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Administration & Staff

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s leadership, program directors, communications and development staff, and N.C. Basnight Cancer Hospital administration.

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UNC Lineberger Senior Leadership

  • E. Claire Dees, MD, ScM, Associate Co-Director, Cancer Research Training & Education
  • Michael J. Emanuele, PhD, Associate Director, Shared Resources
  • Anita Harrison, MPA, Associate Director, Administration
  • Wendy Sarratt, DrPH, MPH, Associate Director, Planning and Administration
  • Melissa A. Troester, PhD, Associate Director, Population Sciences
  • Bernard E. Weissman, PhD, Associate Co-Director, Cancer Research Training & Education
  • Stephanie B. Wheeler, PhD, MPH, Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement
  • Jen Jen Yeh, MD, Associate Director, Translational Research

UNC Lineberger Research Program Leaders

Breast Cancer Research Program

  • Gaorav P. Gupta, MD, PhD
  • Charles M. Perou, PhD

Cancer Cell Biology Research Program

  • James E. Bear, PhD
  • Jessica E. Thaxton, PhD

Cancer Epidemiology Research Program

  • Louise M. Henderson, PhD
  • Hazel B. Nichols, PhD, MSc

Cancer Genetics Research Program

  • Ian J. Davis, MD
  • William Y. Kim, MD

Cancer Prevention & Control Research Program

  • Ethan M. Basch, MD, MSc
  • Melissa B. Gilkey, PhD
  • Allison J. Lazard, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics Research Program

  • Matthew I. Milowsky, MD
  • Chad V. Pecot, MD
  • Deborah M. Stephens, DO

Immunology & Immunotherapy Research Program

  • Gianpietro Dotti, MD
  • Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD
  • Jonathan S. Serody, MD

Tumor Virology

  • Blossom A. Damania, PhD
  • Dirk P. Dittmer, PhD

Communications

The Office of Communications and Marketing at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center supports the cancer center and UNC Health cancer communications.

Clinical Services at N.C. Basnight Cancer Hospital

  • Jonathan S. Serody, MD, Chief of Hematology
  • Ethan M. Basch, MD, MSc, Chief of Oncology
  • David W. Ollila, MD, Associate Physician in Chief
  • Hanna K. Sanoff, MD, MPH, Clinical Medical Director
  • Ian Buchanan, MD, Senior Vice President, Operations, Chief Research Officer
  • Laura Kelsey, MHA, FACHE, Vice President, Cancer Services
  • Brendan Fitzpatrick, MBA, Associate Vice President, Cancer Services
  • Tracy Carroll, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CMSRN, Director, Medicine and Oncology Services

Former UNC Lineberger Directors

  • Joseph S. Pagano, MD
  • H. Shelton (Shelley) Earp, MD
  • Norman E. (Ned) Sharpless, MD