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Cancer Center

Education, Training and Career Development

Our research-intensive programs

Office of Education, Training and Career Development

Launching the next generation of outstanding and diverse scientists and clinicians.

Cancer research symposium
Office of Education, Training and Career Development

The UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is committed to launching the next generation of outstanding and diverse scientists and clinicians who are critical to our mission to break barriers to beat cancer.

The Office of Education, Training, and Career Development serves the spectrum of cancer scholars including high school students, undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, residents and fellows.

Our objectives are to:

  • Identify, support, and coordinate existing and new cancer-relevant education, training and career development activities throughout UC Davis
  • Connect the UC Davis cancer community these activities across all scholar levels
  • Support the recruitment and retention of scholars from underrepresented, disabled and disadvantaged backgrounds
Research Programs

Research Programs

Our research-intensive programs combine inspiration, knowledge and mentorship, leading our scholars — from high school students to junior faculty — to become exceptional researchers and clinicians.

Mission and Vision

Vision

A culture of personal and professional development, fostering a diverse workforce steeped in innovation and inclusive of all members of the basic, translational, and clinical research teams and the communities they serve.

Mission

Create novel programs that train diverse cancer researchers and providers to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

Directors
  • Frederick J. Meyers, M.D., MACP, Associate Director

    Frederick J. Meyers, M.D., MACP, Associate Director

    Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Internal Medicine Hematology and Oncology

    Co-Director, Center for Precision Medicine and Data Sciences

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  • Janai R. Carr-Ascher, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Director

    Janai R. Carr-Ascher, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Director

    Physician Scientist, Hematology and Oncology/Orthopedic Surgery

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Assistant Research for Research Programs
Staff
  • Kristen Asher, Administrative Manager

    Kristen Asher, Administrative Manager

    Kirsten Asher manages the Office of Education, Training, and Career Development (ETCD Office) for the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. She began her career at UC Davis in 2019 with the launch of the ETCD Office. Her responsibilities encompass stewarding the development and implementation of new programs, promoting existing education, training, and career development opportunities, building partnerships, tracking and reporting outcomes. Ms. Asher is dedicated to building an exceptional and diverse cancer workforce.

  • Hanouvi Agbassekou, Coordinator

    Hanouvi Agbassekou, Coordinator

    Hanouvi Agbassekou joined the Office of Education, Training and Career Development (ETCD) in 2023 at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. Prior to joining the Cancer Center, Hanouvi worked in Radiology where she serves as the Residency Coordinator for the Diagnostic Radiology and the Combined Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology. She also held the curriculum coordinator role with the Betty Irene School of Nursing.

  • Samiksha Seshadri, Student Assistant

    Samiksha Seshadri, Student Assistant

    Sammy is a student at UC Davis and she studies Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior.