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USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

One of the first eight centers to receive NCI-Designated Cancer Center status, the University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (USC Norris) is a leader in cancer research, education, and patient-centered oncology care. USC Norris’s vision is to reduce the burden of cancer for all people. The center’s location in the fourth most diverse city in the United States provides an opportunity and a mandate to lead in research that addresses the cancer-related needs and cancer disparities among diverse communities and special populations. To realize this vision, USC Norris members are organized into five multidisciplinary research programs spanning from basic science to translational and clinical science and population science. These highly collaborative programs of laboratory, clinical, and population-based research drive scientific discoveries and foster translation to the clinic and community. USC Norris’s cancer training programs are part of the fabric of these efforts, creating a diverse pipeline for the next generation of cancer scientists and clinicians, while its Office of Community Outreach and Engagement is the vehicle by which they understand, engage, and serve the needs of the underserved communities in Los Angeles county and beyond.

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Caryn Lerman, PhD
Director
1441 Eastlake Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9181
(323) 865-0816
Christopher Loertscher, MA
Associate Director for Administration and Chief Administrative Officer
Lourdes Baezconde-Garb, PhD
Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement
Yves Declerck, MD
Associate Director, Training & Education
Chanita Hughes-Halbert, PhD
Associate Director, Cancer Equity

Research Programs

Research Program Program Leaders
Cancer Control Research Myles Cockburn, PhD; Jennifer Unger, PhD
Cancer Epidemiology Christopher Haiman, ScD; Veronica Setiawan, PhD
Epigenetic Regulation in Cancer Yali Dou, PhD; Bodour Salhia, PhD
Translational and Clinical Sciences Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD; Fumito Ito, MD, PhD
Tumor Immunotherapy and Microenvironment W.Martin Kast, PhD

Shared Resources

Category Resource Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Flow Cytometry/Immune Monitoring Core W Kast, PhD; Rong Lu, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Liquid Biopsy Research Core Amir Goldkorn, MD, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Molecular Genomics Core David Craig, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Population Research Core Myles Cockburn, PhD
Cat 4: Clinical Research Translational Pathology Core William Wallace, MD
Cat 6: Biostatistics Data Science Core Ming Li, MD; David Birtwell, MSE
Last Updated
June 5, 2024