A recent analysis of the National Cancer Institute’s workforce and grant recipients shows that Black and Hispanic scientists are dramatically underrepresented across key metrics, both intramural and extramural.
Racial and ethnic minorities that are underrepresented in medicine have even lower representation in leadership of NCI-designated cancer centers, a study by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers found.
This is the first installment of conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion in recruitment and mentorship at academic cancer centers.
True, President Joe Biden is proposing the largest-ever funding increase for NIH, with a substantial percentage of funds going toward cancer.
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, the centerpiece of the Biden Administration’s war on disease, is designed to be something much more than an ordinary federal bureaucracy.
President Joe Biden is requesting $52 billion in FY2022 for NIH—$9 billion above the enacted FY21 level—of which $6.5 billion is slated for the proposed Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.
As American life returns to a semblance of normalcy, it may be time for President Biden’s administration to prioritize building a national digital health infrastructure.
NCI needs more funding to increase its low success rate of NCI-funded grant applications, David A. Tuveson said in testimony before the House Committee on Appropriations.
In his first address to a joint session of Congress April 28, President Joe Biden made a pitch for significantly increasing federal funding for biomedical research, especially cancer research—a cornerstone of his jobs plan.
The boundary between basic science and engineering has been the subject of animated discussions in cancer research for quite some time. Where does science end and engineering begin? Is that boundary porous? How does it shift over time?