Salk's Cancer Center

Leadership

Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Salk's Cancer Center - Leadership

People


Director


Deputy Directors










Genome Stability, Epigenetics & Aging in Cancer Program Leaders


Tumor Immunology, Metabolism & Therapeutics Program Leaders


Executive Committee

Executive Director, Research Operations – Julie Auger
Senior Director, Technology Development – Ha Nguyen, PhD
Interim VP, External Relations – Dan Otto
Senior Director, Research Development – David O’Keefe, PhD
Director of the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – Jálin Johnson, EdD, MBA
Chief Scientific Officer (ex officio) – Jan Karlseder, PhD
Assistant Director, Administration – Lara Avila
Administrative Assistant to the Director – Alex Dausch


External Advisory Board

Matt Vander Heiden, MD, PhD, Chair
Director, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Associate Professor of Biology
Member, MIT Center for Precision Cancer Medicine
Member, Ludwig Center for Molecular Oncology

Steven Artandi, MD, PhD
Director, Stanford Cancer Institute
Jerome and Daisy Low Gilbert Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry

David Darr, MSc, MBA
Associate Director for Administration, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Kornelia Polyak, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Co-leader, Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center Cancer Cell Biology Program

Yolanda Sanchez, PhD
Director & CEO, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor, Internal Medicine, Division of Molecular Medicine

Robert Schreiber, PhD
AM Bursky & JM Bursky Distinguished Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Director, Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Programs
Program Leader, Tumor Immunology, Siteman Cancer Center
Washington University School of Medicine

David Tuveson, MD, PhD
Director, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center
Professor, Roy J. Zuckerberg Professor of Cancer Research

Laura J. van’t Veer, PhD
Leader, Breast Oncology Program, and Director, Applied Genomics
Angela and Shu Kai Chan Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center