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
Duarte

Don J. Diamond, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Department of Experimental Therapeutics
Duarte

David Horne, Ph.D.
Vice Provost and Associate Director, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
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

Markus Müschen, M.D., Ph.D.
The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation Professorship in Pediatrics
Chair, Department of Systems Biology
Associate Director of Pediatric Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte

Rama Natarajan, Ph.D
National Business Products Industry Professor in Diabetes Research, Professor and Chair, Department of Diabetes Complications and Metabolism
Member, Molecular Oncology Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte

Joyce Niland, Ph.D.
Edward and Estelle 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

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
Associate Director for Education & Training, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte

Victoria L. Seewaldt, M.D.
Ruth Ziegler Professor and Chair, Department of Population Sciences
Associate Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte

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 Immunology
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

John A. Zaia, M.D.
Aaron D. Miller and Edith Miller Chair in Gene Therapy
Director, Center for Gene Therapy
Principal Investigator, Alpha Clinic for Cell Therapy and Innovation
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Duarte