Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Predecessor | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle Cancer Care Alliance |
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Formation | 1975 |
Type | Nonprofit organization |
Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Leader | Thomas Lynch Jr., M.D. |
Budget | $654.62 million (2020)[1] |
Website | fredhutch.org |
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, formerly known as the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and also known as Fred Hutch or The Hutch, is a cancer research institute established in 1975 in Seattle, Washington.[2][3]
History
The center grew out of the
In 1972, with the help of Senator
In 1998, the center formed the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA), a separate nonprofit corporation,[10] with University of Washington School of Medicine (UW Medicine), and Seattle Children's. This solidified the center's reach into clinical care and was essential for it retaining its NCI comprehensive center designation;[11] the designation was extended to the center's consortium including the SCCA in 2003.[9] SCCA's outpatient clinic first opened in January 2001.[11]
In 2001, The Seattle Times published a series of articles alleging that investigators at the center (including the center's co-founder E. Donnall Thomas) were conducting unethical clinical studies on cancer patients. The paper alleged that in two cancer studies conducted in the 1980s and early 1990s, patients were not informed about all the risks of the study, nor about the study doctors' financial interest in study outcome. The paper also alleged that this financial interest may have contributed to the doctors' failure to halt the studies despite evidence that patients were dying sooner and more frequently than expected.[12] In response, the center formed a panel of independent experts to review its existing research practices, leading to adoption of new conflict-of-interest rules.[13]
In 2010
The year 2014 saw the organization adopt its longtime local nickname, "Fred Hutch", as its official name as part of a rebranding.[20]
On April 1, 2022, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) merged to form Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, a unified adult cancer research and care center that is clinically integrated with University of Washington (UW) Medicine and UW Medicine's cancer program.[21]
Notable faculty
The center has employed three recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine:
- Linda B. Buck, who received the award in 2004 for solving many details of the olfactory system;[22] and
- Leland H. Hartwell, who received the honor in 2001 for his discoveries regarding the mechanisms that control cell division.[23] After retiring from leading the center in 2010, Hartwell left to join Arizona State University.[24] and
Commercialization
The center is active in
Campus
The institute's main campus consists of 13 buildings that are on fifteen acres (6.1 ha) in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle.[29]
In 1987, the center began exploring possible new homes to replace its 9-building campus on
The campus is accessible via the Mercer Street exit of
See also
- Hutch Award
- Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases
References
- ^ "Financial Summaries & Impact Reporting". Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ a b c Louis Fiset, December 30, 2004 for HistoryLink: The Free, Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History Hutchinson, Dr. William B. (1909-1997)
- ^ "Mission Statement". Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
- PMID 12454105
- ^ "Center dedication Friday". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). AP. September 2, 1975. p. 6.
- ^ Jane Sanders for the University of Washington Libraries. 1987 Essay: A Legacy of Public Service
- ^ Melissa Allison for the Seattle Times. October 20, 2012 Obituary: E. Donnall Thomas, Nobel winner for bone-marrow transplant advances
- ^ US Government Accounting Office. March 17, 1976. Comprehensive Cancer Centers: Their Locations and Role
- ^ a b NCI Fred Hutchinson/University of Washington Cancer Consortium Page access June 27, 2015
- ^ Washington State Hospital Association Hospital Details: Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Archived June 30, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Page accessed June 27, 2015
- ^ a b BusinessWire October 24, 2012 Fitch Affirms Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (WA) Rev Bonds at A+; Outlook Stable
- ^ "Uninformed Consent". The Seattle Times. 2001.
- ^ Doughton, Sandi (August 4, 2009). "Hutch leader Lee Hartwell guided center's ride to top, will retire next June". The Seattle Times.
- ^ "Lawrence Corey, infectious disease expert, new Hutchinson Center President". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. July 29, 2010. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ^ Seattle Times Staff. November 20, 2014 "Genetics expert named director, president of Fred Hutch"
- ^ "D. Gary Gilliland, M.D., Ph.D."
- ^ Romano, Benjamin (June 11, 2018). "Hutch cancer center will put labs in Seattle's historic Lake Union steam plant". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Fred Hutch completes move-in of Lake Union Steam Plant". October 15, 2020.
- ^ "Fred Hutch names Dr. Thomas J. Lynch Jr. As new president and director". January 7, 2020.
- ^ Vit, Armin (November 12, 2014). "New Name, Logo, and Identity for Fred Hutch by Hornall Anderson". Archived from the original on November 15, 2014.
- ^ "Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle Children's and UW Medicine Complete Restructure of Partnership". April 2022.
- ^ "Medicine 2004". nobelprize.org. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
- ^ "Medicine 2001". nobelprize.org. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
- ^ Luke Timmerman for Xconomy. September 20, 2010 Lee Hartwell, at 70, Tackles Personalized Medicine, Education in Latest Career Phase
- S2CID 206546435.
- ^ "Medicine 1990". nobelprize.org. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
- ^ Brady Huggett. Top US universities and institutes for life sciences in 2013 Nature Biotechnology 32(11):1085
- ^ a b Annie Zak for the Puget Sound Business Journal, February 13, 2015 Fred Hutch and its amazing spinoff machine
- ^ "Our Sustainable Campus". Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ Balter, Joni (September 27, 1987). "Growing Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center may move". The Seattle Times. p. A1. Retrieved December 17, 2015 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Levy, Nat (December 17, 2015). "Why and how the Hutch moved to SLU". Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ Lilly, Dick (June 20, 1993). "Firms Moving Quicker than Commons Plan". The Seattle Times. p. B1. Retrieved December 17, 2015 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Angelos, Constantine (September 30, 1988). "Hutchinson Center approves new site - Board OK's plan to buy Lake Union". The Seattle Times. p. A1. Retrieved December 17, 2015 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Nogaki, Sylvia (June 25, 1988). "Hutchinson Division's move canceled - Grants make N. end site too small". The Seattle Times. p. A10. Retrieved December 17, 2015 – via NewsBank.
- ^ King, Marsha (July 28, 1991). "In This Space At This Time -- ZGF's Organic Style Gives Birth To Buildings That Fit". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ Woodward, Kristen (February 2015). "40 things you didn't know about Fred Hutch". Hutch Magazine. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ "Hutchinson Dedicates a New Lab Building". The Seattle Times. June 2, 1993. p. B2.
- ^ Campus Buildings & Destinations (PDF) (Map). Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Retrieved December 17, 2015.