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President Barack Obama has appointed five new cancer experts to serve on the National Cancer Advisory Board, which advises and guides cancer programs run by the NCI.
Five new cancer experts were appointed in June by President Barack Obama to serve on the National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB).
Established in 1971, the NCAB consists of 18 members, including 12 distinguished leaders from health and scientific disciplines, and six representatives of the general public, including experts in the fields of public policy, law, health policy, economics, and management. Members serve overlapping 6-year terms.
The group advises the NCI director, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the president on issues related to the NCI's operations, including its programs and future direction. According to its charter, the NCAB may also review applications for grants and cooperative agreements for research and training, and recommend the approval of “projects that show promise of making valuable contributions to human knowledge.”
The NCAB's newest members are:
Peter C. Adamson, MD, chair of the Children's Oncology Group at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA;
Deborah Watkins Bruner, RN, PhD, associate director for outcomes research at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta, GA;
Yuan Chang, MD, chair of cancer virology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, PA;
Timothy J. Ley, MD, director of stem cell biology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO;
Max S. Wicha, MD, deputy director of the University of Michigan's Taubman Medical Research Institute in Ann Arbor.
Like his colleagues, Adamson is honored to be part of the NCAB. “Having a pediatric oncologist on board is important to the childhood cancer community,” he says.
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