Leadership
Our Leaders
Joann B. Sweasy, PhD
Robert F. and Myrna L. Krohn Chair in Cancer Research
Director, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Director, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Professor, Eppley Institute
Research focus: DNA repair
Jennifer Black, PhD
Professor, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Strategic Advisor to the Director, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Research focus: Protein kinase C and PP2A signaling in colon, pancreas and endometrial cancer; targeting translational control in tumors
Michael (Tony) A. Hollingsworth, PhD
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)
Surinder K. Batra, PhD
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
Joyce Solheim, PhD
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
Apar Kishor Ganti, MD
Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Dr. and Mrs. D. Leon UNMC Research Fund Chair in Internal Medicine
Associate Director for Clinical Research, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD
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
Priscila Rodrigues Armijo, MD
Assistant Professor, UNMC Division of General Internal Medicine
Director of Faculty Workforce and Campus Engagement, Academic Affairs
Associate Director for Workforce Development and Belonging, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
