ITCMS Leadership

Channing J. Der, PhD

ITCMS Program Director
Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor
Pharmacology
Der Lab Site

Brian D. Strahl, PhD

ITCMS Associate Director
Professor and Faculty Director
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Strahl Lab Site

External Advisory Board Members

• Amy H. Bouton, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate and Medical Scientist Programs, Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine
• Kerry L. Burnstein, PhD, Professor and Chair of  the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Miami Health System, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
• James J. Manfredi, PhD, Professor of Oncological Sciences and of Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Olufunmilayo F. Olapade, MD, FACP, Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics at the Univesity of Chicago School of Medicine

Internal Advisory Board Member

• Adrienne D. Cox, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Radiation-Oncology
• Ilona Jaspers, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology
• Alexander V. Kabanov, PhD, DSC, Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering

URM Consultant

• Antonio T. Baines, PhD, Associate Professor of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at North Carolina Central University