IACS Leadership

The Institute for Applied Cancer Science is led by a team of highly experienced scientists with proven track records for delivering novel agents for clinical development.
- Giulio Draetta, M.D., Ph.D. - Director
- Lynda Chin, M.D. - Scientific Director
- Carlo Toniatti, M.D., Ph.D. - Head of Research
- Philip Jones, Ph.D. - Head of Drug Discovery
- Eric Devroe, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Strategic Alliances
- Jannik Andersen, Ph.D. - Senior Associate Director, Drug Discovery Biology
- Joseph Marszalek, Ph.D. - Senior Associate Director, Target Validation
- James Horner - Associate Director, Mouse Cancer Models
- Timothy Heffernan, Ph.D. - Associate Director, Target Discovery
- Alexei Protopopov, Ph.D. - Associate Director, Oncogenomics
- Jianhua (John) Zhang, Ph.D. - Associate Director, Bioinformatics
Join our Team
Find your place on our dynamic team.
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Contact Us
Institute for Applied Cancer Science
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1901 East Road
Houston TX 77054
Tel: 713-792-7934
For questions concerning collaborations or partnerships, please contact:
Eric Devroe
Executive Director of Strategic Alliances
EJDevroe@mdanderson.org


