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A tribute to Robert Croyle, PhD, Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
1Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400, USA.
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This review highlights Dr. Robert Croyle's leadership in cancer control and population sciences. His work significantly advanced behavioral research and NCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) impact.
Area of Science:
- Cancer Control and Population Sciences
- Behavioral and Social Sciences in Oncology
- Implementation Science
Background:
- Dr. Robert Croyle's tenure as director of the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) spanned from 2003 to 2021.
- Dr. Croyle joined DCCPS in 1998, significantly contributing to behavioral research before assuming leadership.
- The DCCPS conducts integrated research across genetic, epidemiological, behavioral, social, survivorship, surveillance, and health care delivery domains.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the accomplishments of Dr. Robert Croyle and the DCCPS during his directorship.
- To highlight Dr. Croyle's specific contributions to behavioral and related domains in cancer research.
- To acknowledge Dr. Croyle's impact on the field of cancer control and population sciences.
Main Methods:
- Review of leadership and divisional accomplishments.
- Analysis of contributions in behavioral and related research domains.
- Examination of the impact on cancer control and population sciences landscape.
Main Results:
- Dr. Croyle is recognized as one of the government's most effective leaders.
- The DCCPS has achieved notable successes in implementation science and dissemination of evidence-based findings.
- The division fostered significant partnerships across federal and non-governmental organizations.
Conclusions:
- Dr. Croyle's visionary leadership has been instrumental in the success and impact of the DCCPS.
- The division's integrated research approach and collaborative efforts have advanced cancer control and population sciences.
- The review serves as a tribute to Dr. Croyle's extensive contributions prior to his retirement.
Abstract:
At the beginning of Dr. Robert Croyle's 18th and final year as director of the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), before his retirement in December 2021, it is fitting to review some of his and the division's many accomplishments and pay tribute to him as one of the government's most effective leaders. The focus of this article is on Dr. Croyle's contributions in the behavioral and related domains and his and the division's impact on the landscape of cancer control and population sciences. Dr. Croyle joined DCCPS in 1998 as associate director for behavioral research. He became acting director of DCCPS in 2001 and then director in 2003. DCCPS is a formidable NCI division, with broad mandates and responsibilities and many partners from multiple sectors. The division conducts and supports an integrated program of the highest-quality genetic, epidemiological, behavioral, social, applied, survivorship, surveillance, and health care delivery cancer research. The division's notable successes in implementation science and the dissemination of evidence-based findings and products, use of cancer research consortia, and partnerships across National Institutes of Health and with external federal and nongovernmental organizations are among many that reflect Dr. Croyle's visionary leadership.
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