Cancer Research & Education and Scientific Advisory Councils

The Johnson Cancer Research Center has two advisory councils. The Cancer Research & Education Advisory Council, established in 1980, consists of volunteers who provide guidance from the medical, corporate, and private sectors. The Scientific Advisory Council guides K-State's cancer research endeavors. The council members have been valuable team players, and their willingness to provide energy and guidance to the center is greatly appreciated by the center's faculty, students and staff.

Cancer Research & Education Advisory Council members:

(in alphabetical order)

• Trent Armbrust, MS, Council Past President, Manhattan, Kan.
• Webster Cavenee, Ph.D., San Diego, Cal. (not pictured)
• Bryan Costantino, MBA, MS, Council President, Naples, Fla.
• Hank Doering, MD, Manhattan, Kan.
• Leigh Eck, MD, Fairway, Kan. (not pictured)
• Kent Glasscock, Manhattan, Kan.
• Clifton C. Jones, MD, Council Past President, Topeka, Kan. (not pictured)
• Robert J. Kinders, PhD, K-State Alumni Fellow, Walkersville, Md. Read about Dr. Kinders in our 2016 Conquest magazine.
• Brian S. Olsen, MD, Overland Park, Kan. (not pictured)
• Lorene Oppy, Manhattan, Kan.
• Scott Rottinghaus, MD, Council President-Elect, Dover, Mass. (not pictured) Read about Dr. Rottinghaus in our 2022 Conquest magazine.
• Scott Smiley, MD, Emporia, Kan. (not pictured)
• Bill D. Snyder, MA, Manhattan, Kan. (not pictured) Read about Coach Bill Snyder in our 2019 Conquest magazine.
• Sarah Young, PhD, New York, N.Y. Read about Dr. Young on our In Memoriam page.
• JCRC director Sherry Fleming, PhD (not pictured)

Emeritus

• Brent Benkelman, DDS, Manhattan, Kan. (not pictured)
• Former Kansas Governor John Carlin, Manhattan, Kan.
• Edie Dahlsten, Lindsborg, Kan. (not pictured)
• R. Clay Harvey, MD, Topeka, Kan.
• James N. Haymaker, MBA, K-State Alumni Fellow, Key West, Fla.
• Mike & Elaine Jacobson, PhDs, Fort Worth, Tex. Read about the Jacobsons in our 2013 Conquest magazine.
• Ken Jennison, Salina, Kan. (not pictured)
• Albert Perry, MS, Potomac, Md.
• Ed Petrik, MD, Topeka, Kan.
• Sandy Regier, Overland Park, Kan. Read about the Regier family in our 2016 Conquest magazine.
• James M. and Cibyl C. Ronen, St. John, Kan.

Scientific Advisory Council

• Frank Blecha, University Distinguished Professor, Associate Dean for Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University
• Webster Cavenee, Ph.D., San Diego, Cal. (not pictured)
• Elaine Jacobson, PhD, Co-Founder, President, Chief Scientist, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Niadyne, Inc.
• Bob Kinders, PhD, Director of Pharmacodynamics, Frederick National Laboratory, National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Treatment & Diagnosis
• Beth Montelone, PhD, Associate Vice President for Research, Kansas State University