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) |
| Todd Bear, PhD, MPH | Director, Population Survey Facility (PSF) (Developing Shared Resource) |
| 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) |
| Yuanjie (Jessie) Liu, PhD | Interim Director and Facility Manager, Microbiome Facility (MF) |
| Jessie R. Nedrow, PhD | Co-Director, In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF) |
| Joseph T. Newsome, DVM | 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) |
