Training & Education Advisors

Siteman Cancer Center’s Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) is guided by approximately 40 leaders and from various WashU training programs and resource offices. These leaders are comprised of faculty members, early career faculty scholars, postdoctoral investigators, predoctoral students, and undergraduates.

Applications are currently open to become a scholar advisor for Siteman’s Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC).

Applications require a brief letter of support from the trainee’s mentor providing endorsement of the trainee and acknowledgement of the commitment, as well as a brief statement describing your interest and the perspective you will bring to the committee.

Click HERE to apply!

Faculty Advisors

The Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) at Siteman Cancer Center (SCC) receives guidance and feedback from internal advisors from throughout WashU. Advisors include cancer research training program leaders, institutional resource office leads, and current and past research scholars.

Eva Aagaard, Vice Dean for Education, Vice Chancellor for Medical Education

Paola Cepeda, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Postdoctoral Affairs, Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

Roberto Civitelli, Director, Skeletal Disorders T32

Graham Colditz, MPI Cancer Prevention & Control T32, Associate Director, Prevention and Control

Joseph Culver, PI, 21st Century Imaging Sciences Graduate Student Training T32

Jorge DiPaola, MPI NCI Pediatrics T32; Associate Director, MSTP

Bettina Drake, Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) for SCC

Nick Fisher, Executive Director of Business Affairs for SCC

Will Gillanders, MPI, Surgical Oncology NCI T32; Director, Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Pancreatic Cancer Career Enhancement Program

Ramaswamy Govindan, Assistant Director of SCC’s CRTEC; MPI of the NCI Paul Calabresi K12

Aimee James, Associate Director or SCC’s CRTEC; MPI & Director of the Cancer Prevention & Control NCI T32

Tim Ley, Co-Director, Physician Scientist Training Program, Co-Director, Kornfeld Postbaccalaureate Program, Director, Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Leukemia Career Enhancement Program

Steven Mennerick, Associate Dean for Graduate Education

Stephen Oh, Director, Molecular Hematology T32

Jay Piccirillo, PI, Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) TL1 Program

Lee Ratner, Assistant Director, CRTEC

Cliff Robinson, Radiation Oncology Faculty Training

Vetta Sanders Thompson, Associate Director of SCC’s Access & Opportunities; Assistant Director of SCC’s CRTEC

Robert Schreiber, PI of the Immunobiology NCI T32 Program

James Skeath, Director,  Students Transforming Academic Research in Science (STARS) Program

Anthony Smith, Director, Cancer Research Inspiring Future Scientists Program (CRISPr), Advisor, Undergraduate Cancer Research Club

Sheila Stewart, Associate Director, Basic Science for SCC

Matthew Walter, PI, Molecular Oncology NCI T32, PI, Edward P Evans Foundation Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) Program

Jason Weber, Assistant Director, CRTEC; Co-Director, Cancer Biology PhD Degree Program

Sherree Wilson, Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean at WashU

Scholar Advisors

Our scholar advisors range from undergraduate students through early career faculty career levels. They are required to be actively conducting cancer-related research under the mentorship of a Siteman member.

Scholar advisors are expected to attend quarterly advisement meetings with the full committee and participate in working groups to guide various projects such as the annual Cancer Research Symposium. Scholar advisors may also be given the opportunity to lead new initiatives as part of Siteman’s CRTEC.

Contact Us

Questions about Siteman Cancer Center training and education opportunities may be sent to [email protected].