Research Leadership

Sylvester is led by a dedicated senior leadership team including Interim Director Joseph Rosenblatt, M.D., Deputy Director Marc Lippman, M.D., Chief Medical Officer W. Jarrard Goodwin, M.D. and seven associate directors.

Mark Pegram, M.D.
Interim Associate Director, Clinical Research; Interim Division Chief, Hematology/Oncology

Joyce Slingerland, MD, PhD
Interim Associate Director, Translational Research; Director, Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute

Jennifer Hu, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Cancer Prevention and Control

Alan Pollack, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Community Professional Relations

Antonieta Sauerteig, Ph.C.
Associate Director, Administration

Sean Scully, M.D.
Associate Director, Education and Training

Glen Barber, Ph.D.,
Associate Director, Basic Science

Research activities at the cancer center are organized into seven multidisciplinary research programs — Biobehavioral Oncology; Breast Cancer; Cancer Epidemiology & Prevention; Genitourinary Malignancies; Molecular Therapeutics; Tumor Immunobiology; and Viral Oncology — that are led by program leaders, whose names are listed below.