Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has proclaimed September “Comprehensive Cancer Centers Awareness Month” in recognition of The University of Kansas Cancer Center becoming designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by NCI.
NCI will award $23 million to four academic institutions to establish centers of excellence that will conduct research on the role of telehealth in delivering cancer-related health care, a practice that became more prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint Monica Bertagnolli as the 16th director of the National Cancer Institute—and the first woman and first chair of a clinical trials cooperative group to be named to the role.
It’s been a hot summer all over the world, but our work doesn’t stop as our problems need solutions.
The scene opens with a group of four musicians sitting on couches around a table in a studio. One of them is strumming aimlessly on his guitar, trying out various chords in sequences. Some of it sounds okay, even pleasant; other parts don’t work and are discarded.
The Wistar Institute’s Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center received a merit extension award totaling more than $5 million from NCI.
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have received a five-year, $5.5 million-plus grant from NCI for research on liver cancer risk factors and prevention, with the goal of reducing the burden of liver cancer in patients with metabolic dysfunction.
Monica M. Bertagnolli, a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, stands poised to become the first woman and the first chair of a clinical trials cooperative group to be named director of the National Cancer Institute.
NIH is now required by law to direct grantee institutions to report senior personnel who are disciplined for misconduct, sexual or otherwise.
Effective July 9, NIH-funded institutions that do not report relevant cases of misconduct—including sexual harassment, bullying, and retaliation—within one month would be considered to be in violation of NIH regulations and of federal law.
