NCI Senior Leadership
Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell stepped down as NCI director effective Monday, January 20. NCI Principal Deputy Director Dr. Douglas R. Lowy will ensure continuity of NCI operations until the Administration names a new NCI director.

Douglas R. Lowy, M.D.
Principal Deputy Director, National Cancer Institute

Warren A. Kibbe, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Data Science and Strategy

Amber Lowery
Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management
Executive Officer

Dinah S. Singer, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Scientific Strategy and Development

Sanya A. Springfield, Ph.D.
Acting Deputy Director, Strategic Engagement
Director, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities

Brigitte C. Widemann, M.D.
Special Advisor to the Director for Childhood Cancer

Anne Lubenow
Chief of Staff

Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, Ph.D.
Acting Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology

Oliver Bogler, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Cancer Training

Philip E. Castle, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Division of Cancer Prevention

Stephen J. Chanock, M.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

James H. Doroshow, M.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis

Dan Gallahan, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Biology

Peter F. Garrett
Director, Center for External Affairs

Ann M. Geiger, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives

Katrina A. B. Goddard, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences

Satish Gopal, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Center for Global Health


James L. Gulley, M.D., Ph.D.
Acting Co-Director and NCI Clinical Director, Center for Cancer Research

Toby T. Hecht, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis Associate Director, Translational Research Program

Kristin Komschlies, Ph.D.
Director, NCI Frederick Office of Scientific Operations

Diane Palmieri, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Research Strategy

Sheila Prindiville, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials

Krzysztof Ptak, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Director, Office of Cancer Centers

Henry Rodriguez, Ph.D., M.S., M.B.A.
Director, Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research

Sharon A. Savage, M.D.
Clinical Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

Jeffrey Shilling
Chief Information Officer

Carol J Thiele, Ph.D.
Acting Co-Director, Center for Cancer Research

Michael Weingarten, M.A.
Director, Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs

Robert Yarchoan, M.D.
Director, Office of HIV and AIDS Malignancy