Contact Us Unlocking Cancer's Secrets CU's nationally recognized Cancer Center is the largest research enterprise at the Health Sciences Center and involves over one-third of all researchers on campus.
Studies encompass the entire spectrum from basic to clinical research.
The center, directed by Paul A. Bunn Jr., has received substantial federal funding since its inception in 1987 and ha developed numerous ties to affiliated institutes, research centers, and other universities. Highlights of some of the most challenging and significant projects follow. Evaluating and further developing an animal model for investigating the effectiveness of chemical agents for the chemoprevention of breast cancer. The National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research at the CU-Health Sciences Center is sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and is the only program of this type in the country focusing specifically on American Indian and Alaska Native populations. The center, directed by Spero Manson, is widely recognized as the country's most authoritative source in this field.