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Kenneth H. Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., a leading breast cancer expert at the<\/p>\n

National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., has been named director of<\/p>\n

the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer & Allied Diseases and the<\/p>\n

UNMC Eppley Cancer Center. The appointment is subject to the approval of<\/p>\n

the University of Nebraska Board of Regents at its next meeting.<\/p>\n

Dr. Cowan, 51, will assume his new post on Aug. 1. Since completing<\/p>\n

his residency training at Texas Southwestern Affiliated Hospitals in Dallas,<\/p>\n

Dr. Cowan has spent his entire 21-year career at the NCI. Since 1988, he<\/p>\n

has served as chief of the Medical Breast Cancer Section, Medicine Branch,<\/p>\n

and serves as a captain in the Public Health Service, which includes physicians<\/p>\n

in the National Institutes of Health. In his NCI position, he was responsible<\/p>\n

for overseeing a $1 million budget and a 21-person staff. His breast cancer<\/p>\n

group included 12 laboratory researchers and a clinical staff of six performing<\/p>\n

trials in patients with breast cancer.<\/p>\n

“Dr. Cowan is a marvelous recruit for our Medical Center,” said Harold<\/p>\n

M. Maurer, M.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center chancellor. “He<\/p>\n

fits perfectly into our aim and vision of becoming a world class academic<\/p>\n

health sciences center.<\/p>\n

“We recently hired an outstanding molecular geneticist in Dr. Richard<\/p>\n

Finnell. Now, with Dr. Cowan, we are getting one of the world’s leading<\/p>\n

experts in the use of gene therapy for breast cancer. We’re thrilled to<\/p>\n

get somebody of his caliber. His credentials are outstanding — he comes<\/p>\n

from the world’s leading cancer research institute and is right at the<\/p>\n

top of his game.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Cowan said he is excited about his new position. “I’ve been recruited<\/p>\n

by a number of cancer centers in the past couple years. The Nebraska situation<\/p>\n

is unique. It includes an excellent mix of basic scientists and clinical<\/p>\n

scientists. All the components are in place for basic ideas in the laboratory<\/p>\n

to be translated into therapeutic trials.<\/p>\n

“Nebraska has always had a strong program in studying the origins of<\/p>\n

cancer. Now they have developed outstanding clinical programs in cancer<\/p>\n

therapy, including bone marrow transplantation. We hope to complement these<\/p>\n

clinical programs with new basic research programs in cancer genetics,<\/p>\n

cancer cell biology and cancer immunology. We hope to create an environment<\/p>\n

in which exciting observations made in the lab can be rapidly brought to<\/p>\n

the patient’s bedside in the form of new therapies to treat and prevent<\/p>\n

cancer. The more we understand about the molecular basis of cancer the<\/p>\n

better this knowledge can be used to more effectively treat and prevent<\/p>\n

cancer.<\/p>\n

“It’s an exciting time. The cancer center is already strong, and the<\/p>\n

university is making a strong commitment to developing an even stronger<\/p>\n

program. We want to become a world class comprehensive cancer center with<\/p>\n

outstanding screening and prevention programs as well as cancer treatment<\/p>\n

programs that can serve the entire region.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Cowan’s breast cancer research focused on the mechanisms of drug<\/p>\n

resistance, the biology of breast cancer and gene therapy. He has orchestrated<\/p>\n

several clinical trials seeking new therapeutic applications for breast<\/p>\n

cancer. These clinical trials have focused on gene therapy and trying to<\/p>\n

identify new agents in the treatment of the disease.<\/p>\n

A New York City native, Dr. Cowan earned his undergraduate degree at<\/p>\n

the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y. and his medical and doctorate<\/p>\n

degrees from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

Among his awards, Dr. Cowan received the Public Health Service Outstanding<\/p>\n

Service Medal in 1991. He has authored more than 200 papers for scientific<\/p>\n

journals and has been an invited guest lecturer for at least a dozen scientific<\/p>\n

conferences in the past two years. He will make a major presentation on<\/p>\n

his gene therapy breast cancer clinical trial at the American Society of<\/p>\n

Clinical Oncology meeting in Atlanta in May.<\/p>\n

Dr. Cowan said he expects to bring at least one of his clinical trials<\/p>\n

to Omaha. This trial involves transferring drug-resistance genes into bone<\/p>\n

marrow cells prior to giving these cells back to breast cancer patients<\/p>\n

undergoing a bone marrow transplant. The hope is that the drug-resistance<\/p>\n

genes will allow patients to receive higher doses of chemotherapy with<\/p>\n

less toxicity.<\/p>\n

He also has been working on taking genes that can inhibit the growth<\/p>\n

of breast and ovarian cancer cells,  re-engineering these genes, and<\/p>\n

then injecting them back into the tumor as a way of getting these special<\/p>\n

genes into the tumor cells. This work has<\/p>\n


been done on animals to date, but hopefully can be extended to humans<\/p>\n

in clinical trials in the near future.<\/p>\n

During the recruitment process, Dr. Cowan made four trips back to Nebraska<\/p>\n

and met with many people. He had special words of appreciation for the<\/p>\n

Friends of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, a community-based organization<\/p>\n

committed to raising funds for cancer research. “The Friends were very<\/p>\n

active in the recruiting process. They were outstanding. They really impressed<\/p>\n

me with their commitment to the cancer center, and they made it much easier<\/p>\n

for me to want to move to Omaha.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Cowan said the NCI and NIH are both expected to increase their budgets<\/p>\n

by 15 percent this year and continue to increase their budgets over the<\/p>\n

next five years. This money will be used to fund extramural research<\/p>\n


at universities and cancer centers.<\/p>\n

“It’s an opportune time to expand cancer research programs,” he said.<\/p>\n

“If UNMC can make a commitment to develop additional research, the opportunity<\/p>\n

to get NIH funding is going to be much greater.” He cited the four levels<\/p>\n

of research space in The Lied Transplant Center as indicative of UNMC’s<\/p>\n

commitment to doing more research.<\/p>\n

With the additional research funds that should be available, Dr. Cowan<\/p>\n

said he hopes to double cancer center research over the next 5 to 10 years.<\/p>\n

UNMC has committed to hiring 10 new faculty members in addition to the<\/p>\n

three or four researchers expected to come with Dr. Cowan from the NCI.<\/p>\n

The Eppley Institute was founded in 1961. Dr. Cowan will be the sixth<\/p>\n

director in the institute’s 38-year history. He replaces Raymond W. Ruddon,<\/p>\n

Jr., M.D., Ph.D., who served as director of the Eppley Institute and the<\/p>\n

UNMC Eppley Cancer Center from 1989 to 1997.  Dr. Ruddon left to become<\/p>\n

director of the Corporate Office of Science and Technology with Johnson<\/p>\n

& Johnson Corp. in New Brunswick, N.J.<\/p>\n

Barry Gold, Ph.D., professor in the Eppley Institute, has served as<\/p>\n

interim director of the Eppley Institute since Dr. Ruddon’s departure.<\/p>\n

Margaret Tempero, M.D., deputy director of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center,<\/p>\n

has served as interim director of the cancer center.<\/p>\n

The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center is a NCI designated cancer center — a<\/p>\n

distinction held by only 55 centers in the country. Of the $34.3 million<\/p>\n

in competitive, external research grants and contracts awarded to UNMC<\/p>\n

in 1997-98, cancer-related research accounted for about one-half of that<\/p>\n

amount.<\/p>\n

The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center was created in 1993 by the University<\/p>\n

of Nebraska Board of Regents in a move that united cancer researchers throughout<\/p>\n

the UNMC campus into a larger single entity. It marked a major first step<\/p>\n

toward Eppley’s quest to eventually become a comprehensive cancer center,<\/p>\n

the most prestigious designation awarded by the NCI.<\/p>\n

Dr. Maurer recognized the work of the search committee headed by James<\/p>\n

Armitage, M.D., professor and chairman of the UNMC internal medicine department. <\/p>\n

The search committee reviewed the applications of about 20 leading cancer<\/p>\n

experts and conducted interviews with a half-dozen individuals. “The search<\/p>\n

committee did a terrific job,” Dr. Maurer said. “This was an extremely<\/p>\n

important position for our campus.  I couldn’t be more pleased with<\/p>\n

our final selection.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Cowan’s wife, Alison Freifeld, is an infectious disease specialist<\/p>\n

at the NCI who works with infection problems encountered by cancer patients.<\/p>\n

The couple has two daughters B Sara, 12, and Eliza, 9.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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