{"entity":{"id":"joann-sweasy","kind":"person","name":"Joann B. Sweasy","aka":[],"tldr":"DNA repair scientist who directs the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha and the UNMC Eppley Institute.","summary":"Joann B. Sweasy, PhD, is Director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha, where she holds the Robert F. and Myrna L. Krohn Chair in Cancer Research and also directs the UNMC Eppley Institute. Her research focuses on DNA repair. The centre's leadership page lists her senior team, including deputy directors Kathleen Moore (phase 1 oncology trials) and Thomas A. Sellers (population science), and gives no appointment date.","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"Source: Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center leadership page","url":"https://www.unmc.edu/cancercenter/about/leadership.html"}],"tags":["leadership","clinician-scientist","research-institute"],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["nebraska-buffett"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":["pnas"],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"Director, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center","institutionId":"nebraska-buffett","specialisms":["DNA repair","Cancer biology","Cancer centre management"],"profiles":[{"label":"Cancer centre leadership page","url":"https://www.unmc.edu/cancercenter/about/leadership.html"},{"label":"PubMed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Sweasy+JB%5BAuthor%5D"}],"papers":[{"title":"Expression of DNA polymerase β cancer-associated variants in mouse cells results in cellular transformation","journal":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences","year":2005,"doi":"10.1073/pnas.0505166102"},{"title":"Is There a Link Between DNA Polymerase Beta and Cancer?","journal":"Cell Cycle","year":2004,"doi":"10.4161/cc.3.8.1062"},{"title":"Is Base Excision Repair a Tumor Suppressor Mechanism?","journal":"Cell Cycle","year":2006,"doi":"10.4161/cc.5.3.2414"}]},"route":"/people/joann-sweasy/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"nebraska-buffett","kind":"institution","name":"Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center","route":"/institutions/nebraska-buffett/"}],"journal":[{"id":"pnas","kind":"journal","name":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences","route":"/journals/pnas/"}]}}