Kenneth H. Buetow, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Bioinformatics and Information Technology Director, NCI Center for Bioinformatics National Cancer Institute

Kenneth H. Buetow, Ph.D., is the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Associate Director for Bioinformatics and Information Technology and the Director of the NCI Center for Bioinformatics (NCICB). As Director of the NCICB, Dr. Buetow oversees coordination and deployment of informatics in support of NCI research initiatives and the Center’s participation in the evaluation and prioritization of the NCI’s biomedical informatics research portfolio. Dr. Buetow initiated the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid™ (caBIG™) pilot project and oversees its activities. Dr. Buetow is also the Chief of the NCI Laboratory of Population Genetics (LPG). The LPG conducts human genetic and genomics research, both at the bench and using informatics tools. He has spearheaded efforts of the Genetic Annotation Initiative (GAI), an attempt to identify variant forms of the cancer genes identified through the NCI Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (CGAP).

Prior to his position at NCI, Dr. Buetow was at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Buetow received his doctorate of philosophy degree in human genetics from the University of Pittsburgh in 1985.