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With a focus on team science, the principal investigators work independently and in collaboration with their colleagues, at Wistar and beyond. Wistar investigators strive to unlock knowledge about the mechanisms underlying diseases, with the ultimate goal of finding new ways to diagnose and treat illness.
  • Dario C. Altieri, M.D.
    Director, The Wistar Institute Cancer Center
    Executive Vice President
    Chief Scientific Officer
    Robert and Penny Fox Distinguished Professor
  • Andrew J. Caton, Ph.D.
    Professor, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program
    Member, Vaccine Center
  • José R. Conejo-Garcia, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor and Program Leader, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program
    Director of Graduate Studies
  • Ramana V. Davuluri, Ph.D.
    Philadelphia Healthcare Trust Professor
    Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program
    Associate Director, The Wistar Institute Center for Systems and Computational Biology
    Director, Computational Biology
    Scientific Director, Bioinformatics Facility
  • Jan Erikson, Ph.D.
    Professor, Vaccine Center
    Member, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program
  • Hildegund C.J. Ertl, M.D.
    Caspar Wistar Professor in Vaccine Research
    Professor and 
Director, The Wistar Institute Vaccine Center

  • Dmitry I. Gabrilovich, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program
  • Ellen Heber-Katz, Ph.D.
    Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program

    Scientific Director, Histotechnology Facility
  • Scott E. Hensley, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program
    Member, Vaccine Center
  • Meenhard Herlyn, D.V.M., D.Sc.
    Caspar Wistar Professor in Melanoma Research
    Director, The Wistar Institute Melanoma Research Center
    Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program
  • Hui Hu, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program
    Member, Vaccine Center
  • Qihong Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program
  • Susan M. Janicki, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogeneis Program
    Scientific Director, Imaging Facility
  • Russel E. Kaufman, M.D.
    President and CEO
    Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program
  • Paul M. Lieberman, Ph.D.
    Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program

    Director, Center for Chemical Biology and Translational Medicine

    Scientific Director, Protein Expression and Libraries Facility
  • Qin Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program
  • Ronen Marmorstein, Ph.D.
    Hilary Koprowski, M.D. Professor
    Program Leader, Gene Expression and Regulation Program
  • Luis J. Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil.
    Professor and Director, HIV-1 Immunopathogenesis Laboratory
    Member, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program
    Associate Director for Shared Facilities, Wistar Cancer Center
    Scientific Director, Flow Cytometry Facility
  • Maureen Murphy, Ph.D.
    Professor and Program Leader, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program
    Associate Director of Faculty Development
    Associate Director for Education
  • Yuliya B. Nefedova, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis
  • Kazuko Nishikura, Ph.D.
    Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program
  • Ken-ichi Noma, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program

  • Ellen Puré, Ph.D.
    Professor, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program
  • Frank J. Rauscher, III, Ph.D.
    Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program
    Professor, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program
    Deputy Director for Basic Research, The Wistar Institute Cancer Center
  • Harold C. Riethman, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program
    Associate Director of Training
  • Ramin Shiekhattar, Ph.D.
    Herbert Kean, M.D., Family Professor 

    Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program 

  • Louise C. Showe, Ph.D.
    Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program
    Associate Director, Center for Systems and Computational Biology
    Scientific Director, Genomics Facility
    Scientific Director, Bioinformatics Facility
  • Emmanuel Skordalakes, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program
  • David W. Speicher, Ph.D.


    Caspar Wistar Professor in Computational and Systems Biology
    Director, Center for Systems and Computational Biology

    Program Co-leader, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program

    Scientific Director, Proteomics Facility
  • Jessie Villanueva, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program
    Member, The Wistar Institute Melanoma Research Center
  • Ashani Weeraratna, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program
  • Rugang Zhang, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program