NEW YORK, Jan. 16-President George W. Bush plans to appoint Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research director Eric Lander to the National Cancer Advisory Board, the White House said yesterday.
The National Cancer Advisory Board oversees the National Cancer Institute, considering budget, legislative, clinical, scientific, and regulatory issues and providing peer review for NCI grant applications.
Its 18 members are all appointed by the president, and include medical, scientific, administrative, and patient advocate experts. It is currently chaired by University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center director John Niederhuber.
Lander, who is also professor of biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will serve on the board until March 2006 and may be re-appointed for a second term.