# Wayne Roberts

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## TL;DR

Public administrator who leads the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, the state agency that funds cancer research and prevention across Texas.

## Summary

Wayne Roberts is Chief Executive Officer of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), the Texas state agency created by voters to fund cancer research, product development and prevention programmes. Wikipedia lists him as the agency's chief executive and notes that in July 2018 the Texas State Agency Business Administrators' Association named him its Administrator of the Year. The CPRIT website could not be fetched directly, so this record relies on the agency's Wikipedia article.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; government; philanthropy
- Role: Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
- Specialisms: Public administration; Research funding; Cancer prevention policy

## Sources

- Source: Wikipedia article on CPRIT (infobox names the CEO): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_Prevention_and_Research_Institute_of_Texas

## Connected records

- institutions: [Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas](https://onco.cc/institutions/cprit/)

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