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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
External Advisory Board

EAB Term: 2024 – 2029

 

Candace S. Johnson, PhD (EAB Chair)
President & CEO
M&T Bank Presidential Chair in Leadership
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Elm and Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263

Phone: (716) 845-5772
Cell Phone: (716) 574-5321
Email: candace.johnson@roswellpark.org

Admin: Ann Marie Gibney
Phone: (716) 845-5772
Email: annmarie.gibney@roswellpark.org

Richard Baer, PhD
Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology
Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC)
CUMC Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Deputy Director of the CUMC Institute for Cancer Genetics

Irving Cancer Research Center, Rm. 503A
1130 St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10032

Phone: (212) 851-5275
Email: rb670@columbia.edu

Melissa L. Bondy, PhD, MS
Chair and Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
Associate Director Population Sciences
Stanford Cancer Institute

300 Pasteur-M121
Stanford, CA 94305

Phone: (650) 497-5915
Cell Phone: (713) 927-6639
E-mail: mbondy@stanford.edu

Admin: Jennifer Menjivar
Phone: (650) 725-0357
E-mail: jemenji@stanford.edu

Ralph DeBerardinis, MD, PhD
Professor and Chief, Division of Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism
Joel B. Steinberg, M.D. Chair in Pediatrics; Sowell Family Scholar in Medical Research
Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern
Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development

1139 N. Winnetka Ave.
Dallas, TX 75208

Phone: (215) 510-6966
Email: ralph.deberardinis@utsouthwestern.edu

Admin: Alexandra Damon
Phone: (203) 246-4625
Email: alexandra.damon@utsouthwestern.edu

Chad Ellis, PhD
Higher Ed Consulting Sr. Director
Huron Consulting Group, LLC

1166 Avenue of the Americas, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10036

Phone: (212) 785-1900, ext. 124577
Cell Phone: 203-500-5603
Email: cellis@hcg.com

Eric Fearon, MD, PhD
Emanuel N. Maisel Professor of Oncology
Director, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

1506 BSRB, 109 Zina Pitcher Place
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200

Phone: (734) 764-1549
Email: fearon@umich.edu

Admin: Lucia Baru
Phone: (734) 936-1831
Cell Phone: (215) 779-8283
Email: lbaru@umich.edu

Nick Fisher
Executive Director of Research & Business Administration
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
Washington University & Barnes Jewish Hospital

Phone: (314) 747-5401
Cell Phone: (314) 540-5148
Email: nfisher@wustl.edu

Admin: Chrissy Coleman
Email: chrissycox@wustl.edu

Stanton L. Gerson, MD
Dean and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs
School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine
Director, National Center for Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University

10900 Euclid Avenue, BRB 113
Cleveland, OH 44106

Phone: (216) 368-2825
fax (216) 368-2820
Email: stanton.gerson@case.edu

Admin: Meredith Borling
Email: mxb1302@case.edu

Ernest Hawk, MD, MPH
Vice President and Division Head
Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences
Boone Pickens Distinguished Chair for Early Prevention of Cancer
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

P.O. Box 301439 – Unit 1370
Houston, Texas 77230-1439

Phone: (713) 792-3900
Email: ehawk@mdanderson.org

Admin: Wendy McDaniel
Email: WCMcDaniel@mdanderson.org

Maha H. A. Hussain, MD, MBChB
Genevieve Teuton Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Medicine
Deputy Director at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center

303 E Superior, Lurie 3-125
Chicago, IL 60611

Cell Phone: (734) 216-2652
Email: maha.hussain@northwestern.edu

Admin: Sarah Lewis
Phone: (312) 908-5487
Email: sarah.lewis2@northwestern.edu

Christopher I. Li, MD, PhD
Helen G. Edson Endowed Chair for Breast Cancer Research
Professor, Translational Research Program and Epidemiology Program
Faculty Director, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
University of Washington, Seattle
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

3966 Evanston Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103

Phone: (206) 667-7444
Email: cili@fredhutch.org

Admin: Maliea Lowe-Hale
Phone: (206) 667-6333
Email: mlowehal@fredhutch.org

Ruben A. Mesa, MD, FACP
Executive Director, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center
Enterprise Senior Vice President, Atrium Health
Levine Cancer Institute

1021 Morehead Medical Drive, Suite 3100
Charlotte, NC 28204

Cell Phone: (507) 250-2508
Email: ruben.mesa@atriumhealth.org and rmesa@wakehealth.edu

Admin: Kathryn Kay Lusetti
Phone: (336) 716-4618
Email: klusetti@wakehealth.edu

Adekunle (Kunle) Odunsi, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FACOG
Director
University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dean for Oncology, Biological Sciences Division
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery

900 E. 57th Street, Suite 10100
Chicago, Illinois 60637

Phone: (773) 702-5769
Email: odunsia@bsd.uchicago.edu

Admin: Ada Pistello
Phone: (773) 702-6764
Email: adapistello@bsd.uchicago.edu

Peter J. O’Dwyer, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Division of Hematology Oncology
ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group

1818 Market Street, Suite 3000
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Phone (215) 847-2053
Email: peter.odwyer@pennmedicine.upenn.edu or peter.odwyer@uphs.upenn.edu

Admin: Deborah Deal
Phone: (215) 789-3609
Cell Phone: (215) 796-4076
Email: ddeal@ecog-acrin.org

Kimberly D. Richardson, MA
Patient Researcher, PCORI Board of Governors
Chair of Illinois Special Gynecologic Cancer Commission
University of Illinois Cancer Center

818 South Wolcott Avenue
Chicago, IL 60612

Cell Phone: (312) 351-5898
Email: kimberlyrichardson@blackcancercollab.org

Marcy B. Waldinger
Consultant to NCI Designated Cancer Centers
Marcy B. Waldinger Consulting, LLC

1362 Laurel View Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Cell Phone: (734) 717-5806
Email: wald@umich.edu

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD
Deputy Director, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center

Professor of Medicine
New York University Langone Medical Center

522 First Avenue, Smilow Bldg, Room 1310
New York, NY 10016

Phone: (212) 263-9333
Email: jeffrey.weber@nyulangone.org

Admin: Mallory McClure
Email: mallory.mcclure@nyulangone.org

Danny R. Welch, PhD
Professor, Department of Cancer Biology
The Kansas University Medical Center

3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Wahl Hall West 2011
Mailstop 1071
Kansas City, KS 66160

Phone: (913) 945-6499
Email: dwelch@kumc.edu or tmota@kumc.edu
Lab phone: (913) 945-7797

Eric Winer, MD
Alfred Gilman Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Medicine
Director, Yale Cancer Center
President and Physician-in-Chief, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Deputy Dean for Cancer Research, Yale School of Medicine

P.O. Box 208028
New Haven, CT 06520-8028

Phone: (617) 512-1207
Email: eric.winer@yale.edu

Admin: Erin Boudreau
Email: erin.boudreau@yale.edu