Skip to main content

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
COE Leader
Pamela Hull, PhD
Associate Director of Population Science and Community Impact
CRTEC Leader
Kathleen O'Connor, PhD
Associate Director for Cancer Education and Mentoring
PED Leader
Lovoria Williams, PhD
Associate Director of Cancer Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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