Huntsman Cancer Institute
Geography
LocationSalt Lake City, Utah, United States
Coordinates40°46′21″N 111°50′04″W / 40.7725°N 111.8345°W / 40.7725; -111.8345
Organization
Care systemPublic
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityUniversity of Utah
Links
Websitehttp://www.huntsmancancer.org/ Official
ListsHospitals in Utah

Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) is an NCI-designated cancer research facility and hospital located on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Intermountain West.

Overview

Huntsman Cancer Institute was founded with a pledge of $100 million of personal wealth from Jon Huntsman Sr., a philanthropist and businessman. To date, Huntsman has donated more than $250 million of his own money since Huntsman Cancer Institute was established.[1] Mary Beckerle is HCI's chief executive officer and director.[2]

In November 2013, Huntsman donated an additional $50 million for the construction of a new research building dedicated to researching children's cancer and cancers that run in families. The Primary Children's and Families' Research Center opened in 2017.[3]

In 2015, the National Cancer Institute awarded HCI Comprehensive Cancer Center status.[4]

Research

Scientists at the institute aim to understand cancer at a molecular and genetic level and strive to find new and more effective ways to treat this disease. A treatment approach based on genetic knowledge allows for more targeted, individualized cancer therapies.

Research programs

The center's research is supported by a Cancer Center Support Grant from the National Cancer Institute, which subsidizes cancer research performed by more than 130 members of the Cancer Center.[5]

In 2017, the Sinclair Broadcasting Group was fined 13.3 million US-$ by the FCC for not properly designating paid advertising content by the Huntsman Cancer Institute as such.[6] The advertisements, either in the form of 60- or 90-second shorts or half-hour standalone programs, were shown over 1700 times in SBG-affiliated broadcasts.[7] In a statement, Sinclair denounced the fine, which at that point was the largest ever imposed by the FCC,[8] as "unreasonable".[9]

References

  1. ↑ Levenick, Christopher (Summer 2012). "The Fearless Philanthropist". Philanthropy. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ Wood, Benjamin; Stuckey, Alex (April 25, 2017). "Pershing: Beckerle reinstated to helm of Huntsman Cancer Institute". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Huntsman Cancer Institute Unveils New Primary Children's and Families' Cancer Research Center". huntsmancancer.org. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ "National Cancer Institute Awards Huntsman Cancer Institute Elite Comprehensive Cancer Center Designation". huntsmancancer.org. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  5. ↑ "HCI Research Programs". Archived from the original on March 5, 2010. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  6. ↑ Scott D. Pierce: Federal regulators fine KUTV's owner $13.3 million for deceiving Utah viewers. Salt Lake Tribune, Dec. 16, 2017, accessed May 26, 2021.
  7. ↑ Stephen Battaglio: Sinclair Broadcast Group is fined $13 million by FCC for failing to identify sponsored programming. Los Angeles Times, Dec. 21, 2017, accessed May 26, 2021.
  8. ↑ Federal Communications Commission: FCC 17-171, Statement of Commissioner Brendan Carr, accessed May 26, 2021.
  9. ↑ David Goldman: Tempers flare at FCC over record Sinclair fine. CNN.com, Dec. 21, 2017, accessed May 26, 2021.
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