The following Mentors are participating in the 2026 Retreat Speed Mentoring session on Tuesday, October 6 in Lexington, Kentucky:
- Toni Antalis, PhD – University of Maryland
- Jennifer Black, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Gerard Blobe, MD, PhD – Duke University
- Oliver Bogler, PhD – Night Science Institute
- Lawrence Boise, PhD – Emory University/Winship CC
- Paula Bos, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University/VCU Massey CC
- Rolf Brekken, PhD – University of Texas Southwestern/Simmons CCC
- Janet Cross, PhD – University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Analisa DiFeo, PhD – University of Michigan/Rogel CC
- Heather Gibson, PhD – Wayne State University/Karmanos CI
- Grace Gill, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University/Knight CI
- Jennifer Gillette, PhD – University of New Mexico
- Paul Grippo, PhD – University of Illinois Chicago
- Suzanne Gronemeyer, PhD – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Diana Hargreaves, PhD – Salk Institute
- Lisa Harlan-Williams, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center
- Sarah Hawley, PhD, MPH – University of Michigan/Rogel CC
- Chih-Chi Andrew Hu, PhD – Houston Methodist Research Institute/Neal CC
- JJ Johnson, PhD – Northwestern University/Lurie CCC
- Rachelle Johnson, PhD – Vanderbilt University/Vanderbilt-Ingram CC
- Steven Kridel, PhD – Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist University School of Medicine
- Devon Lawson, PhD – University of California, Irvine/Chao Family CCC
- Susan Lim, PhD – National Cancer Institute
- Larry Matherly, PhD – Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Hari Nakshatri, PhD – Indiana University/IU Simon CCC
- Kathy O’Connor, PhD – University of Kentucky/Markey CC
- Lucy Pemberton, PhD – University of Virginia
- Miles Pufall, PhD – University of Iowa/Holden CCC
- Amanda Purdy, PhD – Fox Chase CC
- Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/Lineberger CCC
- Katelyn Queen, PhD – University of Vermont CC
- Rajagopal Ramesh, PhD – Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center/Stephenson CC
- Julie Rhoades, PhD – Vanderbilt University/Vanderbilt-Ingram CC
- Becca Riggins, PhD – Georgetown University, Lombardi CCC
- Devanand Sarkar, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University/VCU Massey CC
- Rebecca Schweppe, PhD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- Mukund Seshadri, DDS, PhD – Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Yusuke Shiozawa, PhD – Wake Forest University School of Medicine/Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist CCC
- Jessica Sieren, PhD – University of Iowa/Holden CCC
- Amar Singh, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center/KUCC
- Herman Sintim, PhD – University of Notre Dame/Harper CC
- Inna Smalley, PhD – Moffitt Cancer Center
- Sharon Stack, PhD – University of Notre Dame/Harper CC
- Chih-Hang Anthony Tang, MD, PhD – Houston Methodist Academic Institute/Neal CC
- Mandy Toland, PhD – The Ohio State University/James CCC
- Ben Toll, PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
- Susan Waltz, PhD – University of Cincinnati CC
- Dan Welch, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center
- Christopher Williams MD, PhD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Vanderbilt-Ingram CC
- Patricia Wolf, PhD, RDN – Purdue University/Purdue Institute for Cancer Research
- Nas Zahir, PhD – National Cancer Institute