Directors & Leadership

Cornelia Ulrich, MS, PhD

Executive Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center at Huntsman Cancer Institute

HCI Chief Scientific Officer

Jon and Karen Huntsman Presidential Professor in Cancer Research

Professor of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah

John H. Ward, MD

HCI Interim Senior Director of Clinical Affairs

HCI Interim Physician-in-Chief of Huntsman Cancer Institute

Margaret A. Amundsen Endowed Professor of Medicine, University of Utah

Donald E. Ayer, PhD

HCI Senior Director of Cancer Training and Career Enhancement

Professor of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah

Bradley R. Cairns, PhD

HCI Chief Academic Officer

Jon and Karen Huntsman Presidential Professor in Cancer Research

Professor and Chair of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah 

Michael W. Deininger, MD, PhD

HCI Senior Director of Transdisciplinary Research

M. M. Wintrobe Professor of Medicine

Professor of Medicine and Division Chief of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, University of Utah 

David K. Gaffney, MD, PhD

HCI Senior Director of Clinical Research

J. Robert and Ann K. Stewart Endowed Professorship

Vice-Chair and Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Utah 

Scott S. Lloyd, MBA, CPA

HCI Chief Transformation Officer and Executive Director of Finance and Administration

Martin McMahon, PhD

HCI Senior Director of Preclinical Translation

Cumming Endowed Chair

Professor of Dermatology, University of Utah 

Don Milligan, MBA

HCI Cancer Hospital Executive Director

University of Utah Health 

Kolawole S. Okuyemi, MD, MPH

HCI Senior Director of Diversity and Inclusion

Professor and Chair of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah

Tracy Onega, PhD, MS

HCI Senior Director of Population Sciences

Professor of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah

Scott Pingree, MBA

HCI Chief Strategy Officer

Alana L. Welm, PhD

HCI Sr. Director of Basic Science

Ralph E. and Willia T. Main Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer Research

Professor of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah

David W. Wetter, PhD, MS

HCI Senior Director of Community Engagement and Cancer Health Equity Research

Jon M. and Karen Huntsman Presidential Professor in Cancer Research

Professor of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah

Neeraj Agarwal, MD

Saundra Buys, MD

Peter Jensen, MD

Grant Lasson, MBA

Courtney Scaife, MD

Dennis Shrieve, MD, PhD

Sean V. Tavtigian, PhD

Theresa Werner, MD