The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee has been hard at work . Since last June , the committee has been meeting to establish operations of the Institute and recently announced its highly anticipated executive director , Bill Gimson , and chief scientific officer , Dr. Alfred Gilman . Mr. Gimson brings 35 years of experience at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where he led 15,000 employees with an annual budget of over $ 10 billion and Dr. Gilman is a Nobel laureate at UT Southwestern Medical Center . With a competent and committed team in place , it is more important than ever that we provide the Institute with the tools it needs to achieve its goals . Texas voters have already approved it -- now the Legislature must act .