The External Advisory Board consists of National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center directors, senior leaders, administrators, and scientists who provide advice to Huntsman Cancer Institute related to its Cancer Center Support Grant and evaluate the Cancer Center's progress toward strategic goals.
Board Members
John D. Carpten, PhD
Director, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chief Scientific Officer
Irell & Manella Cancer Center Director’s Distinguished Chair
Morgan & Helen Chu Director’s Chair of the Beckman Research Institute
Ernest Hawk, MD, MPH
Vice President and Division Head of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences
Boone Pickens Distinguished Chair for Early Prevention of Cancer
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Texas
Caryn Lerman, PhD
Director, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Associate Dean for Cancer Programs
H. Leslie and Elaine S. Hoffman Chair in Cancer Research
Distinguished Professor
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Southern California
Nita J. Maihle, PhD
Associate Director for Basic Research
Professor, Departments of Medicine & Cell Biology
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Mississippi Medical Center
Olufunmilayo Olopade, MD, FACP
Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics
Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics & Global Health
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Chicago
Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD
Director, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Executive Vice President for Research, VUMC
Benjamin F. Byrd, Jr. Professor of Oncology
Brock Family Directorship in Career Development
Professor of Biochemistry and Otolaryngology
Vanderbilt Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
Leonidas C. Platanias, MD, PhD
Director, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jesse, Sara, Andrew, Abigail, Benjamin and Elizabeth Lurie Professor of Oncology
Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Northwestern Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
John Pounardjian, MBA
Associate Director for Administration, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Timothy Rebbeck, PhD
Vincent L. Gregory, Jr. Professor of Cancer Prevention
Director, Zhu Family Center for Global Cancer Prevention
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Director, Equity and Engagement
Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center
Anil Rustgi, MD
Irving Professor of Medicine
Director, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Associate Dean of Oncology
Chief, Cancer Services
NY Presbyterian/Columbia Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Irving Medical Center
Sandra Swain, MD, FACP, FASCO
Associate Dean for Research Development
Professor of Medicine
Georgetown Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Medical Center