# Leadership, Planning and Evaluation

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2022 · $163,526

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY: LEADERSHIP, PLANNING, AND EVALUATION
Stephen D. Nimer, MD, was appointed as Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (Sylvester) Director in 2012.
Under his leadership, Sylvester has experienced exponential growth, driven by its dedicated leadership team,
its highly engaged and experienced External Advisory Board (EAB), its productive relationship with University
leadership, and its adherence to a carefully constructed 2014-2018 Strategic Plan with clear standards,
timelines, goals, and deliverables. Nimer leads Sylvester with the assistance of a senior leadership team
comprised of a Deputy Director, six Associate Directors, an Associate Vice President, and Physician-in-Chief
for the Oncology Service Line. Collectively, this team provides thoughtful and important counsel to the Director,
including strategies that promote the growth of Sylvester’s basic, translational, clinical, and population science
research portfolio; education and training activities; community outreach and engagement capabilities; shared
resource support; and its ability to define new research directions and create new programs and funding
opportunities for its members. In addition to the guidance offered by Sylvester’s robust senior leadership team,
Sylvester has seven internal review committees that provide recommendations and oversee the
implementation of Sylvester’s activities and strategic plans; including the Executive Committee, Space
Allocation, Intramural Funding Program (IFP), Scientific Steering Committee (SSC), Clinical Research Internal
Advisory Board (CRIAB), Cancer Education Leadership Council (CELC), and Community Outreach and
Engagement Internal Advisory Board (COE IAB). Additionally, two external advisory entities—the External
Advisory Board (EAB) and the Board of Overseers (BOO)—provide advice and expertise that is critical to
Sylvester’s success. Supplementing Sylvester’s senior leadership and internal and external advisory
committees are the many planning and evaluation efforts (e.g. Shared Resource Advisory Groups (SR AG)
and Membership), which are presented for consideration and action to the Scientific Steering and Executive
Committees. In aggregate, feedback from these advisory entities allows Sylvester to obtain effective internal
and external advice, set priorities, make decisions, and define and evaluate the Center’s strategic plans and
activities. These activities drive Sylvester’s mission and vision maximizing the Center’s ability to advance a full
cancer research agenda, maintain the highest standard/quality of care and research, and serve its unique
catchment area, one with unparalleled diversity.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10443645
- **Project number:** 5P30CA240139-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Stephen D. Nimer
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $163,526
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-07-10 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10443645

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10443645, Leadership, Planning and Evaluation (5P30CA240139-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10443645. Licensed CC0.

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