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