External Advisory Committee
The Cancer Center at Illinois’ External Advisory Committee (EAC) comprises 11 national leaders with extensive experience leading National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers and deep scientific and organizational expertise. The EAC’s insightful advice has been crucial to the center’s development, guiding scientific directions, administrative structures, and educational programs.
Rae Ann Paden
Associate Director, Research Administration and Community Relations, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Michelle Barton
Professor of Oncological Sciences, Oregon Health & Science University
Co-Director, Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center, Knight Cancer Institute
Otis Brawley
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Oncology and Epidemiology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University
Steven Clinton
Professor, Department of Urology, The Ohio State University
Wendy Law
Associate Director of Administration, Fred Hutch/University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium
Associate Vice President of Cancer Consortium Programs, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington
Richard Levenson
Professor and Vice Chair for Strategic Technologies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Davis
Edison Liu
President Emeritus and Professor, The Jackson Laboratory
External Advisory Committee Chair
Milan Mrksich
Henry Wade Rodgers Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Cell & Molecular Biology, Northwestern University
Former Vice President for Research, Northwestern University
Timothy Ratliff
Distinguished Professor of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University
Former Director, Purdue University Center for Cancer Research
Robert Winn
Director and Lipman Chair in Oncology, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Senior Associate Dean for Cancer Innovation and Professor of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University
