ASTRO backs NCI Director Bertagnolli for top NIH spot
October 17, 2023
ASTRO joined organizations of the Cancer Leadership Council supporting the confirmation of NCI Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as the next Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). An October 18 hearing of the Senate's Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will consider President Biden’s nomination of Dr. Bertagnolli, prompting ASTRO and others to issue the joint statement praising her leadership as a physician researcher, cancer center leader and cancer survivor. “We believe she has the expertise, experience and temperament to be a stellar NIH leader,” the statement said.