SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
The Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of a group of doctors whose primary task is to review and evaluate research grant requests submitted to Cancer League for funding each year. Their dedication and commitment enable the League to award its research grant funds to the most qualified researchers for the most highly prioritized projects in the state of Colorado.
Once again, Cancer League has assembled a top-flight group of medical professionals for evaluating research grant requests. Our independent Scientific Advisory Board is one of the key elements that distinguishes Cancer League of Colorado from nearly all other cancer funding organizations.
SPRING and FALL 2023 SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
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BENJAMIN BITLER, PhD, CHAIR
Assistant Professor,
Kay L. Dunton Endowed Memorial Professorship in Ovarian Cancer Research, OB/GYN Department
Division of Reproductive Sciences
University of Colorado Denver
LEONARD MICHAEL GLODE, MD
Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado
President, Aurora Oncology, Inc.
Urologic Oncology
Shaw Cancer Center
RYAN LANNING, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Colorado Denver
TAKAMITSU KATO, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences
Colorado State University
MICHAEL LEIBOWITZ, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Oncology
Children’s Hospital
University of Colorado, School of Medicine
JESSICA MCDERMOTT, MD, MSCS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Medical Oncology
University of Colorado Cancer Center
TIN TIN SU, PhD
Professor (with Tenure)
CSO, SuviCa; Co-Program Leader
University of Colorado Cancer Center
RAJEEV VIBHAKAR, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Cancer League of Colorado Chair
Professor| Pediatrics and Neurosurgery
Program Leader, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
Morgan Adam’s Foundation Brain Tumor Research Program
University of Colorado School of Medicine &
Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders
Children’s Hospital Colorado
ELLEN VOLKER, MD, MSPH, FCCP
Director of Interventional Pulmonology Associate Professor of Medicine
National Jewish Health
ZACHARY WATSON, PhD
Instructor
Division of Reproductive sciences
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Colorado Denver
CLAUDIA WIESE, PhD
Associate Professor
Colorado State University
MATTHEW WITKOWSKI, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Hematology/Oncology/
Bone Marrow Transplant Laboratories
University of Colorado
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SPRING and FALL 2022 SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
TRACI R. LYONS, PhD CHAIR
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Medical Oncology
University of Colorado Denver
NAUSICA ARNOULT, PhD
Assistant Professor
Boettcher Investigator
University of Colorado Boulder
MCDB -University of Colorado Boulder
BENJAMIN BITLER, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Kay L. Dunton Endowed Memorial Professorship
In Ovarian Cancer Research,
OB/GYN Department
Division of Reproductive Sciences
University of Colorado Denver
SENTHILINATH LAKSHMANA
CHETTY, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Colorado School of Medicine
KASEY COUTS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Co-Director, CU Center for Rare Melanomas
Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology
University of Colorado Denver
DAWN L. DUVAL, PhD
Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences
Colorado State University
KELLY ELIZABETH FAULK (MCCRANN), MD MSCS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital Colorado
ROBERTO GIANANI, MD, FCAP
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Flagship Biosciences Denver
ADAM L. GREEN, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Colorado School of Medicine
University of Colorado Denver
JAMES RICHARD HAGMAN, MS, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Immunology and Genomic Medicine
National Jewish Health Denver
MARK ERIC KOHLER, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital Colorado
University of Colorado School of Medicine
ALISA B. LEE-SHERICK, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital
University of Colorado Denver
CHRISTINA LISK, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow,
National Jewish Health Denver
JAC A. NICKOLOFF, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
433 Molecular and Radiological Biosciences
Colorado State University
PHILIP OWENS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Research Care Specialist/
Department of Veterans Affairs
University of Colorado Denver
DANIEL POLLYEA, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Clinical Director of Leukemia Services
Robert H. Allen MD Endowed Chair in Hematology Research
University of Colorado School of Medicine
ERIN SCHENK, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Medical Oncology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
YIQUN G. SHELLMAN, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology
University of Colorado Denver
MATTHEW J. SIKORA, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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SUJATHA VENKATARAMAN, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Colorado, Denver
REEMA WAHDAN-ALASWAD, PhD
Instructor, Department of Pathology
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
YUWEN ZHU, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department Of Surgery,
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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FALL 2021 SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
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SIDDHARTHA S. MITRA, Ph.D, CHAIR
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Section PediatricHematology/Oncology/BMT
Children’s Hospital Colorado
University of Colorado Denver
STEVEN DOW, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences
Colorado State University
DAWN L. DUVAL, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences
Colorado State University
ADAM L. GREEN, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Colorado School of Medicine
University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
MARK ERIC KOHLER, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital Colorado
University of Colorado School of Medicine
CHRISTINA LISK, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow,
National Jewish Health
DANIEL PATRICK REGAN, DVM, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Flint Animal Cancer Center
Dept. Of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Colorado State University
KENT RIEMONDY, Jr. Ph.D.
Research Instuctor,
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
University of Colorado Denver
MERCEDES RINCON, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Immunology
and Microbiology
University of Colorado Denver
ELENA SHAGISULTANOVA, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology
University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Center
YIQUN G. SHELLMAN, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
ALISA B. LEE SHERICK, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Childen’s Hospital
University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
LINDA F VAN DYK, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice-Chair,
Department of Immunology and Microbiology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
SUJATHA VENKATARAMAN, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
University of Colorado, Denver
YUWEN ZHU, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Division of GI, Tumor and Endocrine
Dept. Of Surgery,
University of Colorado Anschutz
Medical Campus