NCI-Designated Cancer Center Leadership and Board - Sanford Burnham Prebys

NCI-Designated Cancer Center Leadership and Board

Cancer Center Leadership

Director

Associate Directors

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Tja Owens BSc

Associate Director of Administration | Cancer Center AdministrationNCI-Designated Cancer Center
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Lauren Mitchell

Director, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB)Interim Associate Director of DEI for the NCI-designated Cancer Center
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Program Leads

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.

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Louis Weiner MD

Chair, Cancer Center External Advisory BoardDirector, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Karolina Palucka, MD, PhD

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
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Yolanda Sanchez PhD

Director and CEO, The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer CenterThe Maurice and Marguerite Liberman Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research
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Lynn Schuchter MD

Willard Robinson Professor of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
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Kevan Shokat PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UC San FranciscoProfessor, Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
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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
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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
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Robert A. Winn, MD

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