Program Directors, Faculty & Staff

Directors


	Kenneth S. Zuckerman, MD K30 SPOR Program Director Office Location: Moffit Stabile research Blgd. 4th Flr.; Mailpoint: SRB4 Tel: (813) 745-8090 (Assistant: Adella) Fax: (813) 745-3071 Email: ken.zuckerman@moffitt.org Dr. Kenneth Zuckerman has extensive experience in training Hematology/Medical Oncology fellows and designing clinical and research curricula for Hematology/Medical Oncology fellows. In 1993, Dr. Zuckerman was named Director of the Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology and Fellowship Training Program at USF. Since 1978, he has directed or participated actively in the training of over 120 hematology and medical oncology fellows and has been Director of an NIH T32 Research Training Grant and NIH/NCI K12 Clinical and Translational Research Training Grant. He has served on numerous NCI and NHLBI training and career development grant review committees. He has played a strong leadership role in all aspects of the training of physician-scientists to become successful academic clinical, translational, and basic science researchers.	Top
	Phillip J. Marty, Ph.D. K30 SPOR Program Co-Director Professor of Medicine & Public Health Associate Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Legislative Affairs Office Location: LRC 132; Mailpoint: MDC100 Tel: (813) 974-4528 (Assistant: Cheryl) Fax: (813) 974-5411 Email: pmarty@health.usf.edu Dr. Phillip J. Marty came to USF College of Public Health in 1990 as a full professor in the Department of Community and Family Health, College of Public Health. In 1994, he was asked to serve as Interim Dean of the College of Public Health, and in 1995, he was selected to serve as executive associate dean in the dean’s office. From 2002-2006 he served the USF Health Sciences Center as Associate Vice President for Research and holds joint faculty appointments in both Medicine and Public Health and continues to provide leadership in establishing interdisciplinary collaborations across the USF campus. He has secured more than $5 million dollars of extramural funding during his career, most of which has come to USF.	Top

Faculty


	Scott Antonia, M.D., Ph.D. has significant experience doing basic science research, but he has concentrated for about the last several years on doing NIH-funded translational research in design and use of vaccines designed to increase recognition and destruction of cancer cells, using immuno/gene therapy. At a very early point in his career, he was given the responsibility of organizing immuno/gene therapy research at both the basic and clinical research levels for Moffitt Cancer Center. He has been extremely successful at setting up collaborations with investigators at other institutions, initiating a GMP-level cell processing lab for performing human gene therapy studies, involving other investigators at Moffitt Cancer Center in immuno/gene therapy research activities, and participating in or directing the training of new immuno/gene therapy physician-scientists.	Top
	Martine Extermann, M.D., Ph.D. received most of her medical training in Switzerland. She came to Moffitt Cancer Center for advanced fellowship training in geriatric oncology, and she has been on the faculty for about 7 years. She and Dr. Lodovico Balducci built the first organized Geriatric Oncology Program in the U.S. She already is an internationally renowned geriatric oncology researcher with primary interests in factors in elderly patients, which affect their ability to tolerate chemotherapy and to be treated successfully for their cancers.	Top
	Francisco Fernandez, M.D. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine in the College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. Dr. Fernandez has been actively involved in training medical students and residents throughout his career at USF, Stritch School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital & Texas Heart Institute, and MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. His major areas of research interest are in psychoneuroimmunology and neurobehavioral and neuropsychiatric manifestations of HIV-Disease..	Top
	Susan C. McMillan, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.is a Professor and Director of the Oncology Nursing Concentration in the Masters program at the USF College of Nursing. She has more than 75 publications including articles in refereed journals and edited texts. She has made national and international presentations, and been awarded more than $3 million in grants and contracts including NIH research and training awards. She has been referee or associate editor on scholarly journals such as Oncology Nursing Forum, Journal of International Quality of Life Research, and Cancer Control. She received the Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher Award from USF in 1994 and the Theodore and Venette Askounes-Ashford Distinguished Scholar Award in 2001 from USF.	Top
	Cathy D. Meade, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.,is Director of the Education Program at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. She is nationally recognized for her expertise in cancer communications, literacy, and community health education and outreach. She has led investigations focused on development and evaluation of cancer education and health communication programs, for diverse populations, including Hispanic populations. In 1998, she initiated the national Cancer, Culture, and Literacy Conferences to improve care across the continuum of cancer control by enhancing the knowledge and skills of professionals responsible for creating multicultural, multilingual, and literacy-sensitive communications.	Top
	John Sleasman, M.D. is the Lewis A Barness Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Physician-in-Chief at All Children’s Hospital. He received his MD from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He has trained nine neonatology fellows in hematology, seven of these have NIH funding for their research in neonatal hematology. The NIH has funded Dr. Christensen’s neonatal hematology research continuously since 1984. He serves on study sections for the NIH and was given the Alumni Award for Clinical Research by Columbia University in 1992, and the Career Clinical Research Award from the University of Florida in 1999.	Top
	Robert Walker, M.D. is an Associate Professor and Director, Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine. He serves as Chair of the Tampa General Hospital Ethics Committee and staffs the Ethics Consultation Service at the same hospital. He practices Internal Medicine and also serves as a physician for LifePath Hospice, where he serves on the ethics board that reviews research protocols. His academic interests focus on ethics at the end of life, information ethics, and ethical issues associated with HIV.	Top

Program Staff Contacts


	Lauren Masem Fiscal & Business Specialist Program Manager, Scholars in Patient-Oriented Research Office: MDC 1160 Phone: (813) 396-9621 Fax: (813) 974-3081 Email: Lmasem@health.usf.edu	Top

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