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Duke Cancer Institute

The Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) integrates all cancer-related activities at Duke Health and has been recognized as an NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center since 1972. DCI’s leadership team oversees all aspects of cancer care, cancer-related research, and cancer-related education across Duke University and the Duke University Health System.

The institute consists of more than 300 experts who conduct basic, clinical, translational, and population sciences research across 11 disease sites.

DCI partners with numerous internal and external centers and institutes, including the Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, North Carolina State University, and University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, among others.

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Duke University Medical Center

Comp
Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD
Executive Director
Box 3917, 10 Bryan Searle Drive
Seely Mudd Building
Durham, NC 27710
(919) 684-3052
Admin Leader
Chloe Fournier
Director, Research Strategy and Operations
COE Leader
Tomi Akinyemiju, PhD
Associate Director, Community Outreach, Engagement, and Equity
CRTEC Leader
Gerard Blobe, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Education and Training
PED Leader
Tammara Watts, MD
Associate Director, Diversity, Workplace Equity, and Includion

Research Programs

Research Program Program Leaders
Cancer Biology Jen-Tsan Chi, MD, PhD; Micah Luftig, PhD; Ann Pendergast, PhD
Cancer Prevention and Control Leah Zullig, PhD; Kathryn Pollak, PhD
Cancer Risk, Detection and Interception Meira Epplein, MA, MS, PhD; Katherine Garman, MD
Immuno-Oncology Stefanie Sarantopoulos, MD, PhD; Scott Antonia, MD, PhD
Neuro-Oncology Gerald Grant, MD; Kyle Walsh, PhD
Precision Cancer Medicine and Investigational Therapeutics Shannon McCall, BS, MD; Dorothy Sipkins, MD, PhD; John Strickler, MD
Radiation Oncology and Imaging Manisha Palta, MD; Nimmi Ramanujam, BS, MS, PhD; Chuan-Yuan Li, BS, DSc

Shared Resources

Category Resource Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Duke Immune Profiling Core Kent Weinhold, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Flow Cytometry Javid Mohammed, ; Raphael Valdivia, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Functional Genomics Sandeep Dave, MD; So Young Kim, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Integrated Cancer Genomics Gregory Wray, BS, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Light Microscopy Lisa Cameron, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Optical Molecular Imaging and Analysis Gregory Palmer, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Proteomics and Metabolomics Erik Soderblom, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Rodent Cancer Models John Norton, DVM, PhD; Scott Soderling, PhD
Cat 3: Epidemiology, Cancer Control Behavioral Health and Survey Laura Fish, MPH, PhD
Cat 4: Clinical Research BioRepository and Precision Pathology Center Shannon McCall, BS, MD
Cat 4: Clinical Research Pharmacokinetics and Investigational Chemotherapy Ivan Spasojevic, PhD
Cat 6: Biostatistics Biostatistics Donna Niedzwiecki, PhD
Cat 7: Informatics Bioinformatics Kouros Owzar, PhD
Cat 7: Informatics Information Systems Emily Norboge, MHA
Last Updated
June 5, 2024