Abstract

Senior leadership at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) is comprised of the President and 4 Vice Presidents representing basic, translational, clinical and prevention programs. These leaders are responsible for collaborations across programs, direction and strategic planning, oversight of shared resources, education, community outreach and budgetary oversight Over the past five years, Dr. John Mendelsohn has provided consistent and strong leadership as President of MDACC and PI of the CCSG. Dr. Robert Bast has continued to coordinate the Office of Translational Research and is Co-Pi of the CCSG, aiding Dr. Mendelsohn in coordinating Cancer Center Programs and Shared Resources. Dr. Maurie Markman serves as Vice President of Clinical Research, including leadership of the Clinical Trials Support Resource and the Protocol Review and Monitoring System. Dr. Raymond DuBois, who joined MDACC this year, serves as Provost. He will oversee all academic and research activities at MDACC. MDACC is currently recruiting for our next Vice President for Cancer Prevention.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
3P30CA016672-37S2
Application #
8530382
Study Section
Subcommittee G - Education (NCI)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2012-07-01
Budget End
2013-06-30
Support Year
37
Fiscal Year
2012
Total Cost
$2,882
Indirect Cost
$1,058

  Institution

Name
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Department
Type
DUNS #
800772139
City
Houston
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77030

  Publications

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Fujii, Takeo; Colen, Rivka R; Bilen, Mehmet Asim et al. (2018) Incidence of immune-related adverse events and its association with treatment outcomes: the MD Anderson Cancer Center experience. Invest New Drugs 36:638-646
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Altok, Muammer; Achim, Mary F; Matin, Surena F et al. (2018) A decade of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy training: Time-based metrics and qualitative grading for fellows and residents. Urol Oncol 36:13.e19-13.e25
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Assi, Rita; Kantarjian, Hagop; Ravandi, Farhad et al. (2018) Immune therapies in acute myeloid leukemia: a focus on monoclonal antibodies and immune checkpoint inhibitors. Curr Opin Hematol 25:136-145
Viswanath, Pavitra; Peng, Shaohua; Singh, Ratnakar et al. (2018) A Novel Method for Quantifying Total Thoracic Tumor Burden in Mice. Neoplasia 20:975-984
Ma, Grace X; Lee, Minsun M; Tan, Yin et al. (2018) Efficacy of a community-based participatory and multilevel intervention to enhance hepatitis B virus screening and vaccination in underserved Korean Americans. Cancer 124:973-982
Peng, Guang; Mills, Gordon B (2018) Surviving Ovarian Cancer: An Affair between Defective DNA Repair and RB1. Clin Cancer Res 24:508-510

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