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Markey Cancer Center

The Markey Cancer Center (MCC) became Kentucky’s first and only NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2023, ten years after its initial NCI-Designation in 2013. MCC’s long-standing mission is to reduce the cancer burden with a focus on Kentucky and its most vulnerable populations through research, prevention, treatment, education, and community engagement.

MCC is affiliated with the University of Kentucky (UK) and UK HealthCare. As a university matrix cancer center, MCC serves a variety of members from across the UK campus. In addition, a network of affiliate and research-based partnerships across the state contribute to MCC’s service throughout the Commonwealth.

University of Kentucky

Comp
B. Mark Evers, MD
Director
H161 Pavilion H / Chandler Hospital
800 Rose Street
Lexington, KY 40536-0096
(859) 257-4500
Admin Leader
Jennifer Rogers, MBA
Associate Director for Administration

Research Programs

Research Program Program Leaders
Cancer Prevention and Control Krystle Kuhs, PhD; Jerod Stapleton, PhD
Molecular and Cellular Oncology Tianyan Gao, PhD; Rina Plattner, PhD; Binhua (Peter) Zhou, MD, PhD
Translational Oncology Susanne Arnold, MD; Jill Kolesar, PharmD

Shared Resources

Category Resource Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Flow Cytometry and Immune Monitoring Donald Cohen, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Redox Metabolism Allan Butterfield, PhD
Cat 4: Clinical Research Biospecimen Procurement and Translational Pathology Therese Bocklage, MD
Cat 6: Biostatistics Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Heidi Weiss, PhD
Cat 7: Informatics Cancer Research Informatics Eric Durbin, DrPH
Last Updated
June 5, 2024