Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
and Translation (CCNE-T)
CCNE-T Personnel
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD
Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor of Radiology and
Bioengineering
Director of the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford
Director of the Canary Center at Stanford for Early
Cancer Detection
Chief of the Division of Nuclear Medicine
Stanford School of Medicine
Principal Investigator
Project 4 Leader
Project 3 Investigator
Administration Core Director
Shan Wang, PhD
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director of the Center for Magnetic Nanotechnology
Director of the Stanford Center for Research on
Information Storage Materials (CRISM)
Stanford University
Co-Principal Investigator
Project 2 Leader
Administration Core Co-Director
Demir Akin, DVM, PhD
Deputy Director
Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence and
Translation
Department of Radiology
Stanford School of Medicine
Administration Core Deputy Director
Russ Altman, MD, PhD
Professor of Bioengineering, Medicine, Computer Science and
Genetics
Stanford University
Advisory Board Member
Ann Arvin, MD
Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and
Microbiology & Immunology
Stanford School of Medicine
Advisory Board Member
Rashid Bashir, PhD
Director of Micro and Nano Technology Laboratory
Abel Bliss Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Advisory Board Member
Jonathan Berek, MD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stanford School of Medicine
Project 4 Investigator
Richard Chin
Science and Engineering Assocate
Geballe Lab for Advanced Materials
Stanford University
Core 2 Investigator
Charles Drescher, MD
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecologic
Molecular Diagnostics
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Consultant
Alice Fan, MD
Clinical Instructor
Department of Medicine (Oncology)
Stanford School of Medicine
Project 2 Investigator
Dean Felsher, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Onology) and Pathology
Stanford School of Medicine
Project 2 Investigator
Samir Hanash, MD, PhD
Program Head of Molecular Diagnotics
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Core 3 Consultant
Harvey Herschman, PhD
Vice Chair of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Director of Intramural Programs, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director of Small Animal Imaging Resource, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Distinguished Professor of Biological Chemistry and
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Univeristy of California, Los Angeles
Advisory Board Member
Daniel Hillis, PhD
Research Professor of Engineering and Medicine
University of Southern California
Project 3 Consultant
Tze Lung Lai, PhD
Professor of Statistics and Health, Research & Policy
Stanford University
Project 2 Consultant
Luke Lee, PhD
Lester John and Lynne Dewar Lloyd Distinguished Professor of
Bioengineering
Director of the Biomolecular Nanotechnology Center
University of California, Berkeley
Project 3 Co-Leader
Parag Mallick, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Director of Clinical Proteomics
Cener for Applied Molecular Medicine
Project 3 Investigator
Scott Manalis, PhD
Associate Professor of Biological Engineering and
Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Project 3 Investigator
Beverly Mitchell, MD
Professor of Medicine (Oncology and Hematology)
Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology
Stanford School of Medicine
Advisory Board Member
Brad Nelson, PhD
Director and Senior Scientist
British Columbia Caner Agency - Trev & Joyce Deeley Research Centre
Associate Professor of Medical Genetics
University of British Columbia
Project 4 Consultant
Philip Pizzo, MD
The Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Professor of Pediatrics and
Microbiology & Immunology
Stanford School of Medicine
Advisory Board Member
James Plummer, PhD
Frederick Emmons Terman Dean of the School of Engineering
John M. Fluke Professor of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
Advisory Board Member
Stephen Quake, PhD
Professor of Bioengineering, Applied Physics and Physics
Stanford University
Project 3 Leader
Rajat Rohatgi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology and Biochemistry)
Stanford School of Medicine
Consultant
Jianghong Rao, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Stanford School of Medicine
Project 1 Investigator
Carla Shatz, PhD
Professor of Biology and Neurobiology
School of Humanities and Sciences
Stanford School of Medicine
Advisory Board Member
Robert Sinclair, PhD
The Charles M. Pigott Professor in the School of Engineering
Chairman of Materials Science & Engineering
Stanford University
Core 2 Director
Rafaella Sordella, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics (Signal Transduction)
University of Turin
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Projecs 3 and 4 Consultant
Brendon Stiles, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Weil Cornell Medical College
Projects 3, 4 and
Core 3 Consultant
Mark Stolowitz, PhD
Director of Proteomics Core Facility
Canary Center at Stanford for Early Detection
Stanford School of Medicine
Core 3 Director
Nicole Urban, ScD
Associate Head of the Molecular Diagnostics Program
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Professor of Health Sciences
University of Washington
Advisory Board Member and
Projects 3 and 4 Consultant
Jacques Van Dam, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology & Hepatology)
Stanford School of Medicine
Project 4 Consultant
Heather Wakelee, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology)
Stanford School of Medicine
Advisory Board Member and
Project 2 Consultant
Irving Weissman, MD
Professor of Pathology (Stem Cell Institute) and
Developmental Biology
Stanford School of Medicine
Project 2 Investigator
Robert Wilson, PhD
Senior Research Scientist-Physical
Deptartment of Materials Science & Engineering
Manager of the Nanomagnetics Facility
Stanford University
Project 2 Investigator
Anna Wu, PhD
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Associate Director of the Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging
University of California, Los Angeles
Core 3 Investigator
Siavash Yazdanfar, PhD
Senior Scientist
Applied Optics Laboratory
GE Global Research
Project 4 Consultant
Richard Zare, PhD
Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science
Chairman of Chemistry
Stanford University
Advisory Board Member