The External Advisory Committee includes National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center directors, administrators and scientists who advise the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center leadership on matters related to the center’s core grant and advancement of strategic goals.
Cheryl Willman, M.D.
Chair
Director and CEO
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Maurice and Marguerite Liberman Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research
Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Medicine University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Lucile Adams-Campbell, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Oncology
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Gerold Bepler, M.D., Ph.D.
President and CEO
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Chair, Department of Oncology
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Susan Chang, M.D.
Program Leader, Neuro-Oncology Program
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor in Residence and Vice Chair of Neurological Surgery
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Margie Clapper, Ph.D.
Deputy Scientific Director
Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Professor and Samuel M.H. Hamilton Chair in Cancer Prevention
Graham A. Colditz, DrPH, M.D., MPH
Associate Director, Cancer Prevention and Control
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
Niess-Gain Professor of Surgery
Professor of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
James DeGregori, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Molecular Biology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
John DiPersio, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
Virginia E. and Samuel J. Goldman Professor of Medicine Chief
Division of Medical Oncology
Washington University School of Medicine
David Gosky, M.A., MBA
Executive Director of Administration
James Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ohio State University
Ernest Hawk, M.D., MPH
Vice President and Head
Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences
Professor
Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Mark Jackson, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Training and Education
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Michelle LeBeau, Ph.D.
Director
University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
Arthur and Marian Edelstein Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago School of Medicine
David Mankoff, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director of Training and Education
Abramson comprehensive Cancer Center
Vice-Chair for Research
Department of Radiology
Gerd Muehllehner Professor of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Andy Olshan, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Population Sciences
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Barbara S. Hulka Distinguished Professor in the Department of Epidemiology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Ken Resnicow, Ph.D.
Director of Health Disparities Research
Rogel Cancer Center
Irwin M. Rosenstock Collegiate Professor of Public Health
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Victor M. Santana, M.D.
Director, Global Clinical Research
St. Jude Cancer Center
Charles B. Pratt Chair in Solid Tumor Research
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Richard Van Etten, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine and Biological Chemistry
Senior Associate Dean
Associate Vice Chancellor for Cancer
UC Irvine School of Medicine
