USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
An NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
Leadership
Senior Leadership
Caryn Lerman, PhD
Director, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Vasiliki Anest, PhD
Chief Innovation Officer
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, MPH, PhD
Associate Director,
Community Outreach & Engagement
Yali Dou, PhD
Associate Director, Basic Research
David Conti, PhD
Associate Director, Data Science
Josh Neman-Ebrahim, PhD
Associate Director, Cancer Research Training and Education
Anthony B. El-Khoueiry, MD
Associate Director, Clinical Research
Chanita Hughes-Halbert, PhD
Associate Director, Cancer Equity
Amir Goldkorn, MD
Associate Director, Translational Research
Steven Grossman, MD, PhD
Deputy Director for Cancer Services
Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD
Deputy Director for Research Programs
Christopher Loertscher, MA
Associate Director for Administration & Chief Administrative Officer
Mariana Stern, PhD
Associate Director, Population Science
Jennifer Tsui, PhD
Director for Cancer Care Delivery Research and Implementation Science (CCD/IS)
Alan S. Wayne, MD
Associate Director, Pediatric Oncology
Joseph Wiemels, PhD
Associate Director, Shared Resources
Program Leaders
Epigenetic Regulation in Cancer
The program is led by Bodour Salhia, PhD, a translational genomics scientist with extensive knowledge and expertise in mechanisms that underlie tumorigenesis and tumor biology.
Bodour Salhia, PhD
Leader
Tumor Immunology & Microenvironment
The program leader W. Martin Kast, PhD has recognized expertise in cancer virology, cancer immunology, and cancer immunotherapy.
W. Martin Kast, PhD
Leader
Translational and Clinical Sciences
The program leader Fumito Ito, MD, PhD is a nationally recognized surgical oncologist and cancer researcher who has a significant clinical interest in melanoma, sarcoma, and breast cancer.
Fumito Ito, MD, PhD
Leader
Cancer Epidemiology
Wendy Setiawan, PhD
Co-Leader
Christopher A. Haiman, ScD
Co-Leader
Cancer Control Research
Myles Cockburn, PhD
Co-Leader
Jennifer Unger, PhD
Co-Leader