Lovell Jones

The Scientist Date: August 19, 1996 THE SCIENTIST® The Newspaper for the Life Sciences Professional "THE SCIENTIST is focused on areas that most other publications shy away from....They are issues you see in other periodicals, but they don't have the breadth in terms of looking at their impact on minority and medically underserved populations." Lovell Jones, director, Section of Experimental Gynecology/Endocrinology,Department of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson C

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Date: August 19, 1996

Lovell Jones, director, Section of Experimental Gynecology/Endocrinology,
Department of Gynecologic Oncology,
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

"We're now the only multicultural group with a liaison to the advisory council of the National Cancer Institute," Jones notes. "We've been instrumental in setting up an office of special populations at NCI as well as meeting with Congress to see about setting up more effective research. This message has gotten through on both sides of the aisle. It gets at who they ask for advice. You can be bilingual but not bicultural."

An avid reader of THE SCIENTIST, Jones says: "THE SCIENTIST is focused on areas that most other publications shy away from-the reorganization of the NCI, the pros and cons of clinical trials, and the impact on managed care. They are issues you see in other periodicals, but they don't have the breadth in ...

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