Executive Leadership

Naoto T. Ueno, MD, PhD, FACP
Director

Clifford Martin, MBA
Associate Director for Administration

John Shepherd, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer

Loïc Le Marchand, MD, PhD
Associate Director for Population Sciences

Lynne R. Wilkens, DrPH
Associate Director for Shared Resources

Community Outreach and Engagement

Loïc Le Marchand, MD, PhD
Associate Director

Kevin Cassel, DrPH
Faculty Director

Cancer Research Training

Gertraud Maskarinec, MD, PhD
Associate Director

Lenora Loo, PhD
Faculty Director

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Neal Palafox, MD, MPH
Associate Director

Joseph Keawe Kaholokula, 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 Resarch

Jonathan K. Cho, MD
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
Recording Secretary

Administrative Directors

Francis Blanco
Director, Facilities Management

Namrata Gurung
Director, Human Resources

Michelle Kau
Interim Director, Fiscal Administration

Paula Higuchi
Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

Ashley Leinbach
Director, Human Subject Research Compliance

Kathleen Plaza
Manager, Cancer Research Training

Wendy Richards
Director, Information Technology

Kornelia Szauter
Director, Grants Administration

Cathy Zhang
Executive Assistant to the Director