Cancer Center Leadership
Ze'ev Ronai, Ph.D.
Director
Jeanne and Gary Herberger Leadership Chair in Cancer Research
Peter D. Adams, Ph.D.
Director and Professor
Cosimo Commisso, Ph.D.
Director and Associate Professor
Michael Jackson, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Drug Discovery and Development
Program Director
Associate Director, Translational Initiatives
Svasti Haricharan, Ph.D.
Co-Director and Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Training and Education
Yuk-Lap (Kevin) Yip, Ph.D.
Professor
Director
Associate Director, Training and Education
Ani Deshpande, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Brooke Emerling, Ph.D.
Co-Director and Associate Professor
Nicholas Cosford, Ph.D.
Co-Director and Professor
Craig Hauser, Ph.D.
Vice President for Scientific Resources
Associate Director, Shared Resources
Adjunct Professor
Tja Owens, B.Sc.
Associate Director of Administration | Cancer Center Administration
Cancer Center External Advisory Board
External advice regarding the scientific programs of the Cancer Center is provided by the External Advisory Board (CCEAB). Advisory board members are recognized leaders in areas of research, have broad interest and knowledge in cancer research, and bring forth significant administrative and leadership expertise.
Alec C. Kimmelman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Medical Center
Patricia LoRusso, D.O.
Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology); Chief, Experimental Therapeutics, Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
Karolina Palucka, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Jax Cancer Center
Edison T. Liu Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
Professor and Associate Director, Cancer Immunology, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Anjana Rao, Ph.D.
Professor, Division of Signalling and Gene Expression, La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology and Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego
Denise Roberts, Ph.D.
Deputy Director of Administration, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center
Eytan Ruppin, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Cancer Data Science Laboratory, National Cancer Institute
Yolanda Sanchez, Ph.D.
Director and CEO, The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Maurice and Marguerite Liberman Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research
Lynn M. Schuchter, M.D.
Willard Robinson Professor of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Kevan Shokat, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UC San Francisco
Professor, Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
M. Celeste Simon, Ph.D.
Scientific Director, The Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
M. Sharon Stack, Ph.D.
Ann F. Dunne and Elizabeth Riley Director, Harper Cancer Research Institute
Kleiderer-Pezold Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
Louis M. Weiner, M.D.
Director, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Patricia M. Wiley, M.B.A.
Community Advisory Board Member
Founder of “On the Wings of Angels”
Robert A. Winn, M.D.
Director and Lipman Chair in Oncology, VCU Massey Cancer Center
Senior Associate Dean for Cancer Innovation, and Professor of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, VCU School of Medicine
Community Advisory Board
Our Community Advisory Board is a group of non-scientist volunteers who advocate for the Cancer Center. They provide an essential link with local, national and global communities.
Ruth Claire Black, Ed.D., J.D.
Community Advisory Board Member
Department Chair, MSc Digital Health Leadership, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London
Helen Eckmann, Ed.D.
Community Advisory Board Member
Full Professor of Business, School of Business and Professional Studies, UMass Global
Nina E. Fishman, M.Ed.
Community Advisory Board Member
Rena Johnson
Community Advisory Board Member
Todd Johnson
Community Advisory Board Member
Paul R. Kaufmann
Community Advisory Board Member
Marie Schrup, Ph.D.
Community Advisory Board Member
Roy Wiley
Community Advisory Board Member
