UNMC_Acronym_Vert_sm_4c
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Membership Criteria

Criteria for Full Membership

Full members of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center must:
  • Be a faculty member within the University of Nebraska system.
  • Have expertise in cancer research.
  • Have a record of high-quality peer-reviewed publications.
  • Hold peer-reviewed grant support.
  • Be a new recruit or investigator in cancer research (four-year initial term) or researcher active in another field who has gained interest in pursuing cancer-relevant research.
  • Show active and consistent participation in cancer center activities. The member will need to keep track of this participation.

They also must meet one or more of these stipulations:

  • Serve as principal investigator on one or more peer-reviewed grants.
  • Have cancer-related support within the past three years and intend to continue in cancer research.
  • Have not had cancer-related peer-reviewed funding as PI within past three years, but contribute to collaborative research on grants and publications.
  • Participate in clinical cancer research by serving in one of these roles:
    • Principal investigator of an industry-sponsored trial for which the member was a primary scientific contributor to the trial’s design, implementation and monitoring. 
    • Site principal investigator of a multi-site interventional investigator-initiated trial initiated at another center that accrues at least five subjects a year at our cancer center. 
    • National leadership position in NCI National Clinical Trials Network studies. These positions are national principal investigator or study chair; principal investigator on U10 grant; committee chair for National Clinical Trials Network or a nationally recognized consortium.
    • Member of cancer center leadership team.
Appointments will be reviewed every year by senior leadership of the cancer center. The director may terminate appointments if criteria are not met. 

Criteria for Associate Membership

Associate members of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center must:
  • Be a faculty or staff member within the University of Nebraska.
  • Demonstrate an interest in cancer research and/or educational programs.
  • Show active and consistent participation in cancer center activities.