# Candace S. Johnson

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## TL;DR

Candace Johnson is a pharmacologist who has led America's oldest cancer centre since 2015.

## Summary

Candace S. Johnson is President and Chief Executive Officer of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, America's oldest cancer centre, a post she has held since 2015. She is a cancer pharmacologist and long-time Roswell Park scientist whose research studied calcitriol and how vitamin D can potentiate chemotherapy. Her selected paper reviews vitamin D and cancer. She now combines academic leadership of the centre with her background in cancer pharmacology.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
- Specialisms: Cancer pharmacology; Vitamin D and calcitriol; Academic leadership

## Sources

- Roswell Park profile: https://www.roswellpark.org/candace-johnson
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Johnson%20CS%5BAuthor%5D

## Connected records

- institutions: [Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/roswell-park/)

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