Mary Anne Bright has been employed at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) since 1986. She is currently Director of the NCI's Cancer Information Service (CIS), a national information and education network comprising 14 regional offices that serve the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and U.S. Pacific Territories. The CIS operates an information service and a partnership program and collaborates on health communications research. Ms. Bright is also Associate Director of the office that provides oversight and management of the regional CIS contracts and a large support contract. In addition to her role as Director of the CIS, Ms. Bright has served in a temporary role for the past year and a half as Acting Deputy Director of NCI's Office of Communications.
Ms. Bright is an oncology nurse with over a decade of cancer nursing experience. She was an Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist for 3 years at the Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Maryland, prior to joining the CIS. Ms. Bright received her master's degree in oncology nursing from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her bachelor's degree in nursing from Duquesne University.
