Executive Leadership
Naoto T. Ueno, MD, PhD, FACP
Director
Clifford Martin, MBA
Associate Director for Administration
John Shepherd, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
Loïc Le Marchand, MD, PhD
Associate Director for Population Sciences
Lynne R. Wilkens, DrPH
Associate Director for Shared Resources
Community Outreach and Engagement
Loïc Le Marchand, MD, PhD
Associate Director
Kevin Cassel, DrPH
Faculty Director
Cancer Research Training
Gertraud Maskarinec, MD, PhD
Associate Director
Lenora Loo, PhD
Faculty Director
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Neal Palafox, MD, MPH
Associate Director
Joseph Keawe Kaholokula, PhD
Faculty Director
Research Program Leadership
Pallav Pokhrel, PhD, MPH
Co-Leader
Population Sciences in the Pacific
Cancer Prevention
Lani Park, PhD
Co-Leader
Population Sciences in the Pacific
Cancer Epidemiology
Xin Chen, PhD
Co-Leader
Cancer Biology
Cancer Mechanisms
Naoto T. Ueno, MD, PhD, FACP
Interim Co-Leader
Cancer Biology
Translational and Clinical Research
Clinical Leadership
Jeffrey Berenberg, MD
Associate Director for Translational and Clinical Resarch
Jonathan K. Cho, MD
Medical Director, Clinical Trials Office
UH Cancer Center Faculty Senate
Yurii Shvetsov, PhD
President
Christine Farrar, PhD
Vice-President
Lenora Loo, PhD
Communicating Secretary
Kevin Cassel, DrPH
Recording Secretary
Administrative Directors
Francis Blanco
Director, Facilities Management
Namrata Gurung
Director, Human Resources
Michelle Kau
Interim Director, Fiscal Administration
Paula Higuchi
Director, Community Outreach and Engagement
Ashley Leinbach
Director, Human Subject Research Compliance
Kathleen Plaza
Manager, Cancer Research Training
Wendy Richards
Director, Information Technology
Kornelia Szauter
Director, Grants Administration
Cathy Zhang
Executive Assistant to the Director