About

The Center for Innovations in Cancer & Transplant is made up of a core team, a scientific advisory committee, and a community engagement committee.

Core Team

Dr. Christopher Blosser sitting on a bench outdoors.

Director

Dr. Christopher Blosser

Chris is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington and a transplant nephrologist. 

He cares for people before and after organ transplant, with additional expertise for those with cancer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and adolescents at Seattle Children’s (Kidney Transplant Transitions of Care Clinic). He investigates cancer risks and outcomes in organ transplant recipients.

Research Coordinator

Felicia Che

Felicia joined the Transplant Program at the University of Washington Medical Center in 2021 as an undergraduate student assistant. Working in the transplant department and having family members with kidney transplants sparked her interest in working with transplant patients.

Felicia graduated from the University of Washington in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and hopes to attend medical school in the future.

Scientific Advisory Committee

The SAC offers guidance on the Center’s research and funding.

Chair

Lynn Rose

Lynn Rose, PhD, is an affiliate Associate Professor in the University of Washington School of Pharmacy and a founding member of the UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), Drug and Device Advisory Committee (DDAC). 

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David Al-Adra

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Eric Engels

Alex Kula

Ken Sutha

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Matthew Trunnell

Bessie Young

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Christopher Blosser

Community Engagement Committee

The CEC ensures patients’ voices are heard in the Center’s research and clinical work.

Chair

Glenda Roberts

Diagnosed with kidney disease when she was just out of college, Glenda has first-hand knowledge of the challenges faced by patients and families affected by kidney disease.

A passionate activist for kidney research and people living with kidney disease, she’s involved in myriad national and international, transformative health care initiatives.

Lara Macklin

Lara, who lives with the genetic disease Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), received a life-saving kidney transplant from her niece in 2022. As an Interior Architect, she is passionate about the healthcare environment and focuses her career on creating spaces for healing.

Douglas Moreton

Doug is a 2015 lung transplant recipient. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer and Hodgkins PTLD in 2024. He is prostate cancer-free and PTLD is in remission.

Maureen Moreton

Maureen is the spouse and caregiver of a lung transplant recipient and cancer survivor.

Mari Navarre Fink

Mari was blessed with a Heart transplant on June 14, 2016, after Sarcoidosis attacked her heart, lungs and eyes. She had Mohs surgery on her face February 10, 2024. Mari joined CICT because of the passion and kindness Dr. Blosser and other members of the team have exemplified.

Matthew Reynolds

Matt works as a mental health counselor, also writing young adult novels in his spare time. He received his third transplant in August 2017. Investigating the prevalence of cancer in transplant patients is one of the most important avenues yet to be fully explored. Because of this, and also simply because of who Dr. Blosser is, Matt fully supports CICT’s mission.

Tami Sadusky

Tami is a kidney and pancreas transplant recipient, 1993 and a second kidney transplant, 2011. Tami is enjoying each moment of life, finding joy in the present and being grateful for all that she has been given.

Cecilia Santana

Rob Wheaton

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