Leadership and New Members
Elevating Our Mission: UT Health San Antonio alumnus chosen to be new executive director of Mays Cancer Center
July 30, 2025
Patient care and research are at the forefront of Zheng’s goals In September 2024, Lei Zheng, MD, PhD, alumnus of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), was appointed executive director of Mays Cancer Center and vice president for oncology for the health science center. Zheng was also […]
Mays Cancer Center senior leadership
July 29, 2025
SENIOR LEADERSHIP Lei Zheng, MD, PhD, Executive Director, Mays Cancer Center and Vice President for Oncology, UT Health San Antonio Patrick Sung, DPhil, Director, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute Tim H.M. Huang, PhD, Deputy Director, Mays Cancer Center and Associate Director, Basic Science Nicholas DeLapo, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Mays Cancer Center and Associate Vice […]
Mays Cancer Center program and department leaders
July 29, 2025
SHARED RESOURCES BIOSTATISTICS AND BIOINFORMATICS Yidong Chen, PhD, Co-director Jonathan Gelfond, MD, PhD, Co-director DRUG DISCOVERY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY Sean Olsen, PhD, Co-director, Structural Biology Daohong Zhou, MD, Co-director, Drug Discovery FLOW CYTOMETRY Michael Berton, PhD, Scientific Director Yue Li, PhD, Director NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING Zhao Lai, PhD, Director OPTICAL IMAGING James Lechleiter, PhD, Director Exing […]
New Mays Cancer Center Members
July 28, 2025
The Mays Cancer Center is an Organized Research Unit of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. As a National Cancer Institute designated Cancer Center, Mays Cancer Center has a formal membership policy in support of the center’s mission to promote interdisciplinary research in cancer-related areas of basic science, clinical research and […]