Program Planning

UT西南西蒙斯癌症中心在过去四年中取得了重大进展， 这是有效利用内部和外部规划和评价进程的直接结果， 癌症中心会员和UT西南管理。规划和评估活动包括 分为三类：外部咨询委员会、内部规划和审查以及计划 发展外部咨询委员会：西蒙斯癌症中心得到了一个 外部顾问委员会，包括杰出的科学家和领导人与NCI癌症中心的经验。 该EAB是在指导UT西南领导对一个强大的发展计划， 矩阵癌症中心和招聘一名新主任。自从威尔逊博士被招募以来， 每年在达拉斯审查科学计划，共享资源和研究重点。EAB评论 每个项目的生产力，卓越和癌症焦点，并提出机会建议 招聘，以解决方案中的差距，以及战略，以进一步使一个成功的 新的癌症中心这些报告由中心和机构领导审查。内部规划和 评估：高级领导理事会监督癌症中心的规划和评估， 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疾病导向会议。 每月与高级领导人会面的团队成员。该中心致力于会员在一个高度 成功和受欢迎的中心范围内的务虚会形式，每年举行，此外，半天务虚会是 由协理主任召集，具有具体的跨学科主题目标。举行非正式午餐会 为中心全体会员提供每月一次的培训，以促进互动和会员的投入。程序计划。 规划和评估过程的一个重要组成部分是， 有权进行自己的规划。这种计划和评估在项目层面上发生， 定期计划会议以及外部顾问参与的特殊计划活动， 计划成员评估和规划新的举措。不久之后，制定了一项战略计划， 博士威尔逊被任命为主任，并用于传达中心的目标和方向，并导致了一个 来自安妮特和哈罗德西蒙斯的一份主要慈善礼物，支持了癌症的快速扩张 中心教师和方案。

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.