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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(15):1124-1125; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.15.1124
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 15, 1124-1125, August 1, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

NEWS

Creation of Center For Cancer Research Marks Cultural Shift

Tracy Thompson

For years, researchers in the Division of Basic Sciences and the Division of Clinical Sciences at the National Cancer Institute often worked independently on the same problem without knowing about the work of their colleagues.

This spring, the two divisions merged to form the Center for Cancer Research. This cultural shift in the NCI’s Intramural Program is being spearheaded by J. Carl Barrett, Ph.D., who serves as the new center’s director. Barrett discussed the motivation behind the merger and his plans for the center with News correspondent Tracy Thompson.


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  		Dr. J. Carl Barrett

 
What is the mission of the CCR?

Our mission is to conduct outstanding cutting-edge basic research on the causes and treatments of cancer and to translate that into clinical research and prevention research that will reduce the burden of cancer in humans. Rather than separate activities of basic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

What was the reasoning behind the merger?

What challenges are you facing?

What gains do you think will be seen with these changes?

In this new paradigm in the Intramural Program, how will the investigators in the CCR be reviewed?

Does this mean that the NCI’s Intramural Program will be driven by specific research goals?

How does the Center for Cancer Research fit into the National Cancer Institute?


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