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UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill was designated as an NCI cancer center in 1975 and received comprehensive cancer center status in 1990. It is the only public NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in North Carolina. With research that spans from the laboratory to the bedside to the community, UNC Lineberger clinicians and scientists work to understand the causes of cancer at both the genetic and environmental level, to conduct groundbreaking research and to translate that research into innovative treatment and prevention measures.

The cancer center is the largest research entity at UNC, both in size of faculty and external funding, and its 325 members are drawn from more than 40 departments at UNC, including the School of Medicine, the Gillings School of Global Public Health, the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, the Adams School of Dentistry, the School of Nursing, and the College of Arts and Sciences. UNC Lineberger offers patient-centered care provided by UNC’s nationally known clinical faculty at the N.C. Cancer Hospital. The 315,000-square-foot facility includes multidisciplinary clinic space with a healing atmosphere created with patient input along with a nationally recognized Comprehensive Cancer Support Program. Adult and pediatric patients also have the opportunity to participate in more than 200 clinical trials for a wide range of cancers and across all phases of investigation.

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University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Comp
Robert L Ferris, MD, PhD
Executive Director
450 West Drive
Room HD-371, UCSF Box 0128
Chapel Hill, NC 27519
(919)966-1185
David Darr, MHA
Associate Director of Administration
Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH
Assistant Director for Population Science and Community Outreach and Engagement
Bernard Weissman, PhD; Yeh Jen, MD
Associate Director, Education and Training; Associate Director, Education and Training

Research Programs

Research Program Program Leaders
Breast Cancer Research Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD; Charles Perou, PhD
Cancer Cell Biology James Bear, PhD
Cancer Epidemiology Louise Henderson, PhD, MSPH; Melissa Troester, PhD, MPH, MS; Hazel Nichols, PhD, MSc
Cancer Genetics Ian Davis, MD, PhD; William Kim, MD; Terry Magnuson, PhD
Cancer Prevention and Control Ethan Basch, MD, MSc; Kurt Ribisl, PhD
CCSG Admin Core Henry Earp, MD; David Darr, MBA, MSc
Clinical Research Elizabeth Dees, MD, MSc; Matthew Milowsky, MD; Jen Jen Yeh, MD
Immunology Gianpietro Dotti, MD; Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD
Molecular Therapeutics Chad Pecot, MD; Gary Johnson, PhD
Virology Blossom Damania, PhD; Dirk Dittmer, PhD

Shared Resources

Category Resource Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Animal Models Bernard Weissman, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Immunogenomics and Flow Cytometry Yisong Wan, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Microscopy James Bear, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Proteomics Lee Graves, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Sequencing and Genomics Corbin Jones, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Structural Biology John Sondek, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Translational Sara Wobker, MD
Cat 3: Epidemiology, Cancer Control Communications for Health Applications and Interventions Deborah Tate, PhD
Cat 3: Epidemiology, Cancer Control Patient Reported Outcomes Antonia Bennett, PhD
Cat 3: Epidemiology, Cancer Control Statewide Cancer Data Chris Baggett, PhD
Cat 4: Clinical Research Tissue Procurement HJ Kim, MD; Ben Calhoun, MD
Cat 6: Biostatistics Biostatistics Joseph Ibrahim, PhD
Cat 7: Informatics Bioinformatics Charles Perou, PhD
Last Updated
November 19, 2024