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About the Director

Harold Varmus, M.D., co-recipient of a Nobel Prize for studies of the genetic basis of cancer, began his tenure as NCI Director on July 12, 2010. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). More >>


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Remarks at Portrait Unveiling, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
June 2013
Harold Varmus talks about art, science, and politics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Message to Grantees About NCI Funding and Grant Support for FY2013
May, 2013
Harold Varmus sent an email to all NCI grantees informing them of reductions to NCI's budget for fiscal year 2013. The reductions, due in large part to sequestration, are spread across NCI's portfolio to protect NCI's ability to issue new and competing research project grants.

Harold Varmus Requests Input on NCI Cloud Initiative
April, 2013
Biomedical researchers are asked for their input on scientific questions that should guide the process of developing computational infrastructure to analyze high volume data sets from genomics research.

Message to Grantees About NCI Funding and Grant Support For FY2013
March 7, 2013
Harold Varmus sent an e-mail to all NCI grantees about the impact of sequestration on NCI funding and grant support for fiscal year 2013.

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