External Advisory Committee

The External Advisory Committee of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center is composed of experienced leaders from other NCI Designated Cancer Centers.

The committee meets in Iowa City once each year with the leadership, members and staff of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. Committee members provide guidance and consultation to the leadership team of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center regarding various aspects of the Cancer Center's activities including:

• Organizational structure
• Scientific program development
• Shared research resources
• New approaches to strengthening the research, clinical and educational activities of the Cancer Center

Committee Composition

Chair
Kelvin P. Lee, MD

Associate Dean for Cancer Research
Director of IU Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
H.H. Gregg Professor of Oncology
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Indianapolis, IN

Barbara Burtness, MD

Anthony N. Brady Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Chief Translational Research Officer, Yale Cancer Center
Chief, Head and Neck Cancers/Sarcoma
Co-Leader, Developmental Therapeutics, Yale Cancer Center
Associate Cancer Center Director for Translational Research, Yale Cancer Center
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Heide Ford, PhD

Professor and Chair, CU Medicine Endowed
Dept. of Pharmacology
Associate Director of Basic Research, University of Colorado Cancer Center
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO

Maha Hussain, MD, FACP, FASCO

Genevieve Teuton Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Deputy Director 
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago

Roy A. Jensen, MD

Vice Chancellor and Director
The University of Kansas Cancer Center
Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute
William R. Jewell, M.D. Distinguished Masonic Professor
Kansas City, KS

Anita Kinney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FABMR

Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology 
School of Public Health
Director, Cancer Health Equity Center of Excellence
Associate Director for Population Science and Community Outreach
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Director, ScreenNJ
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, N.J.

Wendy Law, PhD

Associate Director of Administration
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center/University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium
Seattle, WA

Stephen D. Nimer, MD

Director, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Oscar de la Renta Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Executive Dean for Research, Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Fl

Jamie L. Studts, PhD

Professor, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Scientific Director, Behavioral Oncology, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Program Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control, University of Colorado Cancer Center
Co-Director, Population Health Shared Resource, University of Colorado Cancer Center
Member, Thoracic Oncology Research Initiative, University of Colorado Cancer Center
Aurora, CO

Joann B. Sweasy, PhD

Robert F. and Myrna L. Krohn Chair in Cancer Research
Director, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Director, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Professor, Eppley Institute
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Danny R. Welch, PhD

Professor and Founding Chair | Department of Cancer Biology
The Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas