Senior Leadership
Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD
Nancy C. and Craig M. Berge Endowed Chair for the Director of the Cancer Center
Professor of Urology and Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Clinical and Translational Oncology Program
Gloria D Coronado, PhD
Associate Director of Population Science
Professor, College of Public Health
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Jennifer Hatcher, PhD, MPH, MSN
Vice Provost and Special Advisor to the Provost, University of Arizona
Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, Cancer Center
Professor, Public Health
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Ronald M Lynch, PhD
Professor, Physiology
Associate Professor, Pharmacology
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Director, Aribi Institute
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Associate Director, Shared Resources
Clinical and Translational Oncology Program
Juanita L Merchant, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Basic Sciences, Cancer Center
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, College of Medicine
Regents Professor
Professor, College of Medicine
Cancer Biology Program
Taylor Riall, MD, PhD, FACS
Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology
Associate Director of Oncology Services
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Jacob C Schwartz, PhD
Associate Director, Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination
Cancer Biology Program
Rachna T Shroff, MD, MS, FASCO
Associate Director of Clinical Investigations, Cancer Center
Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, College of Medicine - Tucson
John F. and Valli S. Duval Endowed Professor for Gastrointestinal Oncology, College of Medicine - Tucson
Clinical and Translational Oncology Program
Patricia Thompson, PhD
Associate Director of Strategy, Cancer Center
Professor, Physiology
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Research Program Leaders and co-Leaders
Nathan Ellis, PhD
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Research Program
Professor, Cancer Biology - GIDP
Chair, Genetics - GIDP
Cancer Biology Program
Koenraad M Van Doorslaer, PhD
Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program
Assistant Professor, Animal & Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Cancer Biology Program
Jennifer W Bea, PhD
Cancer Prevention and Control Program Co-Leader
Shared Resource Director, Behavioral Measurement and Interventions
Professor, Health Promotion Sciences
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Heidi Hamann, PhD
Cancer Prevention and Control Program Co-Leader
Professor and Department Head, Psychology
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Steffan Nawrocki, PhD
Co-Program Leader, Clinical and Translational Oncology Program
Professor, College of Medicine
Clinical and Translational Oncology Program
Aaron J Scott, MD
Early Therapeutics Program, Director
Co-Program Leader, Clinical and Translational Oncology Program
Associate Professor, Medicine
Clinical and Translational Oncology Program
Shared Resource Directors
Kellen Chen, PhD
Tissue Acquisition and Cellular/Molecular Analysis Shared Resource Core Director
Assistant Research Professor, Surgery
Assistant Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Clinical and Translational Oncology Program
Justin Snider, PhD
Shared Resource Director, Analytical Chemistry
Research Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Teodora Georgieva, PhD
Shared Resource Co-Director, Experimental Mouse
Director, GEM Core
Justin E Wilson, PhD
Shared Resource Co-Director, Experimental Mouse
Assistant Professor, Immunobiology
Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology-GIDP
Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute
Cancer Biology Program
Jennifer W Bea, PhD
Cancer Prevention and Control Program Co-Leader
Shared Resource Director, Behavioral Measurement and Interventions
Professor, Health Promotion Sciences
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Rina Fox, PhD, MPH
Shared Resource Co-Director, Behavioral Measurement and Interventions
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Ghassan Mouneimne, PhD
Associate Professor, Cellular & Molecular Medicine
Shared Resource Director, Microscopy
Cancer Biology Program
Bonnie LaFleur, PhD
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource Director, Cancer Center
Director of Health Outcomes & PharmacoEconomic Research (HOPE) Center
Research Professor, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy