NCI Senior Leadership
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Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell
Director, National Cancer Institute
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Douglas R. Lowy, M.D.
Principal Deputy Director, National Cancer Institute
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Amber Lowery
Acting Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management
Acting Executive Officer
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Dinah S. Singer, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Scientific Strategy & Development
Brigitte C. Widemann, M.D.
Special Advisor to the Director for Childhood Cancer
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Anne Lubenow
Chief of Staff
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Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, Ph.D.
Acting Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology
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Oliver Bogler, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Cancer Training
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Philip E. Castle, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Division of Cancer Prevention
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Stephen J. Chanock, M.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics
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Henry P. Ciolino, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Cancer Centers
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James H. Doroshow, M.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Treatment & Diagnosis
Suzanne Frisbie, Ph.D.
Director, Technology Transfer Center
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Dan Gallahan, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Biology
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Peter F. Garrett
Director, Office of Communications & Public Liaison
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Katrina A. B. Goddard, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences
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Satish Gopal, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Center for Global Health
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James L. Gulley, M.D., Ph.D.
Acting Co-Director and NCI Clinical Director, Center for Cancer Research
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Toby T. Hecht, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis Associate Director, Translational Research Program
Kristin Komschlies, Ph.D.
Acting Director, NCI Frederick Office of Scientific Operations
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Glenn Merlino, Ph.D.
Acting Co-Director and Scientific Director for Basic Research, Center for Cancer Research
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Diane Palmieri, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Research Strategy
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Sheila Prindiville, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials
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Henry Rodriguez, Ph.D., M.S., M.B.A.
Director, Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research
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Sharon A. Savage, M.D.
Clinical Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics
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Jeffrey Shilling
Chief Information Officer
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Sanya A. Springfield, Ph.D.
Director, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
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Louis M. Staudt, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Center for Cancer Genomics
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Michael Weingarten, M.A.
Director, Small Business Innovation Research & Small Business Technology Transfer Programs
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Robert Yarchoan, M.D.
Director, Office of HIV & AIDS Malignancy