Administration

UPCI Shared Facility Directors

The shared resources at UPCI include state-of-the-art facilities that provide infrastructure, technology, support, and expertise to enhance basic, translational, and clinical cancer research with a goal to provide outstanding service at reasonable cost. In addition to standard service offerings, most facilities will also work with researchers to provide customized procedures as needed. Facility Directors provide expert consultation and, in some cases, may participate as co-investigators on research faculty grants.

Michael Becich, MD, PhD Co-Director, Cancer Informatics Services
William Bigbee, PhD Co-Director, Cancer Biomarkers Facility; Co-Director, Clinical Proteomics Facility
Fernando Boada, PhD Co-Director, MRI Facility
Lisa Butterfield, PhD Co-Director, IMCPL; Director, Immunologic Monitoring Laboratory
Uma Chandran, PhD Co- Director, Cancer Informatics Services
Thomas Conrads, PhD Co-Director, Cancer Biomarkers Facility; Co-Director, Clinical Proteomics Facility; Director, Metabolomics Facility
Rajiv Dhir, MD Director, Tissue and Research Pathology Services
Albert Donnenberg, PhD Director, Cytometry Facility; Director, Flow Cytometry Facility
Merrill Egorin, MD Director, Clinical Pharmacology Analytical Facility
Robert Ferrell, PhD Co-Director, Basic Genomics and Proteomics Facility
Andrea Gambotto, MD Director, Vector Core Facility
Frank Jenkins, PhD Director, Biobehavioral Medicine Facility
Jaspal Khillan, PhD Director, Transgenic and Gene Targeting Facility
William LaFramboise, PhD Director, Clinical Genomics Facility
John Lazo, PhD Director, Drug Target/Drug Development Facility;
Director, Target and Drug Validation Facility
Anna Lokshin, PhD Director, Luminex Facility
Michael Lotze, MD Director, Imaging Cytometry Facility
Brian Miller, PharmD Director, Investigational Drug Services
Ronald Montelaro, PhD Director, Peptide Synthesis Facility
James Mountz, MD, PhD Co-Director, In Vivo Imaging Facility; Director, PET Facility
Steven Mulcahy, MS Director, Clinical Research Services
Joan Neitznick, MA Director, Glassware Facility
Joseph Newsome, DVM Director, Animal Facility
Monica Panelli, PhD Director, Immunogenomics and Immunoproteomics Facility
Marjorie Romkes, PhD Director, Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics Facility
James Schlesselman, PhD Director, Biostatistics Facility
Robert Sobol, PhD Director, Lentiviral Facility
Stephen Thorne, PhD Director, Small Animal Imaging Facility
Simon Watkins, PhD Director, Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility
Theresa Whiteside, PhD Co-Director, IMCPL; Director, Cellular Products Laboratory
Erik Wiener, PhD Co-Director, In Vivo Imaging Facility; Co-Director, MRI Facility
Paul Wood, MS Co-Director, Basic Genomics and Proteomics Facility
Protocol Review and Monitoring System; Protocol Specific Research Support