Office of Academic Clinical Affairs

Masonic Cancer Center

Available Clinical Trials

Leadership and Staff Directory

Senior Leadership

Emmanuel Antonarakis, MD

Associate Director for Translational Research

laws0067@umn.edu

Melissa Geller, MD

Associate Director for Clinical Research

gelle005@umn.edu

Rahel Ghebre, MD, MPH

Associate Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

ghebr004@umn.edu

Dorothy Hatsukami, PhD

Associate Director for Cancer Prevention & Control

hatsu001@umn.edu

Carol Lange, PhD

Associate Director for Basic Sciences

lange047@umn.edu

Jeffrey Miller, MD

Deputy Director; Co-Leader Immunology Program

muwah012@umn.edu

Christopher Pennell, PhD

Associate Director, Training and Education; Director, Flow Cytometry Shared Resource

penne001@umn.edu

Jen Poynter, MPH, PhD

Associate Co-Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

poynt006@umn.edu

Rebekah Pratt, PhD

Associate Co-Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

rjpratt@umn.edu

Aaron Schilz, MPA

Executive Director & Associate Director of Administration

schil226@umn.edu

Douglas Yee, MD

Director of the Masonic Cancer Center

yeexx006@umn.edu

Administrative Leadership

Kiara Ellis, MSW

Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

malon243@umn.edu

Megan Johnson

Director of Quality Assurance, Clinical Trials Office

axthe001@umn.edu

Andrea Johnson, MBA

Finance Director

ajohnson@umn.edu

Briana Kerber, MA

Marketing and Communications Manager

kerbe066@umn.edu

Elizabeth Kerr, RN

Clinical Director, Clinical Trials Office

kerrx078@umn.edu

Laura Klein, MPH

Research Development Manager

klein382@umn.edu

Deepa Kolaseri, PhD

Scientific Director of Translation

dkolaser@umn.edu

Erica Orcholski, CCRP

Director of Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Trials Office

eorchols@umn.edu

Megan Pingry

HR Partner

pingr011@umn.edu

Marie L. Rahne, MBA

Director, Minnesota Cancer Clinical Trials Network

Dedra Schendzielos, MHA

Executive Director, Clinical Research

sche0075@umn.edu

Aaron Schilz, MPA

Executive Director & Associate Director of Administration

schil226@umn.edu

Marina Sladojevic

Senior Office Manager/Executive Assistant to Dr. Douglas Yee

marinas@umn.edu

MCC Executive Committee

Emmanuel Antonarakis, MD

Associate Director for Translational Research

laws0067@umn.edu

Brian Betts, MD

Co-Leader, Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program

bett0121@umn.edu

Anne Blaes, MD

Co-Leader SPECS Program

blaes004@umn.edu

Bob Clarke, PhD, DSc

Executive Director, The Hormel Institute

clarker@umn.edu

Melissa Geller, MD

Associate Director for Clinical Research

gelle005@umn.edu

Rahel Ghebre, MD, MPH

Associate Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

ghebr004@umn.edu

Daniel Harki, PhD

Co-Leader, Cellular Mechanisms Program

daharki@umn.edu

Dorothy Hatsukami, PhD

Associate Director for Cancer Prevention & Control

hatsu001@umn.edu

Stephanie Huang, PhD

Co-Leader, Genetic Mechanisms Program

rshuang@umn.edu

Eric Jensen, MD

Chief of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery

jense893@umn.edu

Samir Khariwala, MD, MS, FACS

Chief of the Division of Head and Neck Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

khari001@umn.edu

Carol Lange, PhD

Associate Director for Basic Sciences

lange047@umn.edu

Margaret MacMillan, MD, MSc

Director, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy

macmi002@umn.edu

Jeffrey Miller, MD

Deputy Director; Co-Leader Immunology Program

muwah012@umn.edu

Heather Nelson, PhD, MPH

Co-Leader SPECS Program

hhnelson@umn.edu

Frank Ondrey, MD, PhD

Co-Leader, Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program

ondre002@umn.edu

Christopher Pennell, PhD

Associate Director, Training and Education; Director, Flow Cytometry Shared Resource

penne001@umn.edu

Lisa Peterson, PhD

Co-Leader, Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program

peter431@umn.edu

Jen Poynter, MPH, PhD

Associate Co-Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

poynt006@umn.edu

Rebekah Pratt, PhD

Associate Co-Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

rjpratt@umn.edu

Aaron Schilz, MPA

Executive Director & Associate Director of Administration

schil226@umn.edu

Kaylee Schwartfaeger, PhD

Co-Leader, Cellular Mechanisms Program

schwe251@umn.edu

Yoji Shimizu, PhD

Co-Leader, Immunology Program

shimi002@umn.edu

Stephanie Terezakis, MD

Department Head, Department of Radiation Oncology

sterezak@umn.edu

John E. Wagner, MD

Co-Leader, Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program; Co-Director Translational Therapy Shared Resource

wagne002@umn.edu

Christopher Warlick, MD, PhD

Department Head for the Department of Urology

cwarlick@umn.edu

Masato Yamamoto, MD, PhD

Co-Leader, Genetic Mechanisms Program

yamam016@umn.edu

Douglas Yee, MD

Director of the Masonic Cancer Center

yeexx006@umn.edu

Bevan Yueh, MD, MPH

Chief Executive Officer for the University of Minnesota Physicians

Shared Resource Directors

Kenneth Beckman, PhD

Co-Director, Cancer Genomics Shared Resource

kbeckman@umn.edu

Martin Felices, PhD

Co-Director, Translation Therapy Shared Resource

mfelices@umn.edu

Betsy Hirsch, PhD

Co-Director, Cancer Genomics Shared Resource

hirsc003@umn.edu

Chap Le, PhD

Director, Biostatistics Shared Resource

Branden Moriarity, PhD

Co-Director, Genome Engineering Shared Resource

mori0164@umn.edu

Christopher Pennell, PhD

Associate Director, Training and Education; Director, Flow Cytometry Shared Resource

penne001@umn.edu

Davis Seelig, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP

Director, Comparative Pathology Shared Resource

Peter Villalta, PhD

Director, Analytical Biochemistry Shared Resource

612-626-8165, 612-62

villa001@umn.edu

Jinhua Wang, PhD

Director, Cancer Informatics Shared Resource

Beau Webber, PhD

Co-Director, Genome Engineering Shared Resource

webb0178@umn.edu