Office of Academic Clinical Affairs

Masonic Cancer Center

Available Clinical Trials

MCC Internal Hub

Leadership and Staff Directory

Senior Leadership

Emmanuel Antonarakis, MD

Associate Director, Translational Research

Martin Felices, PhD

Associate Director, Training and Education

Melissa Geller, MD

Associate Director, Clinical Research

Carol A. Lange, PhD

Associate Director for Basic Sciences

David Largaespada, PhD

Deputy Director

Schelomo Marmor, PhD, MPH

Co-Associate Director, Data Sciences

Jeffrey Miller, MD

Director

Heather Nelson, PhD, MPH

Associate Director for Population Sciences

Jen Poynter, PhD, MPH

Associate Co-Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

Rebekah Pratt, PhD

Associate Co-Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

J. Sunil Rao, PhD

Co-Associate Director, Data Sciences; Director of Biostatistics

Aaron Schilz, MPA

Executive Director & Associate Director of Administration

Administrative Leadership

Jennifer Braun

Clinical Director, Clinical Trials Office

Kiara Ellis, MSW

Director, Equity and Impact

Loana Holness

Clinical Director, Clinical Trials Office

Amna Hussein, MBS

Community Outreach and Engagement Manager

Andrea Johnson, MBA

Finance Director

Megan Johnson

Director of Quality Assurance, Clinical Trials Office

Elizabeth Kerr, RN

Clinical Director, Clinical Trials Office

Laura Klein, MPH

Assistant Director, Research Operations & Education

Deepa Kolaseri, PhD, CCRP

Director, Business Development and Industry Partnership; Scientific Director of Translation

Lissa Martinez Huebner, CMP

Event and Administrative Manager

Erica Orcholski, CCRP

Director of Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Trials Office

Megan Pingry

HR Manager

Susan Rottschaefer, MS

Center Evaluation and CCSG Analyst

Briana Sajan, MA

Marketing and Communications Manager

Dedra Schendzielos, MHA

Executive Director, Clinical Research

Aaron Schilz, MPA

Executive Director & Associate Director of Administration

Denise Windenburg, MHA

MNCCTN Director of Network Operations

MCC Executive Committee

Emmanuel Antonarakis, MD

Associate Director, Translational Research

Veronika Bachanova, MD, PhD

Co-Leader, Transplant, Cellular, and Experimental Therapeutics Program

Silvia Balbo, PhD

Co-Leader, Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program

Anne Blaes, MD, MS

Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program

Robert Clarke, PhD, DSc

Executive Director, The Hormel Institute

Scott Dehm, PhD

Co-Leader, Genomics, Cell States, and Signaling Program

Martin Felices, PhD

Associate Director, Training and Education

Melissa Geller, MD

Associate Director, Clinical Research

R. Stephanie Huang, PhD

Co-Leader, Genomics, Cell States, and Signaling Program

Justin Hwang, PhD

Assistant Director, Data Sciences

Carol A. Lange, PhD

Associate Director for Basic Sciences

Schelomo Marmor, PhD, MPH

Co-Associate Director, Data Sciences

Jeffrey Miller, MD

Director

Branden Moriarity, PhD

Co-Director, Genome Engineering Shared Resource

Heather Nelson, PhD, MPH

Associate Director for Population Sciences

Frank G. Ondrey, MD, PhD

Co-Leader, Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program

Helen Parsons, PhD, MPH

Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program

Jen Poynter, PhD, MPH

Associate Co-Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

Rebekah Pratt, PhD

Associate Co-Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

J. Sunil Rao, PhD

Co-Associate Director, Data Sciences; Director of Biostatistics

Carla Rothlin, PhD

Co-Leader, Immuno-Oncology and Tumor Microenvironment Program

Aaron Schilz, MPA

Executive Director & Associate Director of Administration

Kaylee Schwertfeger, PhD

Co-Leader, Immuno-Oncology and Tumor Microenvironment Program

Lucie Turcotte, MD, MPH, MS

Director, Survivorship Program; Assistant Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program

John E. Wagner, MD

Co-Leader, Transplant, Cellular, and Experimental Therapeutics Program

Shared Resource Directors

Kenny Beckman, PhD

Co-Director, Cancer Genomics Shared Resource

Zachary Davis, BS, PhD

Director, Translational Therapy Laboratory

Brian Fife, PhD

Director, Flow Cytometry Shared Resource

Timothy Griffin, PhD

Director, Proteogenomics Shared Resource

Betsy Hirsch, PhD

Co-Director, Cancer Genomics Shared Resource

Branden Moriarity, PhD

Co-Director, Genome Engineering Shared Resource

Joseph Muretta, PhD

Director, Antibody Engineering Shared Resource (Developing)

J. Sunil Rao, PhD

Co-Associate Director, Data Sciences; Director of Biostatistics

Davis Seelig, DVM, PhD, DACVP

Director, Comparative Pathology Shared Resource

Irina Stepanov, PhD

Director, Exposure Testing Shared Resource (Developing)

Peter Villalta, PhD

Director, Analytical Biochemistry & Mass Spectrometry Shared Resource

Jinhua Wang, PhD

Director, Cancer Informatics Shared Resource

Beau Webber, PhD

Co-Director, Genome Engineering Shared Resource

Yun You

Director, Mouse Genetics Lab