Shared Resource Directors

The Shared Resources at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center include state-of-the-art facilities that provide infrastructure, technology, support, and expertise to enhance basic, translational, and clinical cancer research with a goal to provide outstanding service at reasonable cost. In addition to standard service offerings, most facilities will work with researchers to provide customized procedures as needed. Shared Resource Directors provide expert consultation and, in some cases, may participate as co-investigators on research faculty grants.

Shared Resource Directors

• Riyue (Sunny) Bao, PhD
  Co-Director, Cancer Bioinformatics Services (CBS)
• Tullia Bruno, PhD
  Director, Cytometry Facility (CF)
• Uma Chandran, PhD
  Co-Director, Cancer Bioinformatics Services (CBS)
• Rivka Colen, MD
  Co-Director, In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF)
• Rajiv Dhir, MD
  Co-Director, Tissue and Research Pathology Services (TARPS)
• Frank Jenkins, PhD
  Co-Director, Animal Facility (AF)
• Victoria Mrotz, DVM, DACLAM
  Co-Director, Animal Facility (AF)
• Jessie R. Nedrow, PhD
  Co-Director, In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF)
• Yuri Nikiforov, MD, PhD
  Director, Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF)
• Gabriel Sica, MD, PhD
  Co-Director, Tissue and Research Pathology Services (TARPS)
• Devanjan Sikder, DVM, PhD
  Director, Immunologic Monitoring and Cellular Products Laboratory (IMCPL)
• Raman Venkataramanan, MS, PhD
  Interim Director, Cancer Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Facility (CPPF)
• Hong Wang, PhD
  Interim Director, Biostatistics Facility (BF)
• Simon Watkins, PhD
  Director, Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility (CTIF)