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Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center

The University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center became an NCI-Designated Cancer Center in 2015 and is the only comprehensive cancer center in North Texas. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC) is an incubator for cancer discovery in the region and a leader in research and patient care nationwide. SCCC also has been recognized among the country’s leading cancer treatment facilities by U.S. News & World Report. 

The center’s mission is to ease the burden of cancer in North Texas through groundbreaking discovery, transdisciplinary research, impactful community engagement, education, and exceptional patient care.

SCCC is organized as a matrix center that integrates cancer research, clinical cancer care, cancer control, and community outreach across the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and its health system affiliates, Parkland Health and Hospital System, and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. SCCC satellite sites in Fort Worth (at the Moncrief Cancer Institute) and Richardson/Plano offer their patients cancer prevention and treatment services and outreach education.

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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Comp
Carlos L. Arteaga, MD
Director
2201 Inwood Road
Dallas, TX 75390
(214) 648-1677
Becky Gibson, MSM
Associate Director of Administration
Sandi Pruitt, PhD
Associate Director, Community Outreach, Engagement, & Equity
Jerry Shay, PhD
Associate Director, Education & Training
Elizabeth Martinez, PhD
Associate Director of Cancer Center Culture

Research Programs

Research Program Program Leaders
Cellular Networks in Cancer Melanie Cobb, PhD; Ralph DeBarardinis, MD, PhD
Chemistry and Cancer Uttam Tambar, PhD; Daniel Siegwart, PhD
Development and Cancer Kathryn O'Donnell-Mendell, PhD; Hao Zhu, MD
Experimental Therapeutics John Minna, MD; Hans Hammers, MD, PhD
Population Science and Cancer Control Lindsay Cowell, PhD

Shared Resources

Category Resource Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science High Throughput Screening Shared Resource: HTSSR Bruce Posner, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Quantitative Light Microscopy Shared Resource: QLMSR Marcel Mettlen, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Small Animal Imaging Shared Resource: SAISR Ralph Mason, PhD
Cat 4: Clinical Research Tissue Management Shared Resource: TMSR Adam Yopp, MD; Cheryl Lewis, MD; Liwei Jia, PhD
Cat 6: Biostatistics Biostatistics Shared Resource: BSR Chul Ahn, PhD
Cat 7: Informatics Data Science Shared Resource: DSSR Jeon Lee, PhD
Last Updated
June 5, 2024