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Headshot of NCI Acting Director, Dr. Douglas R. Lowy

NCI Acting Director Dr. Douglas R. Lowy

Credit: National Cancer Institute

Occasionally, NCI subject matter experts are asked to testify before Congress. Find written testimony from previous NCI-specific appropriations hearings or previous hearings that focused on specific cancer research topics.

NCI witness names, titles, and testimonies are provided along with the committee's name that held the hearing.

Appropriations

Date Committee Witness(es) Testimony
5/4/23 Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak, Acting Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Tabak was accompanied by:

Dr. Douglas Lowy, Principal Deputy Director, NCI

Dr. Joshua Gordon, Director, NIMH

Dr. Richard Hodes, Director, NIA

Dr. Nora Volkow, NIDA

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5/11/22

House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak, Acting Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Tabak was accompanied by:

Dr. Douglas Lowy, Acting Director, NCI

Dr. Diana Bianchi, Director, NICHD

Dr. Tony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Dr. Gary Gibbons, Director, NHLBI

Dr. Nora Volkow, NIDA

Watch the hearing and find other documents on the committee website

5/26/21

Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Dr. Ned Sharpless, Director, NCI

Dr. Diana Bianchi, Director, NICHD

Dr. Gary Gibbons, Director, NHLBI

Dr. Tony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Dr. Eliseo Perez-Stable, Director, NIMHD

Dr. Bruce Tromberg, Director, NIBIB

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5/25/21

House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Dr. Ned Sharpless, Director, NCI

Dr. Diana Bianchi, Director, NICHD

Dr. Gary Gibbons, Director, NHLBI

Dr. Tony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, NIDA

Watch the hearing and find other documents on the committee website

3/4/20 House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Dr. Ned Sharpless, Director, NCI

Dr. Diana Bianchi, Director, NICHD

Dr. Gary Gibbons, Director, NHLBI

Dr. Tony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, NIDA

Watch the hearing and find other documents on the committee website
4/11/19 Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Dr. Douglas R. Lowy, Acting Director, NCI

Dr. John Lorsch, Director, NIGMS

Dr. Richard Hodes, Director NIA

Dr. Griffin Rodgers, Director, NIDDK

Dr. Tony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, NIDA

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4/2/19 House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Dr. Douglas R. Lowy, Acting Director, NCI

Dr. Tony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Dr. Gary Gibbons, Director, NHLBI

Dr. Diana Bianchi, Director, NICHD

Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, NIDA

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5/17/18 Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Dr. Ned Sharpless, Director, NCI

Dr. Walter Koroshetz, Director, NINDS

Dr. Tony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Dr. Richard Hodes, Director, NIA

Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, NIDA

Watch the hearing and find other documents on the committee website

4/11/18 House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Dr. Ned Sharpless, Director, NCI

Dr. Diana Bianchi, Director, NICHD

Dr. Tony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, NIDA

Watch the hearing and find other documents on the committee website

6/22/17 Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Dr. Douglas R. Lowy, Acting Director, NCI

Dr. Gary Gibbons, Director, NHLBI

Dr. Tony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Dr. Richard Hodes, Director, NIA

Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, NIDA

Dr. Joshua Gordon, Director, NIMH

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4/7/16 Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Dr. Douglas R. Lowy, Acting Director, NCI

Dr. Walter Koroshetz, Director, NINDS

Dr. Richard J. Hodes, Director, NIA

Dr. Christopher Austin, Director, NCATS

Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, NIDA

Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request - NCI Written Testimony

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3/16/16 House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Dr. Douglas R. Lowy, Acting Director, NCI

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director, NIAID

Dr. Richard J. Hodes, Director, NIA

Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, NIDA

Institute and Center Directors did not provide written testimony for this hearing.

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10/7/15 Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis Collins, Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Drs. Douglas R. Lowy, Acting Director, NCI;

Griffin P. Rodgers, Director, NIDDK;

Walter J. Koroshetz, Director, NINDS;

Jon Lorsch, Director, NIGMS;

Nora D. Volkow, Director, NIDA

Institute and Center Directors did not provide written testimony for this hearing.

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4/30/15 Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Dr. Francis Collins, Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Drs. Douglas R. Lowy, Acting Director, NCI

Anthony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Gary Gibbons, Director, NHLBI;

Jon Lorsch, Director, NIGMS

Tom Insel, Director, NIMH

Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request - NCI Written Testimony

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3/26/14 House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis Collins, Director, NIH, testified.

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Drs. Harold Varmus, Director, NCI

Anthony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Gary Gibbons, Director, NHLBI

Story Landis, Director, NINDS

Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request - NCI Written Testimony

5/15/13

Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis Collins, Director, NIH

Dr. Harold Varmus, Director, NCI

Anthony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Gary Gibbons, Director, NHLBI

Richard Hodes, Director, NIA

Story Landis, Director, NINDS

Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request - NCI Written Testimony

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3/28/12

Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis Collins, Director, NIH

Dr. Harold Varmus, Director, NCI

Anthony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Griffin Rodgers, Director, NIDDK

Richard Hodes, Director, NIA

Thomas Insel, Acting Director, NCATS

Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request - NCI Written Testimony

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3/20/12

House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis Collins, Director, NIH

Dr. Harold Varmus, Director, NCI

Anthony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Lawrence Tabak, Deputy Director, NIH

Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request - NCI Written Testimony

5/11/11

Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

Dr. Francis Collins, Director, NIH

Dr. Harold Varmus, Director, NCI

Griffin Rodgers, Director, NIDDK

Anthony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Susan Shurin, Acting Director, NHLBI

Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Request - NCI Written Testimony

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Cancer Research

Date Committee Witness(es) Testimony
8/23/18 Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Dr. Ned Sharpless, Director, NCI

Dr. Diana Bianchi, Director, NICHD

Dr. Tony Fauci, Director, NIAID

Dr. Richard Hodes, Director, NIA

Watch the hearing and find other documents on the committee website

7/25/18 House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health

Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, and Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner, FDA testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Dr. Ned Sharpless, Director, NCI

Dr. Stephanie Devaney, All of Us Research Program

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10/7/15 Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, testified

Dr. Collins was accompanied by:

Dr. Douglas R. Lowy, Acting Director, NCI

Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers, Director, NIDDK

Dr. Walter J. Koroshetz, Director, NINDS

Dr. Jon R. Lorsch, Director, NIGMS

Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, NIDA

NIH: Investing in a Healthier Future (Institute and Center Directors did not provide written testimony for this hearing.)

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7/17/2014 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Subcommittee on Research and Technology
Harold Varmus, M.D., Director, National Cancer Institute, testified. Policies to Spur Innovative Medical Breakthroughs from Laboratories to Patients
5/7/2014 Senate Special Committee on Aging Harold Varmus, M.D., Director, National Cancer Institute, testified.

Fight Against Cancer: Challenges, Progress, and Promise

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6/19/12

Senate Cancer Coalition

Dr. Barbara Wold, Director, Center for Cancer Genomics, NCI

Preventing and Treating Cancer in the 21st Century: Seeking the Right Treatment at the Right Time

4/14/10

House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health

Deborah M. Winn, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI

Smokeless Tobacco: Impact on the Health of our Nation's Youth and Use in Major League Baseball

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3/23/10

House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health

Anna D. Barker, Ph.D., Deputy Director, NCI

National Cancer Institute Research: Today's Progress; Tomorrow's Challenges

3/4/10

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

William Dahut, M.D., Clinical Director, NCI, Chief, GU/GYN Clinical Research Section, Medical Oncology Branch, NCI

Prostate Cancer Research at the National Institutes of Health

10/7/09

House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health

Stephen Taplin, M.D., M.P.H., Chief of Applied Cancer Screening Research Branch, NCI

Breast Cancer Screening Improvement Means Considering the Entire Process

9/14/09

Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Dr. Robert Hoover, Director, Epidemiology and Biostatics Program, DCEG, NCI

Statement for the Record on The Health Effects of Cell Phone Use

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9/25/08

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Domestic Policy

Dr. Robert Hoover, Director, Epidemiology and Biostatics Program, DCEG, NCI

Statement for the Record on Cell Phone Use and Tumors

9/9/08

House Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations & Oversight

Dr. Jim Vaught, Deputy Director, Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research, NCI

Biorepository Policies and Practices at the National Institutes of Health

5/21/08

House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health

Dr. Deborah Winn, Associate Director, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, NCI

NIH Research on the Role of the Environment in Breast Cancer Development and Progression

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