Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) is an
NCI-designated cancer research facility and hospital located on the campus of the
University of Utah in
Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the only
National Cancer Institute-designated
Comprehensive Cancer Center in the
Intermountain West.
Overview
Huntsman Cancer Institute was founded with a pledge of $100 million of personal wealth from
Jon Huntsman Sr.
Jon Meade Huntsman Sr. (June 21, 1937 – February 2, 2018) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder and executive chairman of Huntsman Corporation, a global manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals. Huntsman p ...
, a philanthropist and businessman. To date, Huntsman has donated more than $250 million of his own money since Huntsman Cancer Institute was established.
Mary Beckerle
Mary C. Beckerle is an American cell biologist who studies cancer at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah School of Medicine. At Huntsman Cancer Institute, she serves as the CEO and also as Associate Vice President for Cancer Aff ...
is HCI's chief executive officer and director.
In November 2013, Huntsman donated an additional $50 million for the construction of a new research building dedicated to researching children's cancer and cancers that run in families. The Primary Children's and Families' Research Center opened in 2017.
In 2015, the National Cancer Institute awarded HCI Comprehensive Cancer Center status.
Research
Scientists at the institute aim to understand cancer at a molecular and genetic level and strive to find new and more effective ways to treat this disease. A treatment approach based on genetic knowledge allows for more targeted, individualized cancer therapies.
Research programs
The center's research is supported by a Cancer Center Support Grant from the National Cancer Institute, which subsidizes cancer research performed by more than 130 members of the Cancer Center.
Sponsored Content controversy
In 2017, the
Sinclair Broadcasting Group was fined 13.3 million US-$ by the
FCC for not properly designating
paid advertising content by the Huntsman Cancer Institute as such. The advertisements, either in the form of 60- or 90-second shorts or half-hour standalone programs, were shown over 1700 times in SBG-affiliated broadcasts. In a statement, Sinclair denounced the fine, which at that point was the largest ever imposed by the FCC, as "unreasonable".
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References
External links
Huntsman Cancer Institute
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Hospital buildings completed in 1999
Cancer hospitals
Medical research institutes in the United States
Medical and health organizations based in Utah
Teaching hospitals in Utah
University of Utah
1999 establishments in Utah
NCI-designated cancer centers