About Us
C2PO, Comprehensive Center for Precision Oncology, is a research center at Universidade de São Paulo (USP).
Created in 2023, C2PO was founded with a dual mission: to integrate the research already taking place across various USP departments and to develop structures for disseminating scientific information to the external public.
The first mission of C2PO is to integrate the 150 research and innovation groups that already exist at the University, promoting the circulation of knowledge produced by these groups within the University and facilitating the sharing of infrastructure across the University’s various laboratories. Additionally, the center is tasked with publicizing the work developed by USP scientists.
The second mission of the center is to provide the external public with high-quality scientific information in an accessible way, debunking stigmas and prejudices about cancer and combating misinformation.
C2PO is headquartered at the Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP) and Centro de Oncologia at the Hospital das Clínicas de Ribeirão Preto (CEONCO).
Coordination
Coordinator
Vice-Coordinator
Roger Chammas
Faculdade de Medicina
Universidade de São Paulo

Leandro Machado Colli
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto
Universidade de São Paulo

Management Committee
Adriano Defini Andricopulo
Instituto de Física de São Carlos
Universidade de São Paulo

Ana Paula Lepique
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas
Universidade de São Paulo

Carlos Alberto Labate
Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz
Universidade de São Paulo

Maria Del Pilar Estevez Diz
Faculdade de Medicina
Universidade de São Paulo

Maria Lucia Zaidan Dagli
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
Universidade de São Paulo

Rodolfo Borges dos Reis
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto
Universidade de São Paulo

Advisory Committee
Ana Marisa Chudzinski-Tavassi
Instituto Butantan
Antonio José Roque da Silva
Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais
Elisabete Weiderpass
International Agency for Research on Cancer
Fernanda Tovar-Moll
Instituto D’Or de Ensino e Pesquisa
Jeane Tsutsui
Instituto Fleury
Marco Aurélio Krieger
Fiocruz
Miriam Merad
Precision Immunology Institute at Icahn School of Medicine
Natália Neto Pereira Cerize
Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas
Pat J. Morin
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Stephen J. Chanock
National Cancer Institute