Dr. Karen Seibert, Ph.D., founding director since May 2016, has been appointed the Executive Director of the Center. Under her leadership, the Center has successfully recruited five faculty and more than 25 postdoctoral research associates, graduate and undergraduate researchers, and technical staff. Dr. Seibert is Professor of Anesthesiology, Pathology and Immunology, and Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine and serves as the Associate Director for Shared Resources for the Siteman Comprehensive Cancer Center.