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OncSci Department Leadership

Meet Our Department Leadership!

    Department Chair

    Brad Cairns

    Department Chair

    Faculty

    Don Ayer

    Director of Faculty Affairs

    • Executive Committee

    don.ayer@utah.edu

    Katie Basham

    Assistant Professor of Oncological Sciences

    • Executive Committee

    kaitlin.basham@hci.utah.edu

    Ben Myers

    Assistant Professor of Oncological Sciences

    • ​​​​​​Executive Committee

    benjamin.myers@hci.utah.edu

    Rod Stewart

    Associate Professor of Oncological Sciences

    • Executive Committee
    • Director of Graduate Affairs
    • Preliminary Exam Supervision
    • Advanced Student Review
    • Curriculum

    rodney.stewart@hci.utah.edu

    Sean Tavtigian

    Professor of Oncological Sciences

    • Executive Committee

    Sean.Tavtigian@hci.utah.edu

    Ben Spike

    Assistant Professor of Oncological Sciences

    • Molecular Biology & Biological Chemistry Program Faculty Representative

    Benjamin.Spike@hci.utah.edu

    Operations & Program Management

    Dee DalPonte

    Operations Manager

    • Financial analysis support
    • Financial Management
    • Operations Management
    • Budgeting & Planning
    • Human Resources
    • Regulatory Compliance 
    • Faculty & Staff Management 
    • Curriculum Management
    • Conferences & Event Planning

    Dee.DalPonte@hci.utah.edu

     

    Whitney Reid

    Graduate Program Manager

    • HHMI Administrative Coordinator
    • Cairns Lab Support
    • Career Perspectives Seminar Series
    • SOcS Socials
    • Curriculum Management
    • Conferences & Event Planning

    whitney.reid@hci.utah.edu

     

    Mercede Campbell

    Academic Program Manager

    • Website Development & Management
    • Event Planning & Support
    • Department of Oncological Science Seminar Series
    • Rising Star Symposium Series
    • Department Academic Support

    mercede.shaw@hci.utah.edu

     

    Student Advisory Committee (STAC)

    Elisabeth Brown

    Co-Chair

    Lorenzo Smith

    Co-Chair

    Jared Almazan

    Events Committee Lead

    Ishor Thapa

    Events Committee Member

    Paulina Jaimes

    Events Committee Member

    Reilly Falter

    Events Committee Member

    Clint Valencia

    Professional Development Committee Lead

    Chisom Nwoye

    Professional Development Committee Member

    Henry Arnold

    Professional Development Committee Member

    Kayla O'Toole

    Alumni Member

    Genevieve Couldwell

    Alumni Member