021 Cancer Progress Report.
An argument can be made that only a government research agency like NCI has the capacity to answer questions about monitoring pancreatic cysts—and how some of them turn malignant.