Welcome

Hung Fan, Ph.D.
Professor and Director

Welcome to the UCI Cancer Research Institute. Approximately 1.45 million people were diagnosed with cancer in the US in 2007; cancer is currently the number 1 killer of people under age 85 in the US, and one of the most feared diseases. While there have been advances in therapies for some cancers, in many cases the “cure” rates are well below 50%. Moreover other cancers have remained refractory to effective treatments or cures (e.g. pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma, melanoma). Thus there is a continuing need for research in cancer at all levels.

The UCI Cancer Research Institute (CRI) is an organized research unit dedicated to basic cancer research. The CRI has 55 faculty affiliates from departments in the Schools of Biological Sciences, Engineering, Medicine and Physical Sciences. The CRI supports faculty research, organizes cancer related training, and functions as the basic sciences arm of the UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. The CRI offices are located in Sprague Hall on the UCI main campus; Sprague Hall is a facility dedicated to research in cancer and genetics.

I would like to thank the CRI affiliates for their participation, and the CRI staff, headed by Ms. Nita Driscoll for excellent support.