Lynette Gillis, M.D.
• Established Vanderbilt Cancer Center, 1993
• Began relationship with the T.J. Martell Foundation, Music Row friends: Frances Preston Laboratories, Country in the Rockies, Best Cellars of Nashville, Martell Music Days
• Award of Clinical Cancer Center designation from the NCI (1995)
• Naming of center for E. Bronson Ingram (1999)
• Launch of Imagine A World Without Cancer campaign, 1999 ($180+ million to date)
• Award of Comprehensive Cancer Center Designation (2001)
• Dedication of the Frances Williams Preston Building (2001)
• Funding of three SPOREs in lung, GI and breast cancers (2001, 2002, 2003)
• Funding of Comprehensive Minority Institution/Cancer Center Partnership with Meharry (2001)
• Establishment of Cancer Epidemiology Program that includes Southern Community Cohort Study and two Shanghai cohorts
• Establishment of Cancer Biology, Biostatistics and Thoracic Surgery departments
• Funding of Digestive Disease Center (2002)
• Establishment of Pain & Symptom Management Program
• “Outstanding” score on renewal of Cancer Center Support Grant, Comprehensive status (2004)
• Over six-fold increase in NCI funding base to $50 million+ per year
• Total cancer research funding from public, private and philanthropic sources now tops $105 million/year
• Recruitment of more than 100 new faculty and retention of key faculty
• Award of 20 Ingram professorships
• Endowment of four new chairs
• Numerous honors for faculty including:
• Two Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Awards
• Two AACR/Rosenthal Award winners
• AACR/Landon Prize
• Three faculty leading top national cancer organizations (AACI, ASCO and AACR) in 2004-05.
• “Outstanding” score on renewal of Cancer Center Support Grant and retention of comprehensive status