ABOUT US

Our core values

Rooted in Purdue’s land-grant mission, PICR’s values guide everything we do, from discovery in the lab to forming partnerships with our community. These principles reflect our commitment to science, innovation, and a shared purpose of improving health by reducing the burden of cancer.

Collaboration: We foster teamwork and partnerships among scientists, clinicians, and patients to accelerate discoveries and enhance treatment options.

Integrity: We uphold the highest ethical standards in research and practice.

Research: We strive to push the boundaries of science, encouraging creativity and the pursuit of novel ideas to develop new therapies and improve patient outcomes.

Compassion: We prioritize patient care and well-being in all research endeavors.

Learning: We are committed to the continuous training and development of cancer researchers to ensure a knowledgeable and skilled workforce.

Excellence: We seek to attain the highest quality in research, education and training.

Service: We engage with local, regional and national communities to communicate scientific breakthroughs and to foster the public’s interest and awareness of the importance of scientific research and technology in providing new cancer treatments.

Our leadership

The institute is focused on promoting basic discovery, facilitating transdisciplinary collaborative research, improving the drug discovery pipeline and enhancing the movement of discoveries toward application. Our leadership builds on the center’s core strengths and enables us to drive research toward solutions of major cancer issues.

The Executive Committee, comprised of senior leadership and research program leaders, have dedicated their careers to discovering a cure. They drive the institute’s mission and research, meeting monthly to review research progress, set goals and track results.