Beckman Research Institute Research Department Chairs

Michael Barish, Ph.D.

Chair and Professor, Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Duarte

Shiuan Chen, Ph.D.

Chair and Professor, Department of Cancer Biology
The Lester M. and Irene C. Finkelstein Chair in Biology
Duarte

Don J. Diamond, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Immuno-Oncology
Duarte

David Horne, Ph.D.

Vice Provost and Associate Director, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
Dr. & Mrs. Allen Y. Chao Chair in Developmental Cancer Therapeutics
Chair and Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine
Dean of Faculty Affairs
Interim Chair, Department of Information Sciences
Director, Synthetic and Biopolymer Chemistry Core
Co-director, Drug Discovery and Structural Biology
Co-Leader for Developmental Cancer Therapeutics
Duarte

Peter P. Lee, M.D.

Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Professor in Cancer Immunotherapeutics
Chair, Department of Immuno-Oncology
Co-leader, Cancer Immunotherapeutics Program
Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Duarte

Guido Marcucci, M.D.

Chair and Professor, Department of Hematologic Malignancies Translational Science
Director, Gehr Family Center for Leukemia Research
Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Markus Müschen, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor & Chair, Department of Systems Biology
Associate Director of Basic Science, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation Endowed Professor in Pediatrics
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Faculty Scholar

Rama Natarajan, Ph.D

National Business Products Industry Professor in Diabetes Research, Professor and Chair, Department of Diabetes Complications and Metabolism
Member, Molecular and Cellular Biology of Cancer Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte

Joyce Niland, Ph.D.

Estelle and Edward Alexander Chair in Information Sciences
Chair and Professor, Department of Diabetes & Cancer Discovery Science
Duarte

Arthur D. Riggs, Ph.D.

Samuel Rahbar Chair in Diabetes & Drug Discovery
Director, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope
Director Emeritus, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
Duarte

Bart O. Roep, Ph.D.

Chan Soon-Shiong Shapiro Distinguished Chair in Diabetes
Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Diabetes Immunology
Duarte

John J. Rossi, Ph.D.

Lidow Family Research Chair
Morgan & Helen Chu Dean’s Chair of the Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences
Dean, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences
Chair and Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Duarte

Victoria L. Seewaldt, M.D.

Ruth Ziegler Professor and Chair, Department of Population Sciences
Associate Director for Population Sciences Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte, South Pasadena

Binghui Shen, Ph.D.

Chair and Professor, Department of Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics
Co-leader, Molecular Oncology Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte

John Shively, Ph.D.

Chair and Professor, Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy
Associate Dean, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences
Duarte

Debbie C. Thurmond, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute
Ruth B. & Robert K. Lanman Chair in Gene Regulation and Drug Discovery Research
Duarte