NCI Senior Leadership
Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell stepped down as NCI director effective Monday, January 20. NCI Principal Deputy Director Dr. Douglas R. Lowy will ensure continuity of NCI operations until the Administration names a new NCI director.
Douglas R. Lowy, M.D.
Principal Deputy Director, National Cancer Institute
Warren A. Kibbe, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Data Science and Strategy
Amber Lowery
Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management
Executive Officer
Dinah S. Singer, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Scientific Strategy and Development
Sanya A. Springfield, Ph.D.
Acting Deputy Director, Strategic Engagement
Director, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
Brigitte C. Widemann, M.D.
Special Advisor to the Director for Childhood Cancer
Anne Lubenow
Chief of Staff
Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, Ph.D.
Acting Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology
Oliver Bogler, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Cancer Training
Philip E. Castle, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Division of Cancer Prevention
Stephen J. Chanock, M.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
James H. Doroshow, M.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
Dan Gallahan, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Biology
Peter F. Garrett
Director, Center for External Affairs
Ann M. Geiger, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives
Katrina A. B. Goddard, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
Satish Gopal, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Center for Global Health
James L. Gulley, M.D., Ph.D.
Acting Co-Director and NCI Clinical Director, Center for Cancer Research
Toby T. Hecht, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis Associate Director, Translational Research Program
Kristin Komschlies, Ph.D.
Director, NCI Frederick Office of Scientific Operations
Diane Palmieri, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Research Strategy
Sheila Prindiville, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials
Krzysztof Ptak, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Director, Office of Cancer Centers
Henry Rodriguez, Ph.D., M.S., M.B.A.
Director, Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research
Sharon A. Savage, M.D.
Clinical Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
Jeffrey Shilling
Chief Information Officer
Carol J Thiele, Ph.D.
Acting Co-Director, Center for Cancer Research
Michael Weingarten, M.A.
Director, Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs
Robert Yarchoan, M.D.
Director, Office of HIV and AIDS Malignancy