No. 1 US: Fox Chase Cancer Center
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At the Fox Chase Cancer Center, which ranked first in the United States in the "Best Places" survey, research is a team sport. "We all have a common mission and a common goal," says Erica Golemis, a principal investigator in the basic science division. "This is the most cooperative, interactive place."
Fox Chase in Philadelphia is one of the National Cancer Institutes' 39 designated comprehensive cancer centers. Here, researchers are divided among three scientific divisions: basic, medical, and population. Within each, investigators are organized into working groups based on their research interests and expertise. "There's not a lot of bureaucracy. There's the president, the directors, and the working group heads, and that's it," says Mary Ann Sells, director of grants and contracts and former head of the cell culture facility. "There's no politics involved."
The nonprofit research institute earned ...
