Leadership and Administration | Cancer Biology

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

Associate Director of Administration

Shiyoko Cothren, MHA, FACHE
Associate Director for Administration, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University

Program Directors

Cancer Therapeutics Program Directors

Benedito Carneiro, MD

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

Bess H Marcus, PhD

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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