Ashley Hodel has been appointed executive director for programs, planning and evaluation for UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. Before joining the cancer center, she was the academic coordinator for the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience, where she managed two predoctoral training grants.
In her new role, she will manage and oversee the cancer center’s National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant, its intramural programs and its strategic planning process as well as its research shared resources programs.
Hodel has more than a decade of direct research, scientific design, science grant writing and mentorship experience. She has a Ph.D. in animal biology with a focus on breast cancer biology and endocrinology. Hodel spent several years with the Jackson Laboratory in Sacramento, where she managed contracted research projects and oversaw the commercial lab’s research programs.
