Facts-At-A-Glance

• A National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center-one of the nation's first in basic research.
  
  
• Major sources of support include peer-reviewed grants from the National Institutes of Health and other federal sources, with significant additional funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, foundations, and private donors.
  
  
• Operating budget, 2008: $48,578,000
  
  
• Number of laboratories: 30
  
  
• Number of postdoctoral fellows: 62
  
  
• Number of predoctoral trainees: 23
  
  
• Number of visiting scientists: 24
  
  
• Total number of employees: 434
  
  
• Number of countries of origin represented among Wistar staff: 32