Leadership

Senior leaders

• Russel E. Kaufman, M.D., Director
• Meenhard Herlyn, D.V.M., D.Sc., Deputy Director for Translational Research
• Frank J. Rauscher, III, Ph.D., Deputy Director for Basic Research
• Ronen Marmorstein, Ph.D., Acting Director

Research program leaders

• Meenhard Herlyn, D.V.M., D.Sc., Program Leader; Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis
• David W. Speicher, Ph.D., Program Co-leader, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis
• Frank J. Rauscher, III, Ph.D., Program Leader, Gene Expression and Regulation
• Hildegund C.J. Ertl, M.D., Program Leader, Immunology

Administrators

• Van Cherington, Ph.D., Associate Director for Shared Facilities
• Marianne M. O’Neill, Associate Director for Cancer Center Support Grant Finances
• Lisa Sideras, Associate Director for Cancer Center Administration

Members of the Cancer Center leadership, aided by internal advisory committees, develop the center’s goals. In addition, the External Scientific Advisory Committee meets yearly to review the center’s programs and plans for recruitment and research.