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UNM Cancer Center leader talks innovation in 2024 speaker series opener


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BETTER CARE THROUGH INNOVATION  Yolanda Sanchez, director and CEO of the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, spoke to in-person and virtual audiences at Sandia Jan. 18 as part of the Labs’ National Security Speaker Series.
In her presentation “Mission and Innovation,” Sanchez shared how New Mexico’s only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center focuses on reducing the burden of the disease and overcoming health disparities in the state and the nation.
For more than a decade, the National Security Speaker Series has invited distinguished industry, government and academic leaders to share with the Sandia workforce their perspectives on topics that touch the Labs’ mission areas. This year the series will feature speakers whose insights connect to Sandia’s goals of accelerating innovation and leading in modern engineering.
Employees can find Sanchez’ talk on the National Security Speaker Series homepage. (Photo by Craig Fritz)