Cancer Center Leadership
Senior Leadership
Director
Deputy Director, Research
Susan Kaech
Professor and DirectorNOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
NOMIS Chair
Deputy Director, Translation
Ronald Evans
Professor and DirectorGene Expression Laboratory
March of Dimes Chair in Molecular and Developmental Biology
Deputy Director, Education & Training
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Deputy Director, Shared Resources
Gerald Shadel
ProfessorMolecular and Cell Biology Laboratory
Audrey Geisel Chair in Biomedical Science
Director, San Diego-Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging
Senior Advisor to the Director
Tony Hunter
American Cancer Society ProfessorMolecular and Cell Biology Laboratory
Renato Dulbecco Chair
Deputy Director, Research Administration
Leona Flores
Programs
Genome Stability, Epigenetics & Aging in Cancer Program
Program Leaders
Diana Hargreaves
Associate ProfessorMolecular and Cell Biology Laboratory
Richard Heyman and Anne Daigle Endowed Developmental Chair
Tumor Immunology, Metabolism & Therapeutics Program
Program Leaders
Janelle Ayres
Professor and Laboratory HeadGene Expression Laboratory
Molecular and Systems Physiology Laboratory
NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Salk Institute Legacy Chair
Executive Committee
Executive Director, Grants Development – Kurt Marek, PhD
Executive Director, Research Operations – Julie Auger
Senior Director, Technology Development – Ha Nguyen, PhD
VP, External Relations – Bryan Robinson, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer (ex officio) – Gerald Joyce, MD, PhD
Assistant Director, Administration – Faye McDonald
Administrative Assistant to the Director – Sara Campbell
External Advisory Board
David Tuveson, MD, PhD, Chair
Director, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center
Professor, Roy J. Zuckerberg Professor of Cancer Research
Steven Artandi, MD, PhD
Director, Stanford Cancer Institute
Jerome and Daisy Low Gilbert Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry
Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Co-leader, Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center Cancer Cell Biology Program
Robert Schreiber, PhD
AM Bursky & JM Bursky Distinguished Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Director, Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Programs
Program Leader, Tumor Immunology, Siteman Cancer Center
Washington University School of Medicine
Laura J. van’t Veer, PhD
Leader, Breast Oncology Program, and Director, Applied Genomics
Angela and Shu Kai Chan Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Matt Vander Heiden, MD, PhD
Director, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Associate Professor of Biology
Member, MIT Center for Precision Cancer Medicine
Member, Ludwig Center for Molecular Oncology
Chad A. Ellis, PhD
Deputy Director, Research Administration
Hillman Cancer Center
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center