Huntsman Cancer Institute

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.

Huntsman Cancer Institute
Geography
LocationSalt Lake City, Utah, United States
Coordinates40.7725°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

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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