Cancer Center Leadership and Board
Cancer Center Leadership
Director
Cosimo Commisso PhD
Interim Director, Deputy DirectorNCI-Designated Cancer Center
Associate Directors
Michael Jackson PhD
Senior Vice President, Drug Discovery and DevelopmentConrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics
Associate Director, Translational Initiatives
Tja Owens BSc
Associate Director of Administration | Cancer Center AdministrationNCI-Designated Cancer Center
Craig Hauser PhD
Associate Director, Shared ResourcesNCI-Designated Cancer Center
Adjunct ProfessorCancer Genome and Epigenetics Program
Vice President for Scientific Resources
Yuk-Lap (Kevin) Yip PhD
Interim DirectorCenter for Data Sciences
DirectorBioinformatics
Associate Director, Training and EducationNCI-Designated Cancer Center
Program Leads
Peter D. Adams PhD
Director and ProfessorCancer Genome and Epigenetics Program
Brooke Emerling PhD
Director and Associate ProfessorCancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program
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.
Louis Weiner MD
Chair, Cancer Center External Advisory BoardDirector, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lindsey Baker PhD
Deputy Director of Administration, Cancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Alec Kimmelman MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Medical Center
Patricia LoRusso DO
Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology); Chief, Experimental Therapeutics, Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
Karolina Palucka MD, PhD
Professor and Director, Jax Cancer CenterEdison T. Liu Endowed Chair in Cancer ResearchProfessor and Associate Director, Cancer Immunology, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Yolanda Sanchez PhD
Director and CEO, The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer CenterThe Maurice and Marguerite Liberman Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research
Lynn Schuchter MD
Willard Robinson Professor of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Kevan Shokat PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UC San FranciscoProfessor, Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
M. Celeste Simon PhD
Scientific Director, The Abramson Family Cancer Research InstituteProfessor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
M. Sharon Stack PhD
Ann F. Dunne and Elizabeth Riley Director, Harper Cancer Research InstituteKleiderer-Pezold Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
Patricia M. Wiley MBA
Community Advisory Board MemberNCI-Designated Cancer Center
Founder of “On the Wings of Angels”
Robert A. Winn MD
Director and Lipman Chair in Oncology, VCU Massey Cancer CenterSenior Associate Dean for Cancer Innovation, and Professor of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, VCU School of Medicine
Cancer Center Internal Advisory Board
Jerold Chun MD, PhD
ProfessorCenter for Neurologic Diseases
Adrienne Crown JD
Chief Legal OfficerSecretary, Corporate Officer
Tariq Rana PhD
Educational Affiliate ProfessorGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Distinguished Professor and Head of Genetics, University of California, San Diego
Guy Salvesen PhD
Professor Emeritus
Kristiina Vuori MD PhD
Pauline and Stanley Foster Distinguished Chair
Carl F. Ware PhD
Director, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology