# Bradley Cairns

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## TL;DR

Epigenetics researcher who became CEO of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah in September 2025.

## Summary

Bradley Cairns is Chief Executive Officer of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centre, succeeding Mary Beckerle in September 2025. A professor of oncological sciences and long-time Huntsman investigator, his laboratory studies chromatin remodelling and epigenetic regulation in development, the germline and cancer.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; clinician-scientist; epigenetics
- Role: Chief Executive Officer
- Specialisms: Chromatin and epigenetics; Germline biology; Cancer research leadership

## Sources

- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Cairns+BR%5BAuthor%5D

## Connected records

- institutions: [Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah](https://onco.cc/institutions/huntsman/)
- journals: [Nature](https://onco.cc/journals/nature/)

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