Bill gives $500,000 for new facility at UH cancer center
Advertiser Staff
The Omnibus Appropriations Bill approved by Congress includes $500,000 in planning money for a new research facility for the University of Hawai'i Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i.
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According to U.S. Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawai'i), the money will help bolster efforts to develop the new John A. Burns School of Medicine complex in Kaka'ako.
UH President Evan Dobelle called the news "a tremendous first step" for achieving a new cancer center.
The money was originally requested last year by the late U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink.
"The Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i is a vital part of the federal government's efforts to study the causes of cancer and to find ways to reduce the impact of the disease on the people of Hawai'i," Case said.
"The new research facility will enhance the center's ability to perform critical research, such as clinical trials of state-of-the-art drugs used in the treatment of cancer. This work cannot be done using existing facilities, which are cramped and inadequate."
UH President Evan Dobelle called the news "a tremendous first step" for achieving a new cancer center.
The bill was approved Thursday.
