Division of Biology and Medicine
Legorreta Cancer Center
Leadership
Our Associate Directors, Program Leaders and Working Groups.
Leadership
Our Associate Directors, Program Leaders and Working Groups.
Director
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Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP
Director, Cancer Center at Brown University, Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences, Mencoff Family University Professor of Medical Science, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Leadership
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Liang Cheng, MD
Associate Director for Shared Resources -
Shiyoko Cothren, MHA, FACHE
Associate Director for Administration -
Michelle Dawson, PhD
Associate Director for Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry -
Stephanie Graff, MD
Associate Director for Global Oncology and Policy -
Rishi Lulla, MD, MS
Associate Director for Pediatric Oncology -
Sendurai Mani, PhD
Associate Director for Translation -
Bess Marcus, PhD
Interim Associate Director for Population Sciences -
Thomas Miner, MD, FACS
Associate Director for Surgical Oncology -
Sherise C. Rogers MD, MBA, MPH
Interim Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement -
Howard Safran, MD
Associate Director for Clinical Research; Co-Leader, Cancer Therapeutics Program -
Robert W. Sobol, PhD
Associate Director for Basic Science; Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program -
Jeremy Warner, MD, FAMIA, FASCO
Associate Director for Data Sciences -
Eric Wong, MD
Associate Director for Neuro-Oncology
Program Co-Leaders
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Benedito Carneiro, MD, MS
Co-Leader of Cancer Therapeutics Program -
Patrycja Dubielecka-Szczerba, PhD
Co-Leader of Cancer Biology Program -
Sean Lawler, PhD
Co-Leader, Brain Cancer Research emerging program -
Neil Sarkar, PhD, MLIS, FACMI
Co-Leader of Cancer Prevention & Control Program
External Advisory Board
The Legorreta Cancer Center is honored to receive guidance from the exceptional members of our External Advisory Board.
J. Alan Diehl, PhD
Leonard and Jean Skeggs Professor
Chair, Department of Biochemistry
Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Member, Molecular Oncology Program
Robert Gerlach, MPA
Associate Director for Administration and Scientific Affairs
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Roy Jensen, MD (EAB Chair)
Director, The University of Kansas Cancer Center
Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute
William R. Jewell, M.D. Distinguished Masonic Professor
Philip Kantoff, MD
Chairman of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical School
Meg Von Mehren, MD
Associate Director for Clinical Research
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Victoria Seewaldt, MD
Ruth Ziegler Chair in Population Sciences
Chair, Department of Population Sciences
Associate Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mariana C. Stern, PhD
Professor of Preventive Medicine & Urology
Ira Goodman Chair in Cancer Research
Associate Director of Population Sciences, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Program Director, CaRE2 Health Equity Center
Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California
George Weiner, MD
CE Block Chair of Cancer Research
Professor of Internal Medicine - Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Professor of Pharmaceutical Science Experimental Therapeutics
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
Joann Sweasy, PhD
Director, Cancer Center
Nancy C. and Craig M. Berge Endowed Chair for the Director of the Cancer Center Cancer Biology Program
Leon Platanias, MD, PhD - Ad Hoc member
Director, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
Jesse, Sara, Andrew, Abigail, Benjamin and Elizabeth Lurie Professor of Oncology
Associate Vice President for Cancer Programs, Northwestern University
Northwestern Medicine
Steven Libbuti, MD - Ad Hoc Member
Director, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Vice Chancellor for Cancer Programs, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ;Senior Vice President, Oncology Services, RWJBarnabas Health
Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Affiliated Distinguished Professor in Genetics,
Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences
Razell Kurzrock, MD - Ad Hoc member
Professor of Medicine and Associate Director for Clinical Research, Chair of Precision Oncology, Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin
Chief Medical Officer, Worldwide Innovative Network (WIN) for Personalized Cancer Therapy
Victor Santana, MD - Ad Hoc Member
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Charles B. Pratt Endowed Chair in Solid Tumor Research