Moffitt Cancer Center

Moffitt Cancer Center received its NCI designation in 1998 and earned NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center status in 2001. Moffitt is one of the few free-standing cancer centers in the country and the only NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Florida.

Moffitt’s catchment area includes 15 counties spanning West Central Florida. Moffitt strives to address catchment area needs by promoting innovative research, outreach, and education across the cancer continuum.

Education and training are a fundamental part of Moffitt’s core mission. The cancer center provides numerous education opportunities to groups and individuals ranging from health care professionals to postdoctoral students.

Partnerships between Moffitt and other facilities bring superior care to patients throughout Florida. Partnerships include: Memorial Healthcare System in South Florida and Morton Plant Hospital’s Radiation Oncology Department in Pinellas County.

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John L. Cleveland, PhD
Director

12902 Magnolia Drive, MCC-CEO
Tampa, FL 33612-9497

(813) 745-1315

Senior Leaders

Senior Leader	Title
Alvaro Monteiro, PhD	Assoc. Center Director, Shared Resource Management
Brian Gonzalez, PhD	Assoc. Center Director, Research Career Development
Brian Springer, MHA	Assoc. Center Director, Administration
Elsa Flores, PhD	Assoc. Center Director, Basic Science
Eric Haura, MD	Assoc. Center Director, Clinical Science
Heather Jim, PhD	Assoc. Center Director, Population Science
James Mulé, PhD	Assoc. Center Director, Translational Science
John Cleveland, PhD	Center Director
John Cleveland, PhD	Assoc. Center Director, Data Science (Interim)
Kenneth Wright, PhD	Assoc. Center Director, Research Education & Training
Susan Vadaparampil, PhD, MPH	Assoc. Center Director, Community Outreach & Engagement

Research Programs

Research Program	Program Leaders
Cancer Biology and Evolution	Joseph Kissil, PhD
Cancer Epidemiology	Peter Kanetsky, PhD, MPH; Matthew Schabath, PhD
Health Outcomes and Behavior	Healther Jim, PhD; Tiffany Carson, PhD, MPH
Immuno-Oncology	Frederick Locke, MD; Paulo Rodriguez, PhD
Molecular Medicine	Jhanelle Gray, MD; Derek Duckett, PhD

Shared Resources

Category	Resource	Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Analytical Microscopy Core	Marilyn Bui, MD, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Chemical Biology Core	Harshani Lawrence, PhD; Jennifer Binning, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Flow Cytometry Core	Brian Ruffell, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Molecular Genomics Core	Alvaro Monteiro, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Proteomics and Metabolomics Core	John Koomen, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Quantitative Imaging Core	Natarajan Raghunand, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Small Animal Imaging Lab	David Morse, PhD
Cat 3: Epidemiology, Cancer Control	Participant Research, Interventions, and Measurements Core	Christine Vinci, PhD
Cat 4: Clinical Research	Cell Therapies Core	Daniel Abate-Daga, PhD
Cat 4: Clinical Research	Tissue Core	Kenneth Tsai, MD, PhD
Cat 6: Biostatistics	Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource	Michael Schell, PhD
Cat 7: Informatics	Collaborative Data Services Core	Issam El Naqa, PhD

Last Updated

June 5, 2024