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St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center

Comprehensive Cancer Center Leadership

 

Director

  • Charles W. M. Roberts, MD, PhD

    Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Department of Oncology
    Research interest: SWI/SNF (BAF) chromatin remodeling/tumor suppressor
     

Deputy Director

  • Charles G. Mullighan, MBBS (Hons), MSc, MD

    Deputy Director, Comprehensive Cancer Program
    Co-Leader, Hematologic Malignancies Program
    Department of Pathology
    Research interests: genomics, experimental modeling and preclinical therapeutics of acute leukemia

Senior Leadership

  • Suzanne J. Baker, PhD

    Associate Director, Basic Research
    Co-Leader, Neurobiology and Brain Tumor Program
    Department of Developmental Neurobiology
    Research interests: PTEN and key signaling pathways in brain tumors

  • Heather M. Brandt, PhD

    Co-Associate Director, Outreach
    Director, HPV Cancer Prevention Program
    Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control
    Research interests: HPV vaccination; implementation science; partnered and engaged research 

  • Elizabeth Fox, MD, MS

    Associate Director, Clinical Research
    Department of Oncology
    Research interests: Clinical trials

  • Shondra Pruett-Miller, PhD

    Associate Director, Shared Resources
    Department of Cell & Molecular Biology
    Research interests: genome-editing technologies 

  • Leslie L. Robison, PhD

    Associate Director, Population Sciences
    Co-Leader, Cancer Control & Survivorship Program
    Department of Epidemiology & Cancer Control
    Research interests: pediatric cancer epidemiology and outcomes

  • Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD

    Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD

    Rodriguez-Galindo

    Co-Associate Director, Outreach
    Department of Global Medicine
    Research interests: Global medicine; pediatric solid tumors

  • Dana Wallace, MS

    Associate Director, Administration

  • Gerard P. Zambetti, PhD

    Associate Director, Education and Training
    Department of Biochemistry
    Research interests: p53 function in tumor suppression and tumorigenesis

Program Leaders

  • Greg Armstrong, MD, MSCE

    Co-Leader, Cancer Control & Survivorship Program
    Department of Epidemiology & Cancer Control
    Research interests: pediatric neuro-oncology and cancer survivorship

  • Suzanne J. Baker, PhD

    Associate Director, Basic Research
    Co-Leader, Neurobiology and Brain Tumor Program
    Department of Developmental Neurobiology
    Research interests: PTEN and key signaling pathways in brain tumors

  • Michael A. Dyer, PhD

    Co-Leader, Developmental Biology and Solid Tumor Program
    Department of Developmental Neurobiology
    Research interests: retinal development and retinoblastoma

  • Amar Gajjar, MD

    Co-Leader, Neurobiology and Brain Tumor Program
    Department of Oncology
    Research interests: novel treatments for children with brain tumors

  • Douglas Green, PhD

    Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program
    Department of Immunology
    Research interests: apoptosis, autophage and mitochondria

  • Melissa M. Hudson, MD

    Co-Leader, Cancer Control & Survivorship Program
    Department of Oncology
    Research interests: health outcomes after childhood cancer

  • Richard Kriwacki, PhD

    Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program
    Department of Structural Biology
    Research interests: structural basis of tumor suppressor function

  • Charles G. Mullighan, MBBS (Hons), MSc, MD

    Deputy Director, Comprehensive Cancer Program
    Co-Leader, Hematologic Malignancies Program
    Department of Pathology
    Research interests: genomics, experimental modeling and preclinical therapeutics of acute leukemia

  • Alberto Pappo, MD

    Co-Leader, Developmental Biology and Solid Tumor Program
    Department of Oncology
    Research Interests: Development of novel therapies for pediatric solid tumors with special interest in: pediatric melanoma; soft tissue sarcomas; pediatric gastrointestinal stromal tumors

  • Ching-Hon Pui, MD

    Co-Leader, Hematologic Malignancies Program
    Department of Oncology
    Research interests: biology and treatment of childhood leukemia

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