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
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
Elizabeth McPeak, MPH, CCRP
Administrative Director, Clinical Research
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
Professor, College of Medicine
Clinical and Translational Oncology Program
Monica Yellowhair, PhD
Interim Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement
Research Program Leaders and co-Leaders
Nathan Ellis, PhD
Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Research Program
Associate Professor, Cancer Biology - GIDP
Chair, ABBS Program
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
Heidi Hamann, PhD
Cancer Prevention and Control Program Co-Leader
Associate Professor, Psychology
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Jennifer W Bea, PhD
Cancer Prevention and Control Program Co-Leader
Shared Resource Director, Behavioral Measurement and Interventions
Associate Professor, Health Promotion Sciences
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
Co-Program Leader, Clinical and Translational Oncology Program
Associate Professor, Medicine
Clinical and Translational Oncology Program
Shared Resource Directors and co-Directors
Justin Snider, PhD
Shared Resource Co-Director, Analytical Chemistry
Research Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Teodora Georgieva, PhD
Shared Resource Co-Director, Experimental Mouse
Director, GEMM
Noel A Warfel, PhD
Shared Resource Co-Director, Experimental Mouse
Associate Professor, Cellular & Molecular Medicine
Cancer Biology Program
Rina Fox, PhD, MPH
Shared Resource Co-Director, Behavioral Measurement and Interventions
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Jennifer W Bea, PhD
Cancer Prevention and Control Program Co-Leader
Shared Resource Director, Behavioral Measurement and Interventions
Associate Professor, Health Promotion Sciences
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Ghassan Mouneimne, PhD
Associate Professor, Cellular & Molecular Medicine
Shared Resource Director, Microscopy
Cancer Biology Program
Denise Roe, DrPH
Professor, Public Health
Associate, Center for Toxicology
Shared Resource Director, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Professor, Statistics-GIDP
Cancer Prevention and Control Program