Program Planning

德克萨斯大学西南部西蒙斯癌症中心在过去四年中取得的重大进展是 有效利用内部和外部规划和评估过程的直接结果 癌症中心会员和德克萨斯大学西南管理局。规划和评估活动是 分为三类：外部咨询委员会、内部规划和审查以及方案 发展。外部咨询委员会：西蒙斯癌症中心从一个 外部顾问委员会，包括杰出的科学家和具有NCI癌症中心经验的领导人。 EAB在指导德克萨斯大学西南地区领导层制定一项强大的 迈克尔癌症中心招聘一名新主任。自从Willson博士被招募以来，EAB已经开会 每年在达拉斯审查科学计划、共享资源和研究进展。选管会的检讨 每个计划的工作效率、卓越程度和致癌重点，并就机会提出建议 用于招聘，以弥补计划中的差距，以及关于进一步使 新的癌症中心。这些报告由中心和研究所领导层审查。内部规划和 评估：高级领导委员会监督癌症中心的规划和评估，并 得到一系列委员会的支持，包括每月一次的项目领导人会议和面向疾病的会议 每月与高级领导会面的团队成员。该中心在一个高度开放的 每年举办的成功和受欢迎的全中心静修形式，此外，半天的静修是 由协理主任召集，制定具体的跨学科专题目标。举行了一次非正式午餐 每个月为整个中心会员培养互动和会员投入。节目策划。 规划和评估过程的一个重要组成部分是，每个科学计划都是 有权进行自己的规划。这种在计划层面的规划和评估是通过 定期计划会议以及外部顾问参与的特别计划活动 计划成员在评估和计划新的创新方面的作用。不久之后，制定了一项战略计划 威尔森博士被任命为主任，用于传达中心的目标和方向，并导致 安妮特·西蒙斯和哈罗德·西蒙斯的主要慈善捐赠，支持癌症的快速扩张 中心教职员工和项目。

The significant progress of the UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center over the last four years has been a direct result of effective use of internal and external planning and evaluafion processes that have engaged the Cancer Center membership and UT Southwestern administrafion. Planning and evaluafion acfivifies are organized into three categories: An External Advisory Board, Internal Planning and Review, and Program Development. External Advisory Board: the Simmons Cancer Center has received strong guidance from an external advisory board that includes outstanding scienfists and leaders with NCI Cancer Center experience. The EAB was instrumental in guiding the UT Southwestern leadership on a plan for development of a strong matrix cancer center and recruitment of a new Director. Since Dr. Willson's recruitment the EAB has met annually in Dallas to review scientific programs, shared resources, and research thrusts. The EAB reviews the productivity, excellence and cancer focus of each program and makes recommendation on opportunifies for recruitment to address gaps in the program as well as on strategies to further enable the success of a new cancer center. These reports are reviewed by Center and Institufional leadership. Internal planning and evaluafion: The Senior Leaders Council oversees the planning and evaluafion for the Cancer Center and is supported by a series of committees including a monthly meefing of program leaders and disease oriented team members who meet monthly with the senior leaders. The Center engages membership in a highly successful and popular Center wide retreat format that is held annually and in addifion, half day retreats are convened by the Associate Directors with specific transdisciplinary thematic goals. An informal lunch is held for the entire Center membership each month to foster interacfion and membership input. Program plannino. An important component of the planning and evaluafion process is that each scientific program is empowered to conduct its own planning. Such planning and evaluafion at the program level occurs with regular program meefings as well as with special program events where outside consultants participate with program members in evaluating and planning new initiafives. A strategic plan was developed shortly after Dr. Willson's appointment as Director and used to communicate the Center's goals and direction and led to a major philanthropic gift from Annette and Harold Simmons that has supported a rapid expansion of Cancer Center faculty and programs.