Mentors
In our center, research project leaders each are assigned two mentors who are established investigators.
These mentors are tasked with providing scientific advice and career guidance to their project leader mentees. One of the primary goals of our center is to foster the advancement of promising junior scientists and facilitate their development into self-supporting faculty members invaluable to the future success of our research community, our institution and beyond.
Mentors
Robert Lewis, PhD
Edward and Lida Robinson Professor of Cancer Research, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Director, Nebraska Center for Molecular Target Discovery and Development
Research Focus: Cell growth and metabolism
Jennifer Black, PhD
Professor, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Strategic Advisor to the Director, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Research focus: Protein kinase C and PP2A signaling in colon, pancreas and endometrial cancer; targeting translational control in tumors
Sarah A. Holstein, MD, PhD
Neumann M. and Mildred E. Harris Professor
Professor, UNMC Division of Hematology
Director, Pilot Projects Program, Great Plains IDeA-CTR
Aaron Mohs, PhD
Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, UNMC College of Pharmacy
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Aaron Mohs, PhD
Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, UNMC College of Pharmacy
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences