Taofeek K. Owonikoko

Dr. Owonikoko is the Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology, co-Leader of the Cancer Therapeutics Program, and Associate Director for Translational Research at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center. He is a Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Stanley M. Marks – OHA Endowed Chair in Hematology/Oncology Leadership at the University of Pittsburgh. He previously served as the Director of Thoracic Oncology, Co-Leader of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program, and Chair of the Aerodigestive Malignancies Working Group at Winship Cancer Institute. Dr. Owonikoko has chaired the ASCO Annual Meeting Education Committee; has served as track leader and member of the Annual Meeting Scientific Program and Education Committees; and as a mentor in ASCO’s Diversity Mentoring Program. He is a 2015–2016 participant in ASCO’s Leadership Development Program.