University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)

About UPCI

Administration

UPCI Research Leaders

UPCI research programs fall into the following categories: Clinical (oriented mainly towards cancer in humans), Basic (focused on the cellular and molecular activities of cancer), and Population Sciences (studying the effects of environmental, geographical, and behavioral effects on cancer).

David Bartlett, MDStaff Investigator [Cancer Center Support Grant]
Michael Becich, MD, PhDAssociate Director, Cancer Informatics
Dorothea Becker, PhDCo-Leader, Melanoma Program
Dana Bovbjerg, PhDLeader, Biobehavioral Medicine in Oncology Program
Adam Brufsky, MD, PhDAssociate Director, Clinical Investigations
Edward Chu, MDCo-Leader, Molecular Therapeutics and Drug Discovery Program
Maryann Donovan, PhD, MPH Associate Director, Research Administration
Scientific Director, Center for Environmental Oncology
Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD, FACS Associate Director, Translational Research
Co-Leader, Cancer Immunology Program
Olivera Finn, PhDCo-Leader, Cancer Immunology Program
Jennifer R. Grandis, MD, FACSLeader, Head and Neck Cancer Program
John Kirkwood, MDCo-Leader, Melanoma Program
Michael Lotze, MDStaff Investigator [Cancer Center Support Grant]
Patrick Moore, MD, MPHLeader, Cancer Virology Program
Joel Nelson, MDCo-Leader, Prostate Cancer Program
Steffi Oesterreich, PhD Co-Leader, Molecular and Cellular Cancer Biology Program
Hideho Okada, MD, PhDCo-Leader, Brain Tumor Program
Ian Pollack, MDCo-Leader, Brain Tumor Program
Jill Siegfried, PhDCo-Leader, Lung and Thoracic Malignancies Program
Shivendra Singh, PhDAssociate Director, Basic Research
Mark Socinski, MDCo-Leader, Lung and Thoracic Malignancies Program
Bennett Van Houten, PhDCo-Leader, Molecular and Cellular Cancer Biology Program
Zhou Wang, PhDCo-Leader, Prostate Cancer Program
Joel Weissfeld, MD, MPHCo-Leader, Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Program
Peter Wipf, PhDCo-Leader, Molecular Therapeutics and Drug Discovery Program
Jian-Min Yuan, MD, PhDAssociate Director, Cancer Control and Population Sciences
Co-Leader, Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Program