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UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center was founded as the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute in 1984 and first designated as an NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1990. Dedicated to excellence in clinical care, the performance of basic, translational, and clinical research, and the education of the next generation of cancer physicians and scientists, Hillman is well positioned to help reduce the global burden of cancer.

With more than 70 sites in western and central Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, western Maryland, and western New York, and more than 2,000 physicians, researchers, and staff, Hillman is one of the largest integrated cancer networks in the country. The center treats more than 138,000 individuals each year, of which nearly 43,000 are new patients. The web-based ClinicalPath system—developed at Hillman and used by cancer centers around the country—has been implemented to ensure consistent patient care throughout the Hillman network and to inform clinicians of specific ongoing trials that could benefit individual patients.

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UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

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Jeremy N Rich, MD, MHS, MBA
Intirim Director
5150 Centre Avenue, Suite 500
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
(412) 623-3205
Tess Cummings, RN, DBA, CCRP
Associate Director for Research Administration
Monica Baskin, PhD
Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement; null
Christopher Bakkenist, PhD
Associate Director for Education and Training
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AD for COE and AD for Health Equity

Research Programs

Research Program Program Leaders
Biobehavioral Cancer Control Catherine Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN; Dana Bovbjerg, PhD
Cancer Biology Steffi Oesterreich, PhD; Ronald Buckanovich, MD, PhD
Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Jian-Min Yuan, MD, PhD; James Herman, MD
Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Dario Vignali, PhD; Hassane Zarour, MD
Cancer Therapeutics Peter Wipf, PhD; Adam Brufsky, MD, PhD
Cancer Virology Haitao Guo, PhD; Shou-Jiang Gao, PhD
Genome Stability Patricia Opresko, PhD; Bennett Van Houten, PhD

Shared Resources

Category Resource Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Animal Facility Joseph Newsome, DVM
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Cancer Genomics Facility Yuri Nikiforov, MD, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Cancer Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Facility Jan Beumer, PharmD, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility Simon Watkins, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Cytometry Facility Tullia Bruno, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Immunologic Monitoring and Cellular Products Laboratory Yen-Michael Hsu, MD, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science In Vivo Imaging Facility Rivka Colen, MD; Jessie Nedrow, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Tissue and Research Pathology Services Rajiv Dhir, MD; Gabriel Sica, MD, PhD
Cat 6: Biostatistics Biostatistics Facility Curtis Tatsuoka, PhD
Cat 7: Informatics Cancer Bioinformatics Services Uma Chandran, PhD, MSIS; Riyue Bao, PhD
Last Updated
November 6, 2024