UVA Cancer Center | Office of Cancer Centers

The University of Virginia (UVA) Cancer Center’s mission is to reduce the burden of cancer for the patients of today through skilled, integrated, and compassionate care, and to eliminate the threat of cancer for the patients of tomorrow through research and education in an environment that promotes diversity and equity.

The UVA Cancer Center was founded in 1984, received its NCI designation in 1987, and was recognized as an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center beginning in 2022.  

University of Virginia

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Thomas P. Jr. Loughran, MD
Director

6171 West Complex
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0334

(434) 243-6784

Admin Leader

Dina Halme, PhD
Associate Director for Research Administration and Strategic Planning

COE Leader

Wendy Cohn, PhD
Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement

CRTEC Leader

Lucy Pemberton, PhD
Associate Director for Education and Training

PED Leader

Marquita Taylor, PhD, MPH, MBA
Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Research Programs

Research Program	Program Leaders
Cancer Biology	John Bushweller, PhD; Daniel Gioeli, PhD
Cancer Control and Population Health	Li Li, MD, PhD; Jamie Zoellner, RD, PhD; Kelly Shaffer, PhD
Cancer Therapeutics	Kimberly Kelly, PhD; Benjamin Purow, MD; Richard Price, PhD
Molecular Genetics and Epigenetics	P Todd Stukenberg, PhD; Hui Li, PhD

Shared Resources

Category	Resource	Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Advanced Microscopy Facility	Sijie Hao, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Biomolecular Analysis Facility	Nicholas Sherman, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Flow Cytometry Facility	Michael Solga, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Molecular and Immunologic Translational Sciences	Ileana Mauldin, PhD
Cat 3: Epidemiology, Cancer Control	Population Health and Cancer Outcomes Core	Wen You, PhD
Cat 4: Clinical Research	Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility	Patcharin Pramoonjago, PhD
Cat 6: Biostatistics	Biostatistics Shared Resource	Hong Zhu, PhD

Last Updated

November 12, 2024