About Us

The Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases is a multidisciplinary cancer research institute that is advancing discoveries in the fight against cancer while also training the next generation of investigators.

Created in 1960 with a $2.5 million grant from the Eugene C. Eppley Foundation and funds from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Nebraska, the institute's faculty members conduct basic and translational cancer research in state-of-the-art laboratories.

The institute is led by Joann B. Sweasy, PhD, an internationally recognized comprehensive cancer center director and an expert in the genetics, cell biology and biochemistry of DNA repair.

The purpose of the Institute, dedicated in 1963, was to provide a research center that could perform and encourage fundamental studies leading to:

• A better understanding of the causes of cancer.
• The improvement of methods for diagnosis of cancer.
• The improvement of methods for the treatment and prevention of cancer and similar disorders. 

The Eppley Institute is located within the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, which includes 98 laboratories devoted to cancer research within the Suzanne and Walter Scott Research Tower. Also located within the cancer center is the C.L. Werner Cancer Hospital, with 108 inpatient beds devoted entirely to cancer clinical care.

Eight shared research resources are available within the cancer center: Flow Cytometry, Advanced Microscopy, Structural Biology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Preclinical Imaging, Bioinformatics, and Biostatistics.