The OPTICS Training Program is led by four senior career-stage directors in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics with long track records of impactful research, mentorship, and successful knowledge translation.
![Jonine Bernstein](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/2642/3x2/bernstein-3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Attending Epidemiologist; Co-Leader, Population Sciences Research Program
![Jun J. Mao, MD, MSCE](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/115975/1x1/mao_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief, Integrative Medicine Service; Laurance S. Rockefeller Chair in Integrative Medicine
![Katherine Panageas, DrPH](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/1276/image/panageas-katherine.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Attending Biostatistician; Director, Research Support
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Oncologist Deb Schrag](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/233659/1x1/schrag-debra_210628_020-rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chair, Department of Medicine, George J. Bosl Chair at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mentors
In addition to its program directors, OPTICS unites faculty members from several departments and divisions across MSK, all of whom have exceptional track records in mentoring.
![Colin Begg](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/1740/main_image/dsc_0331_4_small.jpg?h=066a941e)
Chairman, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
![Victoria S. Blinder, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/71/1x1/blinder-victoria_200116_39-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Physician
![Matthew F. Buas](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/250786/main_image/buas-3x2-3.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Associate Attending
![Memorial Sloan Kettering neurologist & neuro-oncologist Eli Diamond](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/19805/1x1/190612-km-mskcc-diamond-35_1200x1200_2.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Physician
![Mengmeng (Margaret) Du, Assistant Attending Epidemiologist](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/111148/main_image/dumeng.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Associate Attending Epidemiologist
![James Flory, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/112054/1x1/flory-james-231025-015_rtr_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Physician
![Helena Furberg, Associate Attending Epidemiologist](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/5779/image/furberg-helena.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Associate Attending Epidemiologist
![Francesa M. Gany](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/214/1x1/181030_day2_03_had_lab_0225_rt2-12x12.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service; Nicholls-Biondi Chair for Community Health Equity
![Mithat Gönen](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/1277/main_image/gonen-mithat-231205-004_rt_1200x800.jpg)
Chief, Biostatistics Service
![Corita R. Grudzen, Memorial Sloan Kettering Emergency Medicine Physician](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/251981/1x1/grudzen-corita-220830-014_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Head, Division of Supportive and Acute Care Services, Department of Medicine; Fern Grayer Chair in Oncology Care and Patient Experience
![Neil M. Iyengar, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/34360/image/iyengar-140627-04-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Physician
![The Lee Jones Lab](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/28118/1x1/jones_lab_180813_04_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
![Elizabeth Kantor](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/111145/3x2/kantor_150924_02_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Associate Attending Epidemiologist, Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon T. Peter Kingham](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/336/1x1/kingham_180608_04_1200x1200_2.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Global Cancer Disparities Initiatives
![Yuelin Li, Attending Behavioral Scientist](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/3676/image/li-yuelin.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Attending Behavioral Scientist
![Aaron Mitchell, MD, MPH](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/162691/3x2/mitchell_180816_05_1200x800edit.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Assistant Attending
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Oncologist Michael Morris](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/438/1x1/morris-michael_210507_018-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Prostate Cancer Section Head, Genitourinary Oncology; Steven A. Greenberg Chair in Prostate Cancer Research
![Chaya Moskowitz, Attending Biostatistician](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/1890/image/moskowitz-chaya_0.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Attending Biostatistician
![Kenneth Offit, MD -- Chief, Clinical Genetics Service](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/465/teaser_image/Offit_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief, Clinical Genetics Service; Robert and Kate Niehaus Chair in Inherited Cancer Genomics; Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine
![Lawrence H. Schwartz](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/265686/1x1/schwartz-lawrence-230206-01-rt_1200x1200_0.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chair, Department of Radiology; Hedvig Hricak Chair in Radiology
![Jessica Scott](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/135490/3x2/scott_170301_18_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Principal Investigator
![Venkatraman Seshan, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/5321/main_image/seshan-venkatraman-231205-002_rt_1200x800.jpg)
Director of Biostatistics Computer-Intensive Support Services
![Ronglai Shen](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/285086/main_image/shen-ronglai-231205-007_rt_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Attending Biostatistician
![Dr. Andrew Vickers](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/1284/3x2/vickers_180305_02_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Attending Research Methodologist
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Alice Wei](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/170617/1x1/wei_190121_22_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Co-Director, Surgical Initiatives, David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research; Associate Professor of Sugery, Weill-Cornell School of Medicine
![Anthony Yu, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/38547/image/dr-yu-picture.jpg?h=242cd5c8)
Principal Investigator
![Pictured: Ann Zauber](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/1278/image/zauber.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Attending Biostatistician
Emerging Mentors
![Yuan Chen](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/233722/main_image/chen_yuan_210927_03.jpeg?h=10d202d3)
Assistant Attending Biostatistician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Robert Daly](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/126925/1x1/daly-robert_180808_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering hospitalist Lisa Diamond](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/165/1x1/diamond-lisa-220608-19_rt_1200x1200-002.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Angela Green](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/171547/1x1/green-angela_170728_09_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering integrative medicine specialist Kevin Liou](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/179893/1x1/liou-kevin_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Integrative Medicine Fellowship Program
![Allison Lipitz-Snyderman](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/6493/image/snyderman-allison.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Associate Member
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Neurosurgeon William Christopher Newman](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/243457/1x1/newman-william-220314-008_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Assistant Attending Neurosurgeon
![Talya Salz, Associate Attending Outcomes Research Scientist](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/4731/image/salz-talya.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Associate Attending Outcomes Research Scientist
![Xiang Shu](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/208240/main_image/shux.jpeg?h=89d6a65b)
Assistant Attending
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Zsofia Stadler](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/605/1x1/stadler_190123_22_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Clinical Director, Clinical Genetics Service
Research Supporters
![Thomas Atkinson](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/5780/image/atkinson-thomas.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist
![Barbara C. Egan, MD -- Assistant Chair for Inpatient Affairs, Department of Medicine](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/184/1x1/egan-barbara_201111_029-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief, Hospital Medicine Service, Department of Medicine
![David G. Pfister, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/496/image/pfister-david_0-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Chief, Head and Neck Oncology Service; Associate Deputy Physician-in-Chief, Strategic Partnerships
Senior Application Analyst
![Memorial Sloan Kettering internist & Chief Health Informatics Officer Peter Stetson](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/106098/1x1/stetson_171006_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief Health Informatics Officer