President George W. Bush Names Waun Ki Hong, M.D., to National Cancer Advisory Board
6/13/2008 Newport, PA press release PharmaLive.com President George W. Bush today appointed world-renowned medical oncologist Waun Ki Hong, M.D., professor and head of the Division of Cancer Medicine at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, to the National Cancer Advisory Board. Hong will serve a six-year term through March 9, 2014. The function of the NCAB is to advise, assist and make recommendations to the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the director of the National Cancer Institute. The NCAB may make recommendations regarding support grants and cooperative agreements, technical and scientific peer review, and functions pertaining to the NCI. “I am delighted to be selected to serve on the National Cancer Advisory Board by President Bush. This new opportunity will allow me to share my expertise in translational and clinical research, to learn from and collaborate with so many of my distinguished colleagues around the country, and to continue to do my part to shape cancer policy,” said Hong. “My ultimate challenge, both at M. D. Anderson and soon with my work with the NCAB, is very simple: raising the bar in cancer care for all those with this disease.” Since joining M. D. Anderson faculty in 1984, Hong has made seminal contributions to cancer medicine through his pioneering research in larynx preservation and chemoprevention in head and neck cancer. Hong, author or co-author of more than 660 scientific publications, has successfully translated numerous key research findings into effective clinical care during [...]