| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2-3 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Preventive medicine |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1996 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The Naylor Dana Institute in Valhalla, New York, which houses the Foundation’s laboratories, and recently its Child Health Center, was opened in 1975. It was built with funds contributed by the Eleanor Naylor Dana Foundation, the National Cancer Institute, and private donors. All laboratory research is carried out in the Naylor Dana Institute, while the Divisions of Epidemiology and Health Promotion Research maintain offices in New York City, close to study populations in the metropolitan area.
Funding Information:
Research at the Foundation began as an outgrowth of the ongoing studies on the relationship between tobacco and cancer that were being carried out by Dr. Wynder and his colleague, Dr. Dietrich Hoffmann. Beginning with an initial group of 8 people, the Foundation has grown to its present size of approximately 200 employees. The initial staff was supported mainly by grants and contracts from the National Cancer Institute, and that is still the case for the Foundation. The scientific activities of the Foundation expanded rapidly, encompassing targeted areas of cancer research, including tobacco use and oropharynx and lung cancers, the relationship between dietary factors and cancers of the breast and colon, mechanisms of chemical carcinogenesis, development of new and effective tests for genotoxic and carcinogenic agents, chemoprevention, molecular dosimetry, and cancer control activi-