Is NOVA involved in any major partnerships and initiatives?
Yes. NOVA is a subcontractor to Northrop Grumman at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and Hyattsville, Maryland. NOVA also collaborates with The Cancer Institute of New Jersey in producing an invitation-only meeting to bring world leaders in academia and industry together with government officials and legislators in an effort to develop a plan for facilitating the movement of laboratory discoveries in cancer prevention and control to clinical implementation. NOVA also works closely with several branches of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), including the Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD), President’s Cancer Panel (PCP), Office of Education and Special Initiatives (OESI), Applied Research Program (ARP), Center for Cancer Research (CCR, NCI’s intramural research program), Office of Science Planning and Assessment (OSPA), and Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program (EGRP). In addition, in 2003, the PCP, together with the Lance
