OncSci Department Leadership

Meet Our Department Leadership!

    Department Chair

    Alana Welm

    Department Chair

    alana.welm@hci.utah.edu 

    Faculty Leadership

    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

    Associate 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

    Research 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

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

    mercede.campbell@hci.utah.edu

     

    Student Advisory Committee (STAC)

    Elisabeth Brown

    Co-Chair

    Elisabeth.Brown@hci.utah.edu

     

    Lorenzo Smith

    Co-Chair

    Lorenzo.Smith@hci.utah.edu

     

    Jared Almazan

    Events Committee Lead

    jared.almazan@hci.utah.edu 

     

    Ishor Thapa

    Events Committee Member

    ishor.thapa@hci.utah.edu

     

    Paulina Jaimes

    Events Committee Member

    Paulina.Jaimes@hci.utah.edu 

    Reilly Falter

    Events Committee Member

    Reilly.Falter@hci.utah.edu 

    Clint Valencia

    Professional Development Committee Lead

    Clint.Valencia@hci.utah.edu

     

    Chisom Nwoye

    Professional Development Committee Member

    Chisom.Nwoye@hci.utah.edu 

    Henry Arnold

    Professional Development Committee Member

    Henry.Arnold@hci.utah.edu 

     

    Kayla O'Toole

    Alumni Member

    Genevieve Couldwell

    Alumni Member