OT- B1G Cancer Research Consortium
I just saw this release from the UM Health System and thought it was worth sharing. Usually when thnking of conferences, we think of athletics, so it is neat to see meaningful partnersips coming from the conference members as well.
http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201305/big-ten-universities-form…
I lost my wife to that damned disease 3 years ago. (She was only 47.) I'll pray for the consortium to achieve breakthrough findings.
sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss!
They should try to get JHU on board since they are affiliate members now.
This was my first thought as well...I imagine this has been in the works for several months though which is why they probably weren't included in any talks. I'm sure this is one area where nobody would be opposed to further expansion.
may have been attractive for a research university like JHU to be involved in such a huge research endeavor. Plus the fact that they needed a home for lacrosse and you may see why a school that was independent in lacrosse for 140 years suddenly hopped into the Big Ten
I think JHU might be a great add if only for what they might be able to add to the consortium
Let's see if the SEC can compete with us on this playing field. One of my sons is a surgical resident at U of M ...So proud!
Whenever someone brings up the "superiority" of the SEC.
I hope you don't...as much as this is a great effort, the contributions of any institue, whether a conference consortium like this or individual school (including those in the SEC) to cancer research deserves to be applauded.
Are you suggesting when someone says, "B1G sucks, SEC rules!" that it's inappropriate to respond that the B1G schools are uniting like Voltron to fight cancer?
Especially since the implication made by pointing to this initiative is that colleges do things far more important than football.
Based on context of footbal in which an SEC fan might say that, responding with "We're better at cancer research," isn't exactly the argument I would utilize, particularly when any amount of cancer research is potentially beneficial.
It's quite common for universities to partner on research initiatives across all fields of study so it is likely that several SEC schools partner in some way. Whether there is a conference wide partnership, I don't know, but there may be.
It just so happens that many B1G schools have respectable cancer research institutes, facilities, etc. so in conjunction with the existing athletic relationship it seems to be a logical partnership.
The athletic relationships are being used for something of greater importance than sports. Pointing this out to someone who sees conference supremacy as purely a function of athletic accomplishment in no way disparages any research being done at SEC schools, it merely indicates that there's more to the B1G than sports.
I'm curious if those of you arguing about this are aware of what the CIC is.
Weird that Breslin Center at MSU is not part of this. But it is really shocking that The James at Ohio is not a member. Wonder what the story is there?
Without knowing much about the facilities themselves, I would think that it might have something to do with research institue vs treatment center.
Speaking of which, I'm not sure if you all have read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, but it's a remarkable book on the subject of ethical research. Johns Hopkins is a central theme in the entire story.
This is an awesome endeavor which will hopefully yield some excellent results.
Cancers of varied types are the reason that I lost three of my grandparents before I got out of middle school. I still miss them and hope that my kids don't have to lose part of an entire generation of the family like that.
Rutgers University (The Cancer Institute of New Jersey becomes part of Rutgers on July 1)Whoa, I had no idea that, on July 1st, Rutgers will absorb most of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Rutgers adds a med school, dental school, school of public health, and more). Wikipedia says UMDNJ is 71st in research expenditures, so this is like Rutgers absorbing Michigan State or Iowa or something. Could put them top 25 nationally in total research expenditures.
UMDNJ has five different campuses, and became the overall name for several NJ medical programs that have gradually become associated/incorporated, including Rutgers. The complicated timeline on its website [LINK] first mentions Rutgers in 1962, but by 1986 the two names were official hyphenates, as they re-named themselves yet again:
On July 1, [1986], UMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School officially adopted UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School as its name and Middlesex General University Hospital became Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
I think the Cancer Institute must be part of the further restructuring happening this year, continuing the relationships between campuses to foster the kind of collaboration that this Big Ten program will promote.
On July 1, 2013, the New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act goes into effect, integrating Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, with all units of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), except University Hospital in Newark and the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford.
Whatever the history, a good idea all around.
The merger of Rutgers and UMDNJ was felt by many to be a factor in Rutgers gaining admittance to the B1G. It will elevate Rutgers into a top 25 research university. With the opportunity to collaborate with the other B1G schools the benefits could be huge.
In the strange world of NJ politics, the medical school was separated from Rutgers in the 1970's. The merger is now fueling some of the firestorm surrounding Rutgers athletics and it's President.