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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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Moffitt Cancer Center

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John L. Cleveland, PhD
Director
12902 Magnolia Drive, MCC-CEO
Tampa, FL 33612-9497
(813) 745-1315
Brian Springer, MHA
Vice President, Research Administration; Associate Center Director, Administration
Susan Vadaparampil, PhD
Associate Center Director, Community Outreach Engagement & Equity
Kenneth Wright, PhD
Associate Center Director of Research Education & Training
Brian Gonzalez, PhD
Associate Center Director of Research Diversity and Workforce Development

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