Advisory Committee to the Director, NCI

**Semantic type:** Group

**Definition:** The Committee advises and makes recommendations to the Director, NCI, for the oversight and integration of various planning and advisory groups serving the broad programmatic and institutional objectives of the Institute. The Committee serves as the official channel through which the findings and recommendations emerging from these groups are submitted to the NCI. The Committee may consider the reports of the various review groups as informational, advisory, or as recommendations, and shall provide the NCI with assistance in identifying opportunities to be pursued within the areas of cancer research that cut across the intramural and extramural programs.

**Synonyms:** - ACD - Advisory Committee to the Director, National Cancer Institute - Committee to the Director, NCI