{"id":171263,"date":"2023-01-09T12:56:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T22:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=171263"},"modified":"2023-01-09T13:04:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T23:04:33","slug":"ueno-shares-uh-cancer-center-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/09\/ueno-shares-uh-cancer-center-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"New <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center director shares vision for future"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_171142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171142\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-cancer-center-ueno-naoto-.jpeg\" alt=\"Naoto T. Ueno headshot\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-171142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-cancer-center-ueno-naoto-.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-cancer-center-ueno-naoto--300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-cancer-center-ueno-naoto--130x73.jpeg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-171142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center Director Naoto T. Ueno<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhcancercenter.org\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Cancer Center<\/a> Director <strong>Naoto T. Ueno<\/strong> said his vision is to make the <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center a national and international leader in treatment and care development that will provide access to the latest cancer treatment to the people of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will impact not only patients in our region\u2014<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and the Pacific\u2014but also internationally,&rdquo; said Ueno, who officially started on December 12, 2022. &ldquo;We will be known for our high quality standard of care that, along with our research, will create a stronger connection between the United States and Asia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em>东精影业 News<\/em> story<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/14\/ueno-uh-cancer-center-director\/\">Naoto T. Ueno announced as new <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center director<\/a>, October 14, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ueno most recently served as the executive director of the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program at the University of Texas <abbr>MD<\/abbr> Anderson Cancer Center for 30 years, where he also held various faculty and administrative positions. He is the first <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center director of Asian descent and is also a two-time cancer survivor. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Being a cancer survivor provided me with a unique understanding because it is an important perspective you can only have if you have actually experienced life with cancer and survived,&rdquo; said Ueno, who added that he is humbled by the opportunity to lead the only National Cancer Institute Designated (<abbr>NCI<\/abbr>) Cancer Center in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, and one of only 71 in the country. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center already works closely with the community and our healthcare systems to reduce cancer patients&#8217; suffering through our novel strategy and advanced research,&rdquo; said Ueno. &ldquo;I would like to see us build on these efforts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My mission is to bring inclusiveness and expand our workforce\u2019s diversity, ultimately leading to innovation and productivity<br \/>&#8212;Naoto T. Ueno<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He said that includes building on the groundbreaking research the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center is already known for and its emphasis on the unique ethnic, cultural and environmental characteristics of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and the Pacific. <\/p>\n<p>He is probably most excited about the Early Phase Clinical Research Center, a key research initiative at the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center. Construction on the first phase of the facility began in fall 2022 and is tentatively scheduled to be completed in 2024. Congress just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/03\/federal-funding-2023-for-uh-programs\/\">appropriated an additional $6.5 million for the project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the first of its kind in the state, providing access to Phase 1 trials to cancer patients from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, so they do not have to travel to the continental <abbr title=\"United States\">U.S.<\/abbr> for specialized treatments. Phase 1 trials represent cutting-edge cancer treatments and are often considered when patients have a particularly challenging form of cancer or when standard treatments have been unsuccessful. With the addition of the Early Phase Clinical Research Center, Ueno says the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center can have an impact beyond treating cancer and research. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My mission is to bring inclusiveness and expand our workforce\u2019s diversity, ultimately leading to innovation and productivity,&rdquo; said Ueno. <\/p>\n<p>With 15 years of leadership experience and 30 years of experience in research and education, particularly in stem cell transplant, gene therapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy, Ueno is widely regarded for his preclinical development and research efforts that have translated into clinical trials. He says he hopes his years of experience will benefit the expansion of <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center\u2019s clinical trials and community building efforts. Further, Ueno said he will invest in the center&#8217;s research programs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhcancercenter.org\/research\/cancer-biology\">Cancer Biology<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhcancercenter.org\/research\/population-sciences-in-the-pacific\">Population Science in the Pacific<\/a>, so that they will have an accelerated impact in the community. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naoto T. Ueno aims to make the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center a national and international leader in treatment and patient care development for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[691,218,169,9],"class_list":["post-171263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-administration","tag-cancer","tag-uh-cancer-center","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171263"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171272,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171263\/revisions\/171272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}