Cathy Eng, M.D. is the leader of the GI Cancer Research Program. The program has more than 30 members conducting clinical and translational research on a range of gastrointestinal cancers, with particular focus on colorectal, gastroesophageal and pancreas cancers.  

Stacie B. Dusetzina, Ph.D., Eric L. Grogan, M.D., M.P.H. and Daniel A. Barocas, M.D., M.P.H. co-lead the Cancer Health Outcomes and Control program. The program maintains close alliances with other cancer center programs, including population science partner program, Cancer Epidemiology, and the basic and clinical science programs.

The Cancer Epidemiology Research Program is co-led by Xiao Ou Shu, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., and Martha J. Shrubsole, Ph.D.  The co-leaders serve as liaisons to the director and senior leadership for the fostering of inter-programmatic collaboration and integration of cancer epidemiology into the clinical and basic research activities of the cancer center, including the provision of epidemiologic resources and access to large study populations for whom the translation of scientific discoveries into practice is important.

The Breast Cancer Research Program includes around 30 members from multiple basic science and clinical departments across Vanderbilt University and Medical Center. Justin M. Balko, Pharm.D., Ph.D., and Vandana G. Abramson, M.D., are co-leaders of the program.