New chief brings welcome changes to US cancer agency

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John Niederhuber, the new director of the US National Cancer Institute (NCI), comes with the advantage of being a scientist and being a people person. Niederhuber, who had a personal experience with cancer when his wife Tracey succumbed in 2001 to breast cancer and is well aware of the pain that is widespread in the cancer research community and the toll that it is taking on young people's career plans, faces the challenge of making tough decisions, when there isn't enough funding for all the important work the NCI does.

Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, United States. National Cancer Institute, Niederhuber, John

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Proposed Bush budget favors NIH

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The author discusses the effect of the boost in the National Institute of Health funding on the scientists from the American research agencies who face the budget cutbacks. Some scientists and politicians have expressed their dissatisfaction with President George Bush's 2002 budget proposal which calls for the 13% increase for the National Institute of Health and cuts or freezes for almost every non-defensive research and development program.

Finance, Budget, Budgeting, Budgets, Social policy, Research, Bush, George W., United States. National Institutes of Health

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Susan Hockfield

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Susan Hockfield, neuroscientist and former Yale provost, describes her experiences on becoming the first female president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge. Hockfield states that her life as a scientist has well prepared her for her new position since when she ran her lab, she sought ideas and input from her entire team, a process she believes is productive as an administrator.

Research & Development, Scientific Research and Development Services, Research & Development NEC, Research institutes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Hockfield, Susan

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