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)
Jan H. Beumer, PharmD, PhD Director, Cancer Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Facility (CPPF)
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)
Yen-Michael Hsu, MD, PhD Director, Immunologic Monitoring and Cellular Products Laboratory (IMCPL)
Jessie R. Nedrow, PhD Co-Director, In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF)
Frank Jenkins, PhD Co-Director, Animal Facility (AF)
Joseph T. Newsome, DVM Co-Director, Animal Facility (AF)
Yuri Nikiforov, MD, PhD Director, Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF)
Gabriel Sica, MD, PhD Co-Director, Tissue and Research Pathology Services (TARPS)
Curtis Tatsuoka, PhD Co-Director, Biostatistics Facility (BF)
Simon Watkins, PhD Director, Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility (CTIF)
Vacant Co-Director, Biostatistics Facility (BF)