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Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

In 2015, the Nebraska Medicine Cancer Network and University of Nebraska Medical Center established their flagship cancer center, the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. Thanks to generous donations and a public-private partnership, this built on the original Eppley Cancer Center that was founded in 1983 and became an NCI-Designated Cancer Center in 1999. Clinical care is provided to patients at multiple sites across the Omaha metro area and into southwest Iowa. 

The Buffett Cancer Center coordinates basic and clinical cancer research, patient care, and educational programs, and facilitates the application of knowledge about the etiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer. 

Read more about the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

 

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Clinical
Joann B. Sweasy, PhD
Director
Durham Research Center II, Suite 5002A
9855950 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5905
(402) 559-4238 

Senior Leaders

Senior Leader Title
Amy Overby Associate Director of Adminsitration
Apar K. Ganti, MD Associate Director for Clinical Research
Joann B. Sweasy, PhD Director and Principal Investigator
Joyce C. Solheim, PhD Associate Director for Training and Education
Katherine R. Hyde, PhD Associate Director, Shared Resources
Michael A. Hollingsworth, PhD Associate Director for Basic Research
Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement
Surinder Batra, PhD Associate Director for Translational Research

Research Programs

Research Program Program Leaders
Cancer Biology Program Jixin Dong, PhD
Gastrointestinal Cancer Program Nicole Shonka, MD; Paul Trippier, PhD
Targets, Modulators and Delivery Program Vijaya Bhatt, MBBS, MS; Edward Peters, DMD, DM, ScD; Sarah Holstein, MD, PhD

Shared Resources

Category Resource Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Advanced Microscopy Shared Resource Heather Jensen-Smith, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Flow Cytometry Shared Resource Craig Semerad, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Pathology Shared Resource Dinesh Pradhan, MD; Kirk Foster, MD
Cat 6: Biostatistics Biostatistics Shared Resource Fang Yu, PhD; Lynette Smith, PhD
Cat 7: Informatics Bioinformatics Shared Resource Chittibabu Guda, PhD
Last Updated
March 2, 2026