Faculty & Staff
Faculty
Professor
Chair Ad Interim
Executive Assistant: Vanessa Rangel
Research Interests: hereditary cancer syndromes, colorectal cancer, cancer interception, Lynch syndrome and clinical trials
Professor
Medical Director of the Cancer Prevention Center (CPC)
Sr. Administrative Assistant: Caryll Fauth
Research Interests: breast cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis and survivorship
Professor
Medical Director of Breast Medical Oncology (BMO)
Sr. Administrative Assistant: Caryll Fauth
Research Interests: breast cancer management and decision-making, molecular epidemiology and factors affecting risk and survival, tumor genomics and genetic susceptibility, influence of ethnicity and obesity on breast cancer
Clinical Professor
Grant Program Coordinator: Sam Tillinger
Research Interests: breast cancer, gene regulation and transcription factors, cancer genetics, genomics and cancer prevention
Assistant Professor
Sr. Administrative Assistant: Adriana Soria
Research Interests: metabolic alterations of tumors and understating their functional relevance, with respect to both cancer cells and local host constituents of the tumor microenvironment, and how this knowledge can be applied translationally to derive at novel targets for cancer interception and biomarkers for risk assessment and early detection
Professor
Sr. Administrative Assistant: Adriana Soria
Research Interests: proteomics for cancer detection and therapy, development of blood-based cancer biomarkers and clinical cancer prevention
Associate Professor
Executive Assistant: Vanessa Rangel
Research Interests: prevention of triple-negative breast cancer, chemo and immune prevention, hereditary breast and pancreatic cancer and molecular mechanisms of resistance pathways
Professor
Sr. Administrative Assistant: Caryll Fauth
Research Interests: cancer prevention, medical education and insulin resistance
Margaret B. Row, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.P.
Professor
Sr. Administrative Assistant: Caryll Fauth
Research Interests: cancer prevention in high-risk breast patients, role of exercise and obesity in cancer prevention and survivorship and clinical care of the undiagnosed breast patient
Associate Professor
Associate Director of the Cancer Prevention Center (CPC)
Sr. Administrative Assistant: Caryll Fauth
Research Interests: breast cancer prevention and clinical trials and clinical program improvement for high-risk screening and preventive therapy in breast cancer
Clinical Focus: breast cancer medical oncology, screening and preventive therapy for patients at high risk for breast cancer and breast cancer survivorship
Staff
Cheryl L. Freeman, M.B.A., M.S.-C.P.M.
Department Administrator
CLFreeman@MDAnderson.org
Shenera Charles, M.B.A.
Operations Manager
SCharles1@mdanderson.org
Vanessa Rangel
Executive Assistant
713-794-4531
Sam Tillinger
Grant Program Coordinator
713-745-7116
Catherine Palencia
Program Coordinator
832-750-4489
Caryll Fauth
Sr. Administrative Assistant
713-563-4907
Adriana Soria
Sr. Administrative Assistant
346-725-3314