Directory Clinical Cancer in New Mexico, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Maine, and Massachusettes

University of ChicagoBen May Department for Cancer ResearchThe work done by the collection of laboratories within the Ben May Department for Cancer Research has advanced cancer treatment by providing answers to fundamental biological questions and by finding applications for groundbreaking scientific discoveries. UC Department for Cancer Research 929 East 57th Street, W421 Chicago, IL 60637312-702-6180

INDIANA
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer CenterIndiana University (IU) Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center advances the understanding, prevention and treatment of cancer throughout Indiana and the world with patient-centered care, acceleration of promising science and collaborative educational programs. Over 200 investigators conduct research in the areas of experimental and development therapeutics, breast cancer, cancer control, as well as hematopoiesis, microenvironment and immunology. The IU Simon Cancer Center’s Translational Research Acceleration Collaboration (ITRAC) is the internal planning and funding process which has recently been implemented to speed the development of new cancer diagnostics and therapies from the laboratory to the bedside. Molecular and environmental carcinogenesis is one research area currently in development at the center.Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer CenterIndiana Cancer Pavilion535 Barnhill Drive, Room 455, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5289Tel: (317) 278-0070
The Purdue Cancer Center The Purdue Cancer Center is an interdisciplinary basic cancer research Center. Its mission is to promote and support multidisciplinary cancer research at Purdue University. The scientific mission of the Center is to promote interdisciplinary cancer research at Purdue University. To accomplish its mission, the Center is organized into three scientific programs: Experimental Therapeutics and Diagnostics; Structural Biology; and Cell Growth and Differentiation. These programs form the scientific core of the Center. Our scientists collaborate across many departments to focus the most advanced biological, chemical, engineering and veterinary technologies on fighting cancer. Such collaborations generate knowledge, concentrate efforts on the most promising diagnostics and therapeutics, create additional research and funding opportunities, and help train future leaders in cancer researchPurdue University Cancer CenterHansen Life Sciences Research BuildingSouth University Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1524Tel: (765) 494-9129

MAINE
The Jackson Laboratory Cancer CenterScience at The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center gains its strength and focus from multidisciplinary approaches to cancer, grounded in the genomics and basic biology of the mouse. Accurate preclinical models for human cancers are a foundation for translational research, a proving ground for target identification and validation. Among the best are modern mouse models, in which sophisticated genetic manipulation in the context of defined genetic backgrounds reproduces molecular aberrations associated with human tumors. The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center has a single research program, modeling cancer: stem cells to therapy. Several members work on stem/progenitor cells, focusing on aspects of genome organization, nuclear architecture, and nuclear reprogramming, genome instability and programmed cell death in normal and transitional cells. Others investigate mechanisms involved in disease progression and host response, such as angiogenesis, immune recognition, metabolic regulators, and processes of aging. Prevention and therapy research involves targeting signal transduction pathways; bone marrow transplantation; and complications of cancer and therapy that become health issues for survivors, such as bone loss, reproductive failure and anemia. The sophisticated scientific services and resources supported by the Cancer Center enable this research.The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609-0800Tel: (207) 288-6041

MASSACHUSETTES
MIT Center for Cancer Research Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe MIT Center for Cancer Research (CCR) was founded in 1974, and is one of eight National Cancer Institute-designated basic research centers. Our mission is to apply the tools of basic science and technology to determine how cancer is caused, progresses and responds to treatment. Through this effort we have developed an increasingly complete understanding of the nature of cancer cells, which as led directly to improved treatments for the disease. Molecules identified by CCR research teams were used as targets for two of the first few FDA-approved cancer-fighting drugs produced by molecular medicine (approved by the FDA in 1998 and 2001). Today, the Center for Cancer Research continues to generate critical new insights into the basic mechanisms of cancer that are essential for advancing the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. We remain committed to our founding vision that we can conquer cancer through research and technology. MIT Center for Cancer Research77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E17-110, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307Tel: (617) 253-8511

NEBRASKA
University of Nebraska Medical Center/ Eppley Cancer CenterThe UNMC Eppley Cancer Center is renowned for its basic research programs in chemical carcinogenesis, molecular, cellular and structural biology, and translational research in new therapies. Promising areas of clinical research include investigating antibodies for diagnosing and treating lymphomas and solid tumors, and developing tumor vaccines for colon and breast cancer, to name a few. In the multidisciplinary Peggy D. Cowdery Patient Care Center, part of the Lied Transplant Center, cancer patients are treated by surgical, medical, and radiation oncologists, as well as by supportive care specialists such as genetic counselors, nutritionists, and social workers. At the Lied Transplant Center, patients with cancer and other diseases requiring transplantation benefit from revolutionary treatment strategies in a comfortable, home-like setting. Cooperative Care, a new model of care delivery, enables family members to stay and participate as partners in a patient’s care. University of Nebraska Medical Center/ Eppley Cancer Center600 South 42nd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-6805 Tel: (402) 559-4238

NEW MEXICO
University of New Mexico Cancer Research & Treatment Center Located in a region of rich multicultural and multiethnic diversity, tremendous scientific and technological capability, and challenging health and socioeconomic disparity, The University of New Mexico Cancer Research & Treatment Center (UNM CRTC) is the nation’s newest NCI-Designated Cancer Center. The special characteristics of the UNM CRTC are the multiethnic populations that it serves with their strikingly different patterns of cancer incidence and mortality; the integration of regional scientific strengths in engineering, nanotechnology, microsystems, and high performance computing at UNM, New Mexico State University, and Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories into its Research Programs; and the extensive networks that it has developed for community-based participatory research and cancer clinical trials. With significant support from UNM, The State of New Mexico, its formal consortium partners (Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories), and the community, the UNM CRTC members and programs have grown tremendously over the past five years. Over 45 new clinical and research faculty have been recruited since 2001. University of New MexicoMSC 08 4630, 1 University of New Mexico, 2325 Camino de SaludAlbuquerque, New Mexico 87131Tel: (505) 272-5622