The University of Wisconsin (UW) Carbone Cancer Center has been an NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center since 1973. UW Carbone is an integral part of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health, bringing together more than 330 physicians and scientists from 50 departments and nine schools to conduct research and translate laboratory discoveries into new patient treatments.
UW Carbone is a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium.
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
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Christian Capitini, MD
Acting Director
Acting Director
600 Highland Ave., Rm. K4/610
Madison , WI 53792-0001
Madison , WI 53792-0001
(608) 263-8610
Senior Leaders
| Senior Leader | Title |
|---|---|
| Amy Trentham-Dietz, PhD | Associate Director of Population Sciences |
| Christian Capitini, MD | Acting Director |
| Jomol Mathew, PhD | Associate Director of Informatics |
| Joshua M. Lang, MD | Associate Director of Translational Research |
| Kari Wisinski, MD | Deputy Director |
| Lee G. Wilke, MD | Senior Medical Director of Clinical Cancer Services |
| Nataliya Uboha, MD, PhD | Associate Director of Clinical Research |
| Paul G. Ahlquist, PhD | Associate Director of Basic Sciences |
| Perry Pickhardt, MD | Medical Director of Cancer Imaging |
| Peter Connor, MS | Associate Director of Administration |
| Randy Kimple, MD, PhD, MBA | Associate Director of Faculty Development and Education |
| Sharon Weber, MD | Medical Director of Surgical Oncology |
| TBD | Associate Director of Shared Resources |
Research Programs
| Research Program | Program Leaders |
|---|---|
| Cancer Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms | Wei Xu, PhD; Emery Bresnick, PhD |
| Cancer Prevention and Control | Nihal Ahmad, PhD; Lisa Barroilhet, MD; Shaneda Warren Anderson, PhD, MS |
| Developmental Therapeutics | Christian Capitini, MD; Dustin Deming, MD; Beth Weaver, PhD |
| Human Cancer Virology | Shannon Kenney, MD; Robert Kalejta, PhD |
| Imaging and Radiation Sciences | Mark (Marty) Pagel, PhD; Jacob Notbohm, PhD; Pallavi Tiwari, PhD |
| Tumor Microenvironment | Pamela Kreeger, PhD; Jacob Notbohm, PhD |
Shared Resources
| Category | Resource | Directors |
|---|---|---|
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Cancer Metabolomics and Proteomics Shared Resource (CAMP) (Developing) | Josh Coon, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Drug Development Core | Timothy Bugni, PhD; Paul Hutson, PharmD, MS; Weiping Tang, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Flow Cytometry | Manish Patankar, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Genome Editing And Animal Models | Christopher Bradfield, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Small Animal Imaging and Radiotherapy Facility | Jamey Weichert, PhD |
| Cat 3: Epidemiology, Cancer Control | Survey of the Health of Wisconsin | Shaneda Warren Andersen, PhD |
| Cat 4: Clinical Research | Cancer Clinical Research Imaging Core (CRIC) (Developing) | Steve Cho, MD |
| Cat 4: Clinical Research | Circulating Biomarker Core | Joshua Lang, MD |
| Cat 4: Clinical Research | Pharmaceutical Research Center | Nataliya Uboha, MD, PhD |
| Cat 4: Clinical Research | Translational Science Biocore | Kristina Matkowskyj, MD, PhD; Stephanie McGregor, MD, PhD |
| Cat 6: Biostatistics | Biostatistics | Lu Mao, PhD |
| Cat 7: Informatics | Cancer Informatics | Colin Dewey, PhD |
Last Updated
December 17, 2025