Rights and Responsibilities

Markey Cancer Center Research Community Members are expected to:

  1. Contribute intellectual resources through collaborative engagement in cancer program areas, including basic, translational and/or clinical research.
  2. Serve on designated center program and review committees, task forces, etc.
  3. Participate in training programs, mentoring activities, seminars, journal clubs and faculty recruitment.
  4. Utilize MCC shared resource facilities.
  5. Represent the Markey Cancer Center and its programs both within the community and at national and international meetings in an appropriate professional manner.
  6. Provide periodically updated curriculum vitae and other information necessary for properly representing the status of Markey Cancer Center programs and participants.
  7. Provide periodically updated NIH biographical sketch.
  8. Acknowledge Markey Cancer Center Membership in cancer-related publications (e.g. footnote stating “Member, Lucille P. Markey Cancer Center”).
NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center - A Cancer Center Designated by the National Cancer Institute

Markey Cancer Center is designated by the National Cancer Institute as a Comprehensive Cancer Center – a distinction that recognizes our commitment to accelerating precision cancer research and care to patients. We are the first and only NCI-Comprehensive Cancer Center in Kentucky, and one of 56 in the nation.

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