Robert Winn introduces “Inclusive Excellence” as his AACI presidential initiative “If we’re going to be inclusive, then we need to be inclusive.”

The Directors: Ray DuBois and Roy Jensen on how COE guides cancer care in rural America
“We’re just going to have to ride through this and not give up.”

How are cancer centers in two rural states—Kansas and South Carolina—weathering the challenges of Trump-era belt-tightening and uncertainty? Their directors weigh in on The Cancer Letter Podcast.

Bhattacharya provides calm answers to anxious questions at confirmation hearing
Trump nominee for NIH director calls for transparency, audits of indirect costs

Amid the flood zone of today’s Washington, the confirmation hearing for Jayanta (Jay) Bhattacharya’s nomination as director of NIH was remarkably calm.

March 07, 2025

Vol.51 No.09

By Jacquelyn Cobb

Black History Month Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Shearwood McClelland III: “When you stand for something, you’re always going to be attacked.”

Shearwood McClelland III’s grandfather was a ditchdigger who dreamed that his six Black daughters would become doctors. McClelland’s mother did not disappoint—she became the first Black woman board-certified in maternal fetal medicine in the history of the United States. Now, McClelland is the chief medical officer of Cancer Health Equity at the University of Oklahoma...

February 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.08

By Jacquelyn Cobb

Black History Month Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Brian Rivers: Celebrating Black history reinforces the dynamic culture of America
“It gives America, in part, its identity.”

Nearly 30 years ago, while completing an assignment for his master’s degree in public health, Brian Rivers discovered he had a family history of prostate cancer.

In The Headlines: Trump moves to cap NIH indirect costs at 15%, HHS agencies webpages removed

In this episode of In the Headlines, Paul Goldberg, publisher of The Cancer Letter, and Jacquelyn Cobb, associate editor, discuss the “doomsday scenario” facing academic cancer centers that would follow the success of President Trump’s move to limit indirect costs to 15% for NIH-funded institutions.

February 14, 2025

Vol.51 No.05

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“Page Not Found:” HHS agencies purge web pages that hint at DEI, health equity, and gender
Medical group sues over removing “information used every day by health professions”

The web page for the FDA Office of Minority Health and Health Equity is no more. The pages for the NCI Diversity Training and Biomedical Workforce Development Branch and Disparities Research Branch are kaput as well.

February 07, 2025

Vol.51 No.05

By Jacquelyn Cobb and Katie Goldberg

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Robert Winn introduces “Inclusive Excellence” as his AACI presidential initiative

“If we’re going to be inclusive, then we need to be inclusive.”

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The Directors: Ray DuBois and Roy Jensen on how COE guides cancer care in rural America“We’re just going to have to ride through this and not give up.”

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The Directors: Ray DuBois and Roy Jensen on how COE guides cancer care in rural America
“We’re just going to have to ride through this and not give up.”

Bhattacharya provides calm answers to anxious questions at confirmation hearing
Trump nominee for NIH director calls for transparency, audits of indirect costs

Brian Rivers: Celebrating Black history reinforces the dynamic culture of America
“It gives America, in part, its identity.”

“Page Not Found:” HHS agencies purge web pages that hint at DEI, health equity, and gender
Medical group sues over removing “information used every day by health professions”