ORU

The CRI is an organized research unit (ORU), recognized by the UC Regents as a center of excellence in basic cancer research.  The CRI presently has 55 affiliated faculty, drawn from departments in the School of Biological Sciences, basic and clinical departments from the Medical School, the School of Physical Sciences, the School of Engineering, and the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the new College of the Health Sciences.   An organizational chart is shown below.

The CRI facilitates basic cancer research at UCI by supporting research efforts of individual affiliate faculty; facilitating collaborative research, including submission of multi-investigator proposals; coordinating graduate and postdoctoral training in cancer research; and sponsoring meetings on cancer-related topics.  In addition, since 1994 the CRI has administered Sprague Hall, a research building dedicated to cancer and genetics.  Sprague Hall serves as the physical focus of the Cancer Program/Cancer Center on the Irvine campus.