Leadership and Staff Directory

Senior Leadership

Emmanuel Antonarakis, MD

Associate Director for Translational Research

612-625-8287

laws0067@umn.edu

Anja K. Bielinsky, PhD

Associate Director for Basic Shared Resources

612-624-2469

bieli003@umn.edu

Dorothy Hatsukami, PhD

Associate Director for Cancer Prevention & Control

612-626-2121

hatsu001@umn.edu

Carol Lange, PhD

Associate Director for Basic Shared Resources

612-626-0621

lange047@umn.edu

Jeffrey Miller , MD

Deputy Director

612-626-4024

matur015@umn.edu

Christopher Pennell , PhD

Associate Director for Education

612-625-7138

penne001@umn.edu

Jen Poynter, MPH, PhD

Associate Director for Community Outreach & Engagement

612-625-4232

poynt006@umn.edu

Charles Ryan, MD

Associate Director for Clinical Research

612-626-3003

afield@umn.edu

Aaron Schilz, MPA

Interim Executive Director & Associate Director of Administration

612-624-0650

schil226@umn.edu

Douglas Yee, MD

Director of the Masonic Cancer Center

612-626-8487

yeexx006@umn.edu

Administrative Leadership

Kiara Ellis , MSW

Director of Community Outreach and Engagement

612-624-4099

malon243@umn.edu

Max Huber , MBA

Communications and Marketing Manager

612-624-5005

mjhuber@umn.edu

Megan Johnson

Director of Quality Assurance

axthe001@umn.edu

Andrea Johnson, MBA

Finance Manager

612-625-2662

ajohnson@umn.edu

Deepa Kolaseri, PhD

Scientific Director, Cancer Research Translational Initiative

612-624-6064

dkolaser@umn.edu

Matthew Lindemann, RN, BAN

Clinical Director, Clinical Trials Office (STU)

612-624-0821

lindemam@umn.edu

Markco Morris

Director of Operations, Clinical Trials Office (STU)

612-624-1693

mmorris@umn.edu

Erica Orcholski, CCRP

Director of Regulatory Affairs

612-624-1888

eorchols@umn.edu

Marie Rahne, MBA

Sr. Manager, MN Cancer Clinical Trials Network

612-626-5744

mrahne@umn.edu

Susan Rottschaefer, MS

Research Development Manager

rotts003@umn.edu

Dedra Schendzielos

Executive Director, Clinical Research

sche0075@umn.edu

Aaron Schilz, MPA

Interim Executive Director & Associate Director of Administration

612-624-0650

schil226@umn.edu

Marina Sladojevic

Office Manager/Executive Assistant to Dr. Douglas Yee

612-626-5475

marinas@umn.edu

Danielle Yee, MA

HR Partner

612-626-3410

dyee@umn.edu

MCC Executive Committee

Anja K. Bielinsky, PhD

Associate Director for Basic Shared Resources

612-624-2469

bieli003@umn.edu

Carol Lange, PhD

Associate Director for Basic Shared Resources

612-626-0621

lange047@umn.edu

Emil Lou, MD, PhD, FACP

612-625-9604

emil-lou@umn.edu

Margaret MacMillian

612-626-2961

macmi002@umn.edu

Jeffrey Miller , MD

Deputy Director

612-626-4024

matur015@umn.edu

Heather Nelson

612-626-9887

hhnelson@umn.edu

Frank Ondrey

612-626-0912

ondre002@umn.edu

Christopher Pennell , PhD

Associate Director for Education

612-625-7138

penne001@umn.edu

Lisa Peterson, PhD

612-626-0164

peter431@umn.edu

Charles Ryan, MD

Associate Director for Clinical Research

612-626-3003

afield@umn.edu

Aaron Schilz, MPA

Interim Executive Director & Associate Director of Administration

612-624-0650

schil226@umn.edu

Yoji Shimizu, PhD

612-626-6849

shimi002@umn.edu

Stephanie Terezakis , MD

sterezak@umn.edu

Chris Warlick

612-625-7486

cwarlick@umn.edu

Brenda Weigel, MD, MSc

612-626-2778

weige007@umn.edu

Masato Yamamoto, MD, PhD

612-624-9131

yamam016@umn.edu

Douglas Yee, MD

Director of the Masonic Cancer Center

612-626-8487

yeexx006@umn.edu

Bevan Yueh, MD, PhD

byueh@umn.edu

Shared Resource Directors

Kenneth Beckman, PhD

612-626-2985

kbeckman@umn.edu

Martin Felices, PhD

612-625-8942

mfelices@umn.edu

Timothy C. Hallstrom , PhD

612-626-2961

halls026@umn.edu

Eric Hendrickson, PhD

612-624-5988

hendr064@umn.edu

Betsy Hirsch, PhD

612-273-4952

hirsc003@umn.edu

Steven Johnson

612-625-7940

joh06288@umn.edu

Chap Le, PhD

612-624-9963

chap@umn.edu

Emil Lou, MD, PhD, FACP

612-625-9604

emil-lou@umn.edu

Branden Moriarity, PhD

612-625-2226

mori0164@umn.edu

M Gerard O'Sullivan, MVB, PhD, Diplomate ACVP & ECVP

612-625-3254

gos@umn.edu

Christopher Pennell , PhD

Associate Director for Education

612-625-7138

penne001@umn.edu

Peter Villalta

612-626-8165, 612-62

villa001@umn.edu

John E. Wagner , MD

Co-Leader Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Program

612-626-2961

wagne002@umn.edu

Jinhua Wang, PhD

612-626-7010

wangjh@umn.edu

Masonic Scholars

Alicia Allen, PhD

(612) 624-0896

alle0299@umn.edu

Veronika Bachanova, MD, PhD

612-625-8942

krblomqu@umn.edu

Anindya Bagchi , PhD

612-625-7598

bagch005@umn.edu

Silvia Balbo, PhD

612-624-4240

balbo006@umn.edu

Vivian Bardwell, PhD

612-626-7028

bardw001@umn.edu

Anja K. Bielinsky, PhD

Associate Director for Basic Shared Resources

612-624-2469

bieli003@umn.edu

Anne Blaes , MD

612-625-9604

blaes004@umn.edu

Scott Dehm, PhD

612-625-1504

dehm@umn.edu

Erin Dickerson, PhD

612-626-5053

edickers@umn.edu

Evidio Domingo-Musibay, MD

612-625-9604

strom721@umn.edu

Justin Drake, PhD

612-624-7151

jdrake@umn.edu

Dorraya El-Ashry, PhD

delashry@umn.edu

Martin Felices, PhD

612-625-8942

mfelices@umn.edu

Tanya Freedman, PhD

612-301-8313

tfreedma@umn.edu

Naomi Fujioka, MD

612-625-9604

fujio002@umn.edu

Peter Gordon, MD, PhD

612-626-2778

gord0047@umn.edu

Timothy Griffin, PhD

612-624-5249

tgriffin@umn.edu

Shilpa Gupta, MBBS

Daniel A. Harki , PhD

612-625-8687

daharki@umn.edu

Susanta Hui, MS, PhD

huixx019@umn.edu

Rachel Isaksson Vogel, PhD

612-626-0665

isak0023@umn.edu

Fekadu Kassie, DVM, MSc, PhD

612-625-9637

kassi012@umn.edu

Carol Lange, PhD

Associate Director for Basic Shared Resources

612-626-0621

lange047@umn.edu

Aaron LeBeau, PhD

612-301-7231

alebeau@umn.edu

Emil Lou, MD, PhD, FACP

612-625-9604

emil-lou@umn.edu

Manish Patel, DO

612-625-9604

strom721@umn.edu

Lisa Peterson, PhD

612-626-0164

peter431@umn.edu

Anna Prizment, PhD

612-625-9604

strom721@umn.edu

Paolo Provenzano, PhD

612-624-3279

pprovenz@umn.edu

Armin Rashidi, MD, PhD

612-625-8942

krblomqu@umn.edu

Mohammad Saleem, PhD

612-626-0109

msbhat@umn.edu

Surbhi Shah, MBBS

612-624-5620

porw0001@umn.edu

Lindsey Sloan , MD, PhD

sloan153@umn.edu

Tim Starr, PhD

612-625-4425

star0044@umn.edu

David Stenehjem, PharmD, BCOP

218-726-6155

stene032@d.umn.edu

Irina Stepanov, PhD

612-624-4998

stepa011@umn.edu

Subree Subramanian, PhD

612-626-4330

subree@umn.edu

Deanna Teoh, MD

612-626-3111

Robert Turesky, BSC, PhD

rturesky@umn.edu

Vaiva Vezys, PhD

612-625-4650

vvezys@umn.edu

Beshay Zordoky, MSc, PhD

612-625-6499

zordo001@umn.edu

Brain Tumor Program

Susan Arnold, DVM, DACVIM (Neurology)

W. Robert Bell , MD, MHS

612-624-6563

wrbell@umn.edu

Lynne T. Bemis , PhD

218-726-6775

ltbemis@d.umn.edu

Anja K. Bielinsky, PhD

Associate Director for Basic Shared Resources

612-624-2469

bieli003@umn.edu

Kayli Britos

612-626-2874

kbritos@umn.edu

Clark C. Chen, MD, PhD

612-624-6666

ccchen@umn.edu

H. Brent Clark , MD, PhD

612-625-7636

clark002@umn.edu

Hai Dang Nguyen, Ph.D.

612-625-7698

hdnguyen@umn.edu

Lester R. Drewers , PhD

218-726-7925

ldrewes@d.umn.edu

Kathryn Dunsenbery, MD

612-624-5445

dusen001@umn.edu

William Elmquist, PharmD, PhD

612-625-0097

elmqu011@umn.edu

Miguel Fiol, MD

612-626-6688

fiolx001@umn.edu

Michael Garwood, PhD

612-626-2001

gar@umn.edu

Edward Greeno, MD

612-625-9604

green048@umn.edu

Daniel J. Guillaume, MD, MS

612-624-6666

dguillau@umn.edu

Stephen J. Haines , MD, FACS

612-624-6666

fello062@umn.edu

Timothy C. Hallstrom , PhD

612-626-2961

halls026@umn.edu

Daniel A. Harki , PhD

612-625-8687

daharki@umn.edu

Stephen Jameson, PhD

612-625-1496

james024@umn.edu

Tomoyuki Koga , MD, PhD

koga0012@umn.edu

Alicia Kunin-Batson , PhD, LP

612-301-2459

kunin003@umn.edu

David Largaespada , PhD

612-626-4979

larga002@umn.edu

Ming Li , PhD

li001705@umn.edu

Wensheng Lin, MD, Phd

612-626-5079

linw@umn.edu

Emil Lou, MD, PhD, FACP

612-625-9604

emil-lou@umn.edu

Walter C. Low , PhD

612-626-9203

lowwalt@umn.edu

Erin Marcotte, MPH, PhD

612-626-3281

marcotte@umn.edu

Erin Marcotte, MPH, PhD

612-626-3281

marcotte@umn.edu

Venkatram Mereddy, PhD

218-726-6766

vmereddy@d.umn.edu

Shalom Michaeli, PhD

612-626-2001

micha042@umn.edu

Christopher Moertel , MD

612-626-2778

moert001@umn.edu

Elizabeth Neil, MD

612-625-1969

neile@umn.edu

Jianfang Ning , PhD

jning@umn.edu

David Odde, PhD

612-626-9980

oddex002@umn.edu

Michael Olin, PhD

612-626-2778

olin0012@umn.edu

Liz Pluhar, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVS

pluha006@umn.edu

Theresa Reineke , PhD, MS

612-624-8042

treineke@umn.edu

Ashley Schempp

612-625-9340

john3587@umn.edu

Davis Seelig, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP

dseelig@umn.edu

Davis Seelig, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP

dseelig@umn.edu

Lindsey Sloan , MD, PhD

sloan153@umn.edu

Logan Spector, PhD

612-624-3912

spect012@umn.edu

Daniel Vallera , PhD

612-626-4323

valle001@umn.edu

Andrew Venteicher , MD, PhD

612-624-6666

aventeic@umn.edu

Carston R. Wagner , PhD

612-625-2614

wagne003@umn.edu

Chun Wang, PhD

612-626-3990

wangx504@umn.edu

Jianping Wang

612-625-9509

jpwang@umn.edu

Brenda Weigel, MD, MSc

612-626-2778

weige007@umn.edu

Christopher Wilke, Md, PhD

612-626-5445

cwilke@umn.edu

Faculty Preceptors

Anja K. Bielinsky, PhD

Associate Director for Basic Shared Resources

612-624-2469

bieli003@umn.edu

Bruce Blazar, MD

612-626-2961

blaza001@umn.edu

Duncan Clarke, PhD

612-624-3442

clark140@umn.edu

Scott Dehm, PhD

612-625-1504

dehm@umn.edu

Justin Drake, PhD

612-624-7151

jdrake@umn.edu

Michael Farrar, PhD

612-625-0401

farra005@umn.edu

Tanya Freedman, PhD

612-301-8313

tfreedma@umn.edu

Aaron Goldstrohm, PhD

612-626-7497

agoldstr@umn.edu

Thomas Griffith , PhD

612-624-8269

tgriffit@umn.edu

Daniel A. Harki , PhD

612-625-8687

daharki@umn.edu

Reuben S. Harris , PhD

(612) 624-0457

rsh@umn.edu

Eric Hendrickson, PhD

612-624-5988

hendr064@umn.edu

Kristin Hogquist, PhD

612-625-1616

hogqu001@umn.edu

R Stephanie Huang, PhD

612-625-1372

rshuang@umn.edu

Stephen Jameson, PhD

612-625-1496

james024@umn.edu

Mark Jenkins, PhD

Carol Lange, PhD

Associate Director for Basic Shared Resources

612-626-0621

lange047@umn.edu

David Largaespada , PhD

612-626-4979

larga002@umn.edu

Aaron LeBeau, PhD

612-301-7231

alebeau@umn.edu

Cheuk T. Leung, PhD

612-626-5309

ctleung@umn.edu

Nicholas Levinson , PhD

612-301-1322

nml@umn.edu

Louis M. Mansky, PhD

612-626-5525

mansky@umn.edu

Jeffrey Miller , MD

Deputy Director

612-626-4024

matur015@umn.edu

Jaime Modiano, VMD, PhD

612-625-7436

modiano@umn.edu

Daniel Mueller, MD

612-625-8477

muell002@umn.edu

Chad Myers

612-624-8306

chadm@umn.edu

David Odde, PhD

612-626-9980

oddex002@umn.edu

Julie Ostrander, PhD

Hongbo Pang, PhD

612-625-3773

pang0051@umn.edu

Laurie Parker

612-624-9066

llparker@umn.edu

William C. Pomerantz, PhD

612-624-9091

wcp@umn.edu

David Potter , MD, PhD

612-626-7207

dapotter@umn.edu

Zohar Sachs, MD, PhD

Kaylee Schwertfeger, PhD

612-626-9419

schwe251@umn.edu

Amy Skubitz, PhD

612-625-5920

skubi002@umn.edu

Ingunn Stromnes, PhD

Natalia Tretyakova, PhD

612-626-3432

trety001@umn.edu

Bruce Walcheck, PhD

612-624-2282

walch003@umn.edu

Masato Yamamoto, MD, PhD

612-624-9131

yamam016@umn.edu

Douglas Yee, MD

Director of the Masonic Cancer Center

612-626-8487

yeexx006@umn.edu

Deans

Leon A. Assael, DMD

612-624-2424

assael@umn.edu

John R. Finnegan, PhD

612-625-1179

finne001@umn.edu

Mostafa Kaveh

612-624-2006

mos@umn.edu

Laura Molgaard, DVM

612-624-6244

molga001@umn.edu

Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD

612-626-4949

tolar003@umn.edu

Lynda Welage, PharmD, FCCP

612-624-1900

lwelage@umn.edu

Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FNAP

612-624-5959

delaney@umn.edu