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.
Resource Directors
| Riyue (Sunny) Bao, PhD | Co-Director, Cancer Bioinformatics Services (CBS); Research Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Todd Bear, PhD, MPH | Director, Population Survey Facility (PSF) (Developing Shared Resource); Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences |
| Jan Hendrik Beumer, PharmD, PhD | Co-Director, Cancer Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Facility (CPPF); Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy |
| Tullia Bruno, PhD | Director, Cytometry Facility (CF); Assistant Professor of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Uma Chandran, PhD | Co-Director, Cancer Bioinformatics Services (CBS); Research Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Rivka Colen, MD | Co-Director, In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF); Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Rajiv Dhir, MD | Director, Tissue and Research Pathology Services (TARPS); Chief of Pathology, UPMC Shadyside Hospital |
| Diwakar Davar, MD | Director, Microbiome Facility (MF); Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Yen-Michael Hsu, MD, PhD | Director, Immunologic Monitoring and Cellular Products Laboratory; Professor, Hematology/Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Jessie R. Nedrow, PhD | Co-Director, In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF); Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Joseph T. Newsome, DVM | Director, Animal Facility (AF); Research Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Yuri Nikiforov, MD, PhD | Co-Director, Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF); Professor of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Gabriel Sica, MD, PhD | Co-Director, Tissue and Research Pathology Services (TARPS); Professor of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Simon Watkins, PhD | Director, Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility (CTIF); Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
