Over the years, I have gained extensive experience with academic cancer center External Advisory Boards, including hosting multiple EAB meetings at my own cancer center, chairing the EABs of nine other NCI designated cancer centers, and serving on many others.
The UCSD Moores Cancer Center External Advisory Board is extremely disappointed in the commentary included in the most recent issue of The Cancer Letter regarding MCC.
The following email was sent to members of UCSD Moores Cancer Center on Saturday, June 3. The email addresses The Cancer Letter story focused on the resignation of the center’s director Joe Califano and on problems at the institution.
The facts of my story about UCSD Moores Cancer Center in last week’s issue of The Cancer Letter (June 2, 2023) don’t seem to be in dispute.
The Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health is in imminent danger of losing its Comprehensive designation, and members of the center’s External Advisory Board are urging the leadership of the parent institution to act fast.
Ezra Cohen was named chief medical officer of oncology at Tempus, an artificial intelligence and precision medicine company.
Jason Sicklick was appointed co-leader of the Structural and Functional Genomics Research Program at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center.
“There’s nothing like a deadline to make sure you get done what you need to get done.” Joseph A. Califano III, a head and neck surgeon scientist, was named director of Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center that serves San Diego County.
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the VA San Diego Healthcare System, with colleagues elsewhere, report that a polygenic hazard score based on 290 genetic variants could be an effective tool for predicting genetic risk of lethal prostate cancer.
UC San Diego has received a five-year, $16 million grant from NIH Common Fund’s Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation Program will enable the University of California San Diego to recruit 12 diverse, early-career research faculty in the biomedical sciences. This is the largest grant received by UC San Diego to enhance faculty diversity.
