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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2006 98(18):1266-1268; doi:10.1093/jnci/djj400
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© Oxford University Press 2006.

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John Niederhuber: Thinking Like a Director

Cori Vanchieri

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When the announcement came on Aug. 15 that he would be appointed the 13th director of the National Cancer Institute, John Niederhuber, M.D. was not surprised. One could say he's been heading toward this moment from the earliest part of his career.


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  		John Niederhuber

 
Niederhuber had become acting director of the Institute less than 3 months earlier, after Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D., departed for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. But he has been a visible part of the cancer establishment for decades. He was chair of the National Cancer Advisory Board, a comprehensive cancer center director, and a member of dozens of committees involved in NCI work, including the recent Committee to Restructure the National Cancer Clinical Trials Enterprise. For the past year, he's been a deputy director at NCI.

"I've been coming here to NCI for more years than I'd like to admit in one capacity . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Not Perturbed by Budget Woes

Niederhuber has held several other roles in the cancer community:

A Career in Oncology

Time To Reassess

Niederhuber's Spending Priorities:


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