Center Members
Co-chairs
Joseph D. Khoury, MD
Stokes-Shackleford Professor
Chair, UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Matthew Lunning, DO, FACP
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Clinical Research
Associate Vice Chair of Research, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin Disease, Multiple Myeloma, CAR-T/Cellular Therapy, Benign Hematology
Executive Committee
James O. Armitage, MD
Joe Shapiro Professor of Medicine
Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin Disease, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Hamid Band, MD, PhD
Elizabeth Bruce Professor of Cancer Research, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Director of the Center for Breast Cancer Research
Research focus: Molecular Control of Tyrosine Kinase Signaling: Cell Biology and translation
Vijaya Raj Bhatt, MBBS, MS
Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Medical Director, Leukemia Program
Section Leader, Malignant Hematology
Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Sarah A. Holstein, MD, PhD
Neumann M. and Mildred E. Harris Professor
Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Director, Pilot Projects Program, Great Plains IDeA-CTR
Joseph D. Khoury, MD
Stokes-Shackleford Professor
Chair, UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Matthew Lunning, DO, FACP
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Clinical Research
Associate Vice Chair of Research, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin Disease, Multiple Myeloma, CAR-T/Cellular Therapy, Benign Hematology
Julie M. Vose, MD, MBA
George and Peggy Payne Distinguished Chair of Oncology
Chief, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin Disease, Multiple Myeloma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Members
James O. Armitage, MD
Joe Shapiro Professor of Medicine
Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin Disease, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Hamid Band, MD, PhD
Elizabeth Bruce Professor of Cancer Research, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Director of the Center for Breast Cancer Research
Research focus: Molecular Control of Tyrosine Kinase Signaling: Cell Biology and translation
Janina Baranowska-Kortylewicz, PhD, MSc
Research Professor, UNMC Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ann Berger, PhD, APRN, AOCNS, FAAN
Emeritus Professor, UNMC College of Nursing
Vijaya Raj Bhatt, MBBS, MS
Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Medical Director, Leukemia Program
Section Leader, Malignant Hematology
Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Philip J. Bierman, MD
Emeritus Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology and Hematology
R. Gregory Bociek, MD
Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin Disease, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Don Coulter, MD
Professor, UNMC Division of Hematology/Oncology
Edna Ittner Chair of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Director, Pediatric Cancer Research Group
Krishna Gundabolu, MBBS, MS
Associate Professor, UNMC Division of Hematology & Oncology
MPN, BMT, Coagulation Disorders & Non-Malignant Hematology
Sarah A. Holstein, MD, PhD
Neumann M. and Mildred E. Harris Professor
Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Director, Pilot Projects Program, Great Plains IDeA-CTR
Kate Hyde, PhD
Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Associate Director for Shared Resources, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Joseph D. Khoury, MD
Stokes-Shackleford Professor
Chair, UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Srivatsan Kidambi
Associate Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Scott Koepsell, MD, PhD
Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Medical Director, Biologics Production Facility, Blood Bank-Kearney, Clinical Lab, Core Lab, Kearney Lab
Professor
Medical Review Officer
Matthew Lunning, DO, FACP
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Clinical Research
Associate Vice Chair of Research, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin Disease, Multiple Myeloma, CAR-T/Cellular Therapy, Benign Hematology
Xu Luo, PhD
Professor, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Research focus: Molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways in cell death and survival in cancer cells
DJ Murry, PharmD
Professor, UNMC Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science
402-559-3790
402-559-5673
Amar Natarajan, PhD
Ruth Branham Professor, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Co-Director, Eppley Structural Biology Facility
Research focus: Developing novel target and mechanism specific therapeutics
David Oupicky, PhD
Professor, UNMC Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Director, Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine
Parke-Davis Chair in Pharmaceutics
402-559-9363
402-559-9365
Rakesh K. Singh, PhD
Samuel M. and Janet L. Cohen Distinguished Professor in Pathology and Microbiology
Professor, UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Vice Chair of Graduate Education, UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Director, UNMC Immunology, Pathology, and Infectious Disease Graduate Program
Julie M. Vose, MD, MBA
George and Peggy Payne Distinguished Chair of Oncology
Chief, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Professor, UNMC Division of Oncology & Hematology
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin Disease, Multiple Myeloma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
