Program Leaders

Program Leader Role in CURES Affiliations
Administration
Melissa Runge-Morris, M.D. Director of CURES Center Dept. of Oncology (WSU)
Christine Cole-Johnson, Ph.D., M.P.H. Deputy Director of CURES Center Dept. of Public Health Sciences (HFHS)
Research Interest Groups
Allen Rosenspire, Ph.D. Environmental Modulators of the Immune System Leader Dept. Immunology and Microbiology (WSU)
Thomas A. Kocarek, Ph.D. Environmental Modulators of Metabolism and Metabolic Disease Leader IEHS
Fei Chen, Ph.D. Gene-Environment and Cancer Leader Dept. Pharmaceutical Sciences (WSU)
Moriah Thomason, Ph.D. Lifestages and Environmental Disease Leader Dept. of Pediatrics (WSU)
Community Outreach and Engagement
Peter Lichtenberg, Ph.D. COEC Co-Leader Academic Director Division of Research (WSU), Director of Institute of Gerontology (IOG) and Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute (MPSI)
Nicholas Schroeck, J.D COEC Co-Leader Director of the Transnational Environmental Law Clinic (WSU)
Pilot Projects
Thomas A. Kocarek, Ph.D. Pilot Project Program Leader IEHS
Facility Cores
Graham Parker, Ph.D. Integrative Health Sciences Facility Core Co-Leader Dept. of Pediatrics (WSU)
Samiran Ghosh, Ph.D. Integrative Health Sciences Facility Core Co-Leader Dept. of Family Medicine and Public Health Sci. and Dept. of Molecular Medicine and Genetics (WSU)
Malcolm Cutchin, Ph.D. Integrative Health Sciences Facility Core Co-Leader Dept. of Health Care Sciences (WSU)
Susan Land, Ph.D. Exposure Signatures Facility Core Co-Leader Dept. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director of Applied Genomics Technology Center (WSU)
Douglas Ruden, Ph.D. Exposure Signatures Facility Core Co-Leader IEHS, Director of Epigenomics, C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, LED, (WSU)
Paul Stemmer, Ph.D. Exposure Signatures Facility Core Co-Leader IEHS, Director of Proteomics Core Facility, EMI, (WSU)
Career Development
John Hannigan, Ph.D. Career Development Co-Leader; LED Dept. Ob/GYN and Psychology (WSU), Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute (MPSI)
Michele Cote, Ph.D. Career Development Co-Leader Associate Professor of the Karmanos Cancer Institute (WSU)