Oliver Bogler, Ph.D., joined NCI in 2020 as the director of the Center for Cancer Training (CCT). As director, he oversees NCI’s training and career development programs, which prepare scientists both within NCI (intramurally) and around the country (extramurally) to advance cancer research. Since he joined, CCT has developed new funding mechanisms, launched Inside Cancer Careers, a podcast about all the different ways people work to end cancer as we know it, and develop an AI-powered app, NanCI, focused on connecting early career scientists to scientific information and a professional network.
Dr. Bogler studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, completed his doctoral work at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in London, and did postdoctoral training at the Salk Institute and the Ludwig Institute, San Diego Branch. He has held faculty appointments at Virginia Commonwealth University, Henry Ford Hospital, and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he also served as director of basic research for the Brain Tumor Center. His research focused on EGFR signaling and novel platinum compounds in glioblastoma.
While at MD Anderson, he served as vice president for global academic programs, supporting international collaborations and as senior vice president for academic affairs, where he stewarded MD Anderson’s education mission, including career development and accreditation, in support of 1,700 faculty members and more than 2,000 early career investigators and students.
Before coming to NCI, Dr. Bogler was the chief operating officer at the ECHO Institute working on behalf of underserved populations in health care, education, and beyond by making expert knowledge more accessible.