Institutional Partners & Collaborations

In 1998, Fred Hutch joined with UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s to create Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, one of the leading cancer treatment centers in the United States. SCCA provides clinical care to patients in the care of physicians from the three partner organizations.

The Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium was formed in 2002 to enhance and accelerate cancer research. It combines the strengths of four independent powerhouses: Fred Hutch, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s, and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. The consortium brings together more than 600 faculty with research interests in basic, clinical and public health sciences. 

Fred Hutch has a multi-year contract with the National Cancer Institute to operate the nation’s sole Cancer Information Service contact center. The contact center provides free cancer and smoking-cessation information to people in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the U.S. Associated Pacific Territories.

Seattle Translational Tumor Research is a multidisciplinary effort involving physicians and scientists from Fred Hutch, UW Medicine and SCCA. Its primary goal: to translate laboratory sciences into the most precise, personalized treatment options for patients with solid-tumor cancers, including cancers of the brain, breast, colon, lung and prostate.

In partnership with regional companies in the technology, biomedical and health care industries, the Cascadia Data Alliance works to develop a health research ecosystem that facilitates best practices in data governance, access and management.

We’ve joined forces with our South Lake Union neighbors UW Medicine and the Allen Institute to create the South Lake Union Collaborative, a formal infrastructure for advancing science. By sharing knowledge and resources, we hope the collaborative members can speed discoveries to market and help improve patient care.