Dr. Larry Corey, co-director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Dr. Jackson Orem, head of the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI), tour the UCI facilities. For years, Orem was the only practicing oncologist in Uganda—a nation with more than 30 million people and one of the highest rates of cancer in the world. The genesis of the collaboration in Uganda was the Hutchinson Center’s focus on human herpesvirus, which began under Corey in the mid-'90s. (Photo by Erica Sessle, Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases) - Hutchinson Center: Gallery- powered by SmugMug

The joint effort between Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Uganda Cancer Institute will benefit the world by identifying new infectious causes of cancer; new ways to prevent infection-associated cancers, such as the development of new vaccines; and new ways to treat such cancers with nontoxic drugs.

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Hutchinson Center > Dr. Larry Corey, co-director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Dr. Jackson Orem, head of the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI), tour the UCI facilities. For years, Orem was the only practicing oncologist in Uganda—a nation with more than 30 million people and one of the highest rates of cancer in the world. The genesis of the collaboration in Uganda was the Hutchinson Center’s focus on human herpesvirus, which began under Corey in the mid-'90s.
(Photo by Erica Sessle, Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases)

Hutchinson Center > Uganda is a long way to go to study cancer, but what sets this East African nation apart is its long history of education and medical research. Upon completion of a new, state-of-the-art facility, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has pledged $1.8 million to renovate and repurpose the existing buildings of the cancer institute.
(Photo by Rob Gipman, Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases)

Hutchinson Center > Located in the capital city of Kampala, the Uganda Cancer Institute is a long trek from the rural villages where the majority of Ugandans live.
(Photo by Rob Gipman, Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases)

Hutchinson Center > Even if a person makes the journey from their village to the cancer institute, he or she must bring along items that many people in the U.S. would take for granted—like a mattress, bedding and meals.
(Photo by Nadine Pakker, Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases)

Hutchinson Center > The collaborative program is an opportunity for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to help mobilize humanitarian aid for Uganda, where proper nutrition and medical care is scarce and where the families of patients are responsible for all nonmedical care, including food.
(Photo by Rob Gipman, Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases)

Hutchinson Center > The recent $500,000 grant to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center from the United States Agency for International Development will aid in construction of a first-class facility in Uganda.
(Photo by Nadine Pakker, Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases)

Hutchinson Center > Nurse Janet Nankoma Kwiri of the Uganda Cancer Institute tends to patient Ojambo Samwiri of Nyenga-Mukono, Uganda, who is receiving treatment for the Kaposi sarcoma on his lower limbs.
(Photo by Rob Gipman, Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases)

Hutchinson Center > Burkitt lymphoma is the most common form of childhood cancer in Central Africa. Because Burkitt lymphoma tumors grow rapidly, doubling in size every 24 hours, early detection and treatment are critical. However, Ugandan cancer patients often don't find their way to the Uganda Cancer Institute until they are in the late stages of the illness.
(Photo by Rob Gipman, Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases)

Hutchinson Center > Each collaboration between Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Uganda Cancer Institute has brought a modest upgrade to UCI’s capabilities, such as the nursery. This child, undergoing treatment for Burkitt lymphoma, has his father present as a caregiver.
(Photo by Rob Gipman, Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases)

Hutchinson Center > Left to right: Dr. Noleb Mugisha, a medical officer at the Uganda Cancer Institute; Dr. Jackson Orem, director of the UCI and co-director of the Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases (UPCID); Banks Warden, executive director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; and Dr. Corey Casper, co-director of the UPCID, tour the Uganda Cancer Institute..
(Photo by Erica Sessle, Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases)

Hutchinson Center > This young boy expresses optimism in the face of Burkitt lymphoma.

“Having a healthy population is essential for the fabric and stability of the nation,” said Dr. Corey Casper, co-director of the Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases. “It is the Hutchinson Center’s obligation to seek the resources needed to provide care to the patients and clinical-research volunteers in Uganda. It’s also the right thing to do. There can be no greater mandate in cancer research than to wage the fight by doing the right thing.”
(Photo by Rob Gipman, Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases)

Dr. Larry Corey, co-director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Dr. Jackson Orem, head of the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI), tour the UCI facilities. For years, Orem was the only practicing oncologist in Uganda—a nation with more than 30 million people and one of the highest rates of cancer in the world. The genesis of the collaboration in Uganda was the Hutchinson Center’s focus on human herpesvirus, which began under Corey in the mid-'90s.
(Photo by Erica Sessle, Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases)