The Research Leadership Council (RLC) is responsible for the coordination of Huntsman Cancer Institute's research portfolio and is accountable for the execution of Cancer Center goals. The RLC is chaired by Neli Ulrich, MS, PhD, and includes all Program Leaders, staff investigators, shared resource directors, Protocol Review and Monitoring System and Data and Safety Monitoring Committee chairs, senior administrators, and leaders of Huntsman Cancer Institute centers and partners. This group serves as the core leadership of the Cancer Center, participates actively in strategic planning for research initiatives, and evaluates programs, shared resources, and membership.
New applications for Cancer Center membership are presented by a relevant Program Leader and put forward for an advisory vote by RLC members based on specific membership criteria. Dr. Ulrich makes final decisions on Cancer Center membership. The RLC meets monthly for two hours.
The RLC is composed of the following people:
Chair
Senior Directors
Rachel Ceballos, PhD
Max Loveless, MBA
Program Co-Leaders
Nuclear Control of Cell Growth and Differentiation
Cell Response and Regulation
Experimental Therapeutics
Cancer Control and Population Sciences
Clinical Leaders
Shared Resource Directors
Brian Dalley, PhD
David A. Nix, PhD
Christopher Fillmore, PhD
David H. Lum, PhD
Staff Investigators
Administration
Kris Frisby
Max Loveless, MBA
Emily Olsen
Melanie Ward
Holly Zullo, PhD
Centers and Partners
Center for Cancer Genetics
Sean V. Tavtigian, PhD
Director
Center for Health Outcomes and Population Equity (HOPE)
David W. Wetter, PhD, MS
Director
Center for Investigational Therapeutics
Neeraj Agarwal, MD
Director
Center for Patient and Public Education
Donna M. Branson
Director
Center for Quantitative Cancer Imaging
Jeffrey T. Yap, PhD
Director
Children’s and Adolescent Cancer Initiative/Division of Pediatric Hematology
Michael Pulsipher, MD
Director/Chief
Computational Oncology Research Initiative (CORI)
Howard Colman, MD, PhD, FAAN
Director
Division of Oncology
Saundra Buys, MD,
Chief
Huntsman Alliance for Postdocs (HAP)
Kate Warde, PhD
Representative
Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Kola Okuyemi, MD, MPH
Executive Senior Director
Utah Cancer Registry
Carol Sweeney, PhD
Director