The next decade will present us with an unprecedented opportunity to make advances in the fight against cancer, and I believe the Center is uniquely prepared to contribute to these advances Dr. Lee Hartwell . A programmatic approach to interdisciplinary research All of the scientific research at the Center is organized into 20 scientific programs containing about 10 to 20 faculty members. Scientific programs are the intellectual focal points of activity at the Center. Each program has a program head responsible for organizing the activities of the program and an associate program head responsible for communicating with the other scientists at the Center about the research of the program. Most members of the Center participate in several scientific programs.
Programs usually have representation from more than one division, and often from all divisions.
Therefore, they constitute the forums for interdisciplinary research and communication.