University of Colorado Cancer Center

Since its establishment in 1985, the University of Colorado (CU) Cancer Center has become the hub of cancer research in the state of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. The CU Cancer Center became an NCI-Designated Cancer Center in 1987 and was recognized as an NCI comprehensive cancer center in 1997. In 2005, NCI awarded the center a formal consortium designation.

The CU Cancer Center’s mission is to unite the community to overcome cancer through innovation, discovery, prevention, early detection, multidisciplinary care, and education.

The CU Cancer Center represents the collaboration of approximately 300 members at multiple institutions, including CU Anschutz Medical Campus (School of Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Dental), CU Boulder, and Colorado State University (Flint Animal Cancer Center). Also included in the consortium are CU Cancer Center’s clinical partners UCHealth, the University of Colorado Hospital, Children’s Hospital Colorado, and the Denver VA Medical Center.

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Richard D. Schulick, MD, MBA, FACS
Director

13001 East 17th Place
Mail Stop F434
Aurora, CO 80045

(303) 724-3155

Senior Leaders

Senior Leader	Title
Cathy Bradley, PhD	Deputy Director
Christopher Lieu, MD	Associate Director for Clinical Research
Eduardo Davila, PhD	Associate Director for Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination
Enrique Soto Perez de Celis, MD, PhD	Associate Director for Global Oncology
Evelinn Borrayo, PhD	Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement
Hatim Sabaawy, MD, PhD	Associate Director for Translational Research
Heide Ford, PhD	Associate Director for Basic Research
James DeGregori, PhD	Deputy Director
Linda Cook, PhD	Associate Director for Population Sciences Research
Miria Kano, PhD	Associate Director for Faculty and Staff Affairs
Natalie Serkova, PhD	Associate Director for Shared Resources
Richard Schulick, MD, MBA	Director and Principal Investigator
Sean Davis, MD, PhD	Associate Director for Cancer Informatics and Data Science
Stephanie Farmer, MHA	Associate Director for Administration & Finance
Wells Messersmith, MD	Associate Director for Clinical Service

Research Programs

Research Program	Program Leaders
Cancer Prevention and Control	Jamie Studts, PhD; Stacy Fischer, MD
Developmental Therapeutics	Antonio Jimeno, MD, PhD; Daniel Gustafson, PhD; Lia Gore, MD
Molecular and Cellular Oncology	Patricia Ernst, PhD; Tin Tin Su, PhD
Tumor-Host Interactions	Diana Cittelly, PhD; Jill Slansky, PhD; Michael Verneris, MD

Shared Resources

Category	Resource	Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Animal Imaging	Natalie Serkova, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Cell Technologies	Steven Anderson, PhD; Peter Dempsey, , PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Flow Cytometry	Eric Clambey, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Functional Genomics	Joaquin Espinosa, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Genomics	Bifeng Gao, PhD, MBA
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Human Immune Monitoring	Jill Slansky, PhD; Kimberly Jordan, , PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Mass Spectrometry	Angelo D'Alessandro, PhD; Kirk Hansen, , PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Structural Biology	David Jones, PhD; Mair Churchill, , PhD; Francisco Asturia, PhD
Cat 3: Epidemiology, Cancer Control	Population Health	Jamie Studts, PhD; Marcelo Perraillon, , PhD
Cat 4: Clinical Research	Drug Discovery and Development	Daniel Gustafson, PhD; Daniel LaBarbera, , PhD
Cat 4: Clinical Research	Pathology	M. Lucia, MD; Adrie van Bokhoven, , PhD; Dara Aisner, MD, PhD
Cat 6: Biostatistics	Biostatistics/Bioinformatics	Dexiang Gao, PhD; James Costello, , PhD

Last Updated

September 5, 2025