Careers in Cancer Research & Patient Care

Profile of Gloria Daniels, BSN, RN, a registered nurse working in the Apheresis Department at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. She helps patients who are receiving treatment for blood cancers or blood disorders.

Profile of Dr. Doug Diekema, a pediatric emergency department physician, bioethicist, and professor at Seattle Children’s Hospital and the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Profile of Dr. Jing Ma, a biostatistician who works as an assistant professor in the Public Health Sciences Division at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. She studies the aging process in companion dogs.

Profile of Dr. Amanda Bradley, a postdoctoral research fellow with a background in cell biology and molecular biology. She is passionate about supporting the recruitment of BIPOC communities into the biomedical sciences.

Profile of Dr. Eric Chow, an expert in understanding how childhood cancer survivors thrive and what long-term complications they may face due to the cancer treatments they received. 

Profile of Haven Wilvich, a site operations clinical trials associate in the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) and COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN). She is an advocate for the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in clinical trials.

Profile of Louis Shackelford, a public health advocate and community engagement and education specialist who balances a civilian job at Fred Hutch Cancer Center with a position as a medic in the US Air Force Reserve. 

Profile of Dr. Manu Setty, a computational biologist who works as an assistant professor in the Basic Sciences Division and Computational Biology Program at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. He started his career as a software engineer and now investigates fundamental questions about cell differentiation.

Profile of Dr. Mercy Laurino, a licensed genetic counselor and Director of Cancer Genetics and Fred Hutch Cancer Center. o   She also dedicates time to teaching genetic counseling students at the University of the Philippines Manila.

Profile of Katie Bergstrom, MS, CGC, a genetic counselor for with a specialty in pediatric hematology/oncology at the Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Seattle Children's Hospital.

Profile of Dr. Mary-Elizabeth Percival, a hematologist-oncologist for adult oncology at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. She is involved in clinical trials for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Profile of Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Lawlor, a hematologist-oncologist for pediatric research. She began her career as a clinician and later transitioned to being a lab scientist, where she now studies Ewing sarcoma in children and adolescents.

Profile of Dr. Brian Till, a physician, cancer survivor, and a cancer researcher who works at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. He balances dual roles as a board-certified medical oncologist who treats patients with lymphomas and a researcher who develops new immunotherapies.

​​Profile of Justin Yang, BSN, RN, a cancer survivor and a registered nurse working in Infusion Services at Fred Hutch. He is responsible for administering infusion (intravenous) therapies to patients.

​​Profile of Momoko Osuga, MLT(ASCP)Hcm, a medical laboratory technologist with a specialty in hematology. Her work plays an important role behind the scenes at hospitals and clinics. As a child, she considered becoming a paleontologist.

Profile of Dr. Richard Adeyemi, a microbiologist and Assistant Professor in the Basic Sciences Division at Fred Hutch Cancer Center who studies how cells maintain the integrity of their DNA. He came to a career in cancer research by way of veterinary school.

​​Profile of Dr. Paul J. Martin, retired medical oncologist and Professor Emeritus at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. Dr. Martin managed the treatment plans of cancer patients while also investigating ways to prevent devastating side-effects from blood stem cell transplants.

​​Profile of Elizabeth Bonner, BS, a PhD Candidate conducting her research in the Stanley Lee Lab at Fred Hutch Cancer Center while working toward her doctorate degree. She took an eight-year break between high school and college and is now working toward her doctorate degree.

Profile of Dr. Kathleen Shannon Dorcy, an oncology nurse scientist at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. She works across clinical, research, and educational institutions -- and around the world. She is also a former nun.

Profile of Dr. Jina Yun, an Oncology Pharmacy Resident in the PGY2 program at the UW Medicine Department of Pharmacy Services in Seattle. She almost majored in Art History in college, but an experience volunteering at a cancer center changed everything.

Profile of Dr. Hanh Bui, an Oncology Pharmacy Resident in the PGY2 program at the UW Medicine Department of Pharmacy Services in Seattle. As a child, she thought she would become a marine biologist.

​​Profile of Abigail Hecker, MPAS, PA-C, a Physician Assistant at the Blood and Marrow Transplant service at Fred Hutch and a Teaching Associate at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She served as a stem cell donor for a teenage boy with leukemia.

Profile of Dr. Carol Joan Swarts, a radiation oncologist who has cared for cancer patients during an impressive career that stretched 60 years, around the globe, and is still going. She was born in rural Nebraska during the Great Depression and was one of only three women in her graduating class at medical school.

Profile of Dr. Megan J. Shen, a social psychologist who studies health equity and end-of-life care issues. She helps help patients and their loved ones develop “death literacy”. She is an Associate Professor with the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutch Cancer Center.

Profile of Dr. Janet Young, a staff scientist working in the lab of Dr. Harmit Malik at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. She currently studies genes in the Jamaican fruit bat to provide insights into human biology.

Profile of Dr. Folashade Otegbeye, a a physician, researcher, professor, and facility director. Across all these roles, she is focused on treatments for a variety of cancers and diseases of the blood and bone marrow, including leukemias.

Profile of Dr. Gennifer D. Goode, the Student Programs Manager for the Science Education group at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. She is a scientist, former cancer researcher, and STEM outreach advocate.

Profile of Dr. Barry Stoddard, a structural biologist whose research focuses on revealing the three-dimensional structures of proteins and modifying them to help treat or cure diseases. He had a science experiment launched into space.