Leadership
Our Leaders
Director, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Director, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Professor, Eppley Institute
Research focus: DNA repair
![Joann Sweasy, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/eppley/_images/team/faculty/joann-sweasy.jpg)
Deputy Director, Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Professor, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Professor, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
Research focus: Genitourinary Oncology
![Raymond C. Bergan, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/eppley/_images/team/faculty/bergan-raymond.jpg)
Hugh & Jane Hunt Chair in Cancer Research, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Associate Director for Basic Research, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Research focus: Pancreatic cancer biochemistry, diagnostics, and treatments (including immunotherapies)
![Tony Hollingsworth, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/eppley/_images/team/faculty/hollingsworth.jpg)
Hartmann Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor and Chairman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Associate Director, Translational Research, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
![Surinder K. Batra](https://www.unmc.edu/biochemistry/_images/faculty/batra_surinder.jpg)
Professor, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Director, IGPBS-Cancer Research Doctoral Program, Cancer Research M.S. Program, and Eppley Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Associate Director for Training and Education, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Research focus: Mechanisms regulating the immune response to tumors and infectious pathogens, and development of new immunotherapies
![Joyce Solheim](https://www.unmc.edu/eppley/_images/team/faculty/joyce-solheim.jpg)
Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Associate Director for Clinical Research, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Research Focus: Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma, Thymoma, Head and Neck Cancers, Thyroid Cancers
![Apar Ganti, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/_images/onchem/faculty/apar-ganti-oncology.jpeg)
Associate Director, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center's Community Outreach & Engagement Office
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health
Research Director, Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska
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![Matt Winfrey](https://www.unmc.edu/eppley/_images/team/staff/matt-winfrey.jpg)