Mission & Leadership
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| Orrin Ingram and Frances Preston |
The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is committed to bringing together the best and brightest scientists, clinicians and caregivers to lead the worldwide effort to alleviate suffering from cancer through pioneering research, compassionate care, prevention, outreach and education. Our ultimate goal is the elimination of cancer in Tennessee, across the United States and around the world.
The center is led by led by its director, Jennifer Pietenpol, Ph.D., and - reflecting its commitment to an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach - an executive committee representing basic, translational, clinical and population-based research; medical, surgical and radiation oncology; patient and community education and outreach; public affairs and communications; and other disciplines.
The center is guided by a community Board of Overseers, chaired by Orrin H. Ingram, president and CEO of Ingram Industries, as well as a board of external scientific advisors.
