The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

- Leadership Overview
- Director's Message
  Read a message from Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.
- About the Center
  Learn about the mission and vision of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.
- Outreach Overview
- Mission
  The Community Outreach and Engagement Office aims to reduce overall cancer burden and eliminate cancer-related health disparities in its catchment area.
- Community Advisory Board
  This board advises on the direction of cancer center research, dissemination of evidence from ongoing research activities, and policy recommendations.
- Speaker's Bureau
  The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Speakers Bureau provides resources to community groups across Nebraska including experts to give presentations on cancer-related topics.
- Resources
  The Community Outreach and Engagement Office provides such resources as videos, infographics, reports and community needs assessments.
- Our Team
  Find members of the Community Outreach and Engagement Office team.
- Nebraska Breast Health Navigation Program
  This program is working to eliminate barriers for breast cancer survivors, using trained volunteers called Lay Patient Navigators who provide peer-to-peer support.
- Research Overview
- - Membership Directory
    Search a listing of full members of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, as well as directories of members by research program.
  - Membership Criteria
    Learn about the criteria for becoming a member of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.
  - Become a Member
    Apply for membership in the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center by submitting a short form.
- - Shared Resources
    The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center is home to state-of-the-art facilities and provides support to shared resources at UNMC.
  - UNMC Cores and Shared Resources
    Researchers also have access to shared resources through the UNMC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
  - Request Research Space
    Complete this form to request research space.
- - Cancer Biology Program
    The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Cancer Biology Program represents a long-standing commitment to cancer mechanisms-focused research.
  - Gastrointestinal Cancer Program
    This program is focused on understanding the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of gastrointestinal cancers; identifying diagnostic and prognostic tools; and d developing new therapeutic options.
  - Targets, Modulators and Delivery Program
    This program develops and delivers small molecules to modulate validated cancer targets as eventual cancer therapeutics.
  - Lymphoma Study Group
    The Nebraska Lymphoma Study Group is a groundbreaking collaboration among community oncologists, pathologists and researchers within the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology.
- - Registries
    View registries that are currently enrolling subjects through iCaRe2.
  - Information for Patients
    Participation helps researchers understand specific cancer types, determine risk factors, advance treatment for patients and discover cancer prognostic markers.
  - Information for Researchers
    iCaRe2 aims to foster clinical and epidemiological studies and accelerate the secondary use of cancer and health related data for translational research.
  - Information for Sponsors
    Your gift will support the continuous system growth and improve strides in personalized medicine, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer.
Patient Care
Training & Education

— The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center — Research — Integrated Cancer Repository for Cancer Research — Information for Sponsors

Information for Sponsors

Thank you for your interest in advancing the critical work underway at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Initially supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute and funded through generous donations, the iCaRe2 facilitates collaborations among participating centers and advances the comprehensive clinical and epidemiological studies. Your gift will support the continuous system growth and improve strides in personalized medicine, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer.

Standardized multidimensional data collected by the iCaRe2 will help researchers to better assess cancer risk factors and can be used for designing new predictive mathematical models of carcinogenesis and for improving the preclinical diagnostic and prognostic methods for the early detection of cancer and estimation of personalized survival.

To make the difference, we need your help to evolve the iCaRe2 into a comprehensive national resource for the standardized cancer data collection, mining and sharing. Please contact us if you can help.

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
986805 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska 68198-6805

Contact Us

Kenneth Cowan, MD, PhD

Professor, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Professor, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
Lead Investigator, Integrated Cancer Repository for Cancer Research
Research focus: Breast cancer

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Phone: 402-559-4238

Michelle Desler, MS

iCaRe2 Lead Coordinator

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Phone: 402-559-8885