The Coordinating Board
The Center for Advanced Research and Comprehensive Approach of Cancer is co-directed by:
(1) Professor, MD, PhD, Patriciu Achimaș, Oncological Institute of Cluj-Napoca (IOCN).
(2) Professor, Psy, PhD, Daniel David, Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB)
The Scientific secretary of the Center is Dr. Ovidiu Bălăcescu, IOCN.
Key academics
Professor, PhD, Manuela Banciu , UBB – part of the Coordinating Board of the Center
Associate professor, PhD, Degi Csaba, UBB, the president of the European Cancer Organisation – part of the Coordinating Board of the Center.
Senior researcher, MD, PhD, Rareș Buiga, UBB
Senior reseacher, MD, PhD, Paul Kubelac, UBB
Researcher, MD, PhD, Radu Vidra, UBB
Senior assistant professor, PhD, Daniel Cruceriu, UBB & IOCN
The team includes mainly the scientific and clinical staff from the groups coordinated by professors David and Achimaș (including also the teams of the other key academics). The research infrastructures are state of the art, both from a biomedical perspective (e.g., mammography instruments – SENOGRAPHE PRISTINA 3D; see also the INSPIRE Platform and the BioNanoMedicine Unit) and from a psychosocial perspective (e.g., see the UBBMed).