Ralph De Vere White
Director, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Comprehensive Breast Center of Arizona
Norway
Biography
Two decades ago, the cancer world looked vastly different. The human genome was being sequenced. Electronic medical records were an idea. Precision medicine, a distant hope. It was in that environment that UC Davis opened the cancer center in 1991. At the time, research was carried out on the Davis campus; patients were seen in Sacramento.
Research Interest
We also teamed with colleagues at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory to bring their extraordinary expertise to bear on all aspects of the disease. In 2002, we became the 60th cancer center in the country to receive designation by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and in 2012 became the 41st NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.
