National leaders meet on Holden’s behalf.
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
David M. Gosky, MBA, MA
Executive Director-Administration
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute
Columbus, Ohio
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
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.
Karen E. Knudsen, MBA, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Chair and Hilary Koprowski Endowed Professor, Cancer Biology
Professor, Cancer Biology, Urology, Radiation Oncology, and Medical Oncology
Thomas Jefferson University
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Philadelphia
Reuben J. Shaw, PhD
William R. Brody Chair
Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory
Director, Salk NCI-Designated Cancer Center
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, California
Danny R. Welch, PhD
Professor | Department of Cancer Biology
The Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas