Executive Leadership
Naoto T. Ueno, MD, PhD, FACP
Director
Clifford Martin, MBA
Associate Director for Administration
John Shepherd, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
Lynne R. Wilkens, DrPH
Associate Director for Shared Resources
Community Outreach and Engagement
Kevin Cassel, DrPH, MPH
Associate Director
Jami Fukui, MD
Faculty Director
Thaddeus Herzog, PhD
Faculty Director
Cancer Research Training
Gertraud Maskarinec, MD, PhD
Associate Director
Lenora Loo, PhD
Faculty Director
Research Program Leadership
Pallav Pokhrel, PhD, MPH
Co-Leader
Population Sciences in the Pacific
Cancer Prevention
Lani Park, PhD
Co-Leader
Population Sciences in the Pacific
Cancer Epidemiology
Xin Chen, PhD
Co-Leader
Cancer Biology
Cancer Mechanisms
Naoto T. Ueno, MD, PhD, FACP
Interim Co-Leader
Cancer Biology
Translational and Clinical Research
Clinical Leadership
Jeffrey Berenberg, MD
Associate Director for Translational and Clinical Research
Toshiaki Iwase, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Clinical Trials Office
UH Cancer Center Faculty Senate
Yurii Shvetsov, PhD
President
Christine Farrar, PhD
Vice-President
Lenora Loo, PhD
Communicating Secretary
Kevin Cassel, DrPH, MPH
Recording Secretary
Administrative Directors
Francis Blanco
Facilities Management
Namrata Gurung
Human Resources
Paula Higuchi
Community Outreach and Engagement
Esme Infante
Communications
Ashley Leinbach
Human Subject Research Compliance
Andrew Lum
Fiscal Administration
Kathleen Plaza
Manager, Cancer Research Training
Wendy Richards
Information Technology
Kornelia Szauter
Grants Administration
Tyler Workman
CTO Clinical Director/Hoʻola Clinical Manager
Cathy Zhang
Executive Assistant to the Director