USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

An NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Leadership

Senior Leadership

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Caryn Lerman, PhD

Director, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Vasiliki Anest, PhD

Chief Innovation Officer

Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati earns AACR Distinguished Lectureship

Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, MPH, PhD

Associate Director,
Community Outreach & Engagement

John Carpten, PhD

Associate Director, Basic Research

David Conti, PhD

Associate Director, Data Science

Yves DeClerck, MD

Associate Director, Cancer Research Training and Education

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Anthony B. El-Khoueiry, MD

Associate Director, Clinical Research

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Chanita Hughes-Halbert, PhD

Associate Director, Cancer Equity

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Amir Goldkorn, MD

Associate Director, Translational Research

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Steven Grossman, MD, PhD

Deputy Director for Cancer Services

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Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD

Deputy Director for Research Programs

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Christopher Loertscher, MA

Associate Director for Administration & Chief Administrative Officer

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Mariana Stern, PhD

Associate Director, Population Science

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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

Genomic and Epigenomic Regulation

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, and Yali Dou, PhD, known for translation of epigenetic discoveries into novel inhibitors.

Bodour Salhia, PhD

Co-Leader

Yali Dou

Yali Dou, PhD

Co-Leader

Tumor 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

The program co-leaders, Wendy Setiawan, PhD, and Christopher Haiman, ScD, have complementary recognized expertise in cancer epidemiology and genetics, and immunology, biomarkers and biobanking, respectively.

Wendy Setiawan, PhD

Co-Leader

Christopher A. Haiman, ScD

Co-Leader

Cancer Control Research

The program co-leaders, Myles Cockburn, PhD, and Jennifer Unger, PhD, have complementary recognized expertise in cancer prevention and cancer survivorship.

Myles Cockburn, PhD

Co-Leader

Jennifer Unger, PhD

Co-Leader