December 2003
The Office of Clinical Trials Management (OCTM), headed by Dr. Eric W. Hoffman, is the integrating force behind the LICR Clinical Trials Program, centrally coordinating the LICR’s clinical trials and the production of study reagents, and managing the logistical, legal and regulatory aspects of the convergence of laboratory and clinical research in the Institute. Read more here.
The LICR model of clinical discovery reflects the Institute’s view that the earliest clinical trials must be primarily focused on discovery, not product development, so that the potential of the therapy is fully explored. A systematic academic research approach is used to develop rational therapeutic strategies in the only setting that really counts - cancer patients. Read more here.
The cutting edge of cancer vaccine research, a good proportion of which is originating in laboratories involved in the Cancer Vaccine Program, was presented at the latest of the International Cancer Vaccine Symposia held in New York. The following overviews of the presentations given by LICR investigators summarize the current preclinical and clinical research in the Institute’s Cancer Vaccine Program. Read more here.
Eric Hoffman, head of the Office of Clinical Trials Management
It has been an incredibly successful quarter for the LICR San Diego Branch, with two prestigious scholarships and one excellent grant being awarded to three young laboratory heads. Our congratulations go to Drs. Arshad Desai, Karen Oegema, and Bing Ren. Read more here.
In the mid 1990s, upon Dr. Old’s recommendation, the LICR Board of Directors established the James R. Kerr Program to expand LICR activities into countries such as Russia and China that are scientifically talented but have had limited opportunities for international collaboration in areas of cancer research. The Program has steadily grown and matured under Dr. Old’s stewardship, to the point where it was appropriate for a Director to be appointed in September 2002. A first interactive visit of this new phase of the Program was undertaken between October 18th and 24th, 2003, to one of the principle areas of interest of the Program, China. Read more here.
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