Administration
Wafik S. El Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP
Director, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences
Mencoff Family University Professor of Medical Science
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Shiyoko Cothren, MHA, FACHE
Associate Director for Administration, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Attila Seyhan, PhD
Director of Translational Oncology Operations, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Sasha Laziuk
Administrator, Coordinator, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Henri Blouin
Administrator, Coordinator, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Laura Kalafarski
Executive Assistant, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Leadership
Director
Wafik S. El Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP
Director, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences
Mencoff Family University Professor of Medical Science
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Associate Director of Administration
Shiyoko Cothren, MHA, FACHE
Associate Director for Administration, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Program Directors
Cancer Therapeutics Program Directors
Co-Director of Cancer Theraputics Program
Director of Phase I Program at Brown University and Lifespan Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Howard P. Safran, MD
Co-Director of Cancer Theraputics Program
Associate Director of Legorreta Cancer Center Clinical Research at Brown University
Medical Director, Brown University Oncology Group
Professor and Chief, Hematology/Oncology
Cancer Biology Program Directors
Robert W. Sobol, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
Associate Director for Basic Research & Co-leader, Cancer Biology Program, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Associate Director, Joint Program in Cancer Biology, Brown & Lifespan. Affiliate, Brown Institute for Translational Science
Patrycja Dubielecka-Szczerba, PhD
Professor of Medical Science, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University. Co-leader, Cancer Biology Program, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Associate Professor of Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Director of Translational Hematology within the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Medicine at the Rhode Island Hospital. Co-leader, Cancer Biology Program, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Population Science Program Directors
Neil Sarkar, PhD
Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics, Associate Professor of Medical Science, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Group Leader (Population Science); Biomedical Informatics, Health Services and Polic, Co-leader, Population Science Program, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health
Co-leader, Population Science Program, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Community Outreach and Engagement
Don S Dizon
Professor of Medicine,
Professor of Surgery
Director of the Pelvic Malignancies Program at Lifespan Cancer Institute
Head of Community Outreach and Engagement at Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Director of Medical Oncology at Rhode Island Hospital
Other Cancer Center Leaders
Donna O'Brien
National Advisor
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Carrie Bridges
Vice President of Community Health and Equity, Lifespan Cancer Institute
Cailie Burns
Associate Dean, Office of Biomedical Advancement at The Warren Alpert Medical School and Division of Biology and Medicine of Brown University
Kris Cambra
Assistant Dean of BioMedical Communications
Liang Cheng, MD
Professor and Vice Chair for Translational Research in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Brown University
Director of Anatomic Pathology & Director of Molecular Pathology at the Lifespan Academic Medical Center
Associate Director of Shared Resources, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Paul A. DiSilvestro, MD
Director of Women’s Oncology, Women and Infants Hospital
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Edward Hawrot, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for the Program in Biology
Alva O. Way Professor of Medical Science
Jonathan D. Kurtis, MD, PhD
Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Stanley M. Aronson Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Rishi Lulla, MD, MS
Associate Director of Pediatric Oncology, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Division Director, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Hasbro Children's Hospital
Attending Physician, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
Alan G. Hassenfeld Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Sendurai Mani, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University, Associate Director for Translational Oncology, Director, Translational Research Disease Groups (TRDG)
Director, Cancer Stem Cell/TIME Center (under development)Associate Director for Translational Research, Joint Program in Cancer Biology, Brown & Lifespan
Cara A. Mathews, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Thomas J. Miner, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University
Julie Principe, RN
Vice President Lifespan Cancer Institute
Bharat Ramratnam, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief Science Officer, Lifespan, and Medical Director, Lifespan Clinical Research Center
Sharon I. Rounds, MD
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Andrew Schumacher, MSCHE
Director of Clinical Trials for the Lifespan Oncology Clinical Research Office and the Lifespan Clinical Research Center
John N. Sedivy, PhD
Associate Dean and Director of the Center for the Biology of Aging at Brown University
Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology
Thomas Sellers, PhD, MPH
Advisor and Consultant
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Attila Seyhan, PhD
Director of Translational Oncology Operations and Director of Translational Oncology Shared Reources at Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University, Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Ryan T. Strik
Rhode Island Government Relations Director
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN)
Laura Stroud, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Pamela Swiatek, PhD, MBA
Director of Research Operations and Major Proposal Coordination
Lisa A. Uebelacker, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Co-chair of Behavioral Sciences
Jeremy Warner, MD, MS, FAMIA, FASCO
Co-chair of Data Sciences at Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Brown University
Associate Director of Data Science, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
David E. Wazer, MD
Director, Lifespan Cancer Institute
Chair of Radiation Oncology
Roxanne Wood
Director of Operations
Brown University Oncology Research Group
Contact
Wafik S. El Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP
Director, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University
Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences
Mencoff Family University Professor of Medical Science
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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