Dr. Mitzi Nagarkatti is SmartState Endowed Chair of Center for Cancer Drug Discovery as well as Carolina Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Dept. of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at the School of Medicine (SOM), University of South Carolina (UofSC). In 2005, Dr. Nagarkatti moved from the Medical College of Virginia where she was a Professor in the Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology as well as directed the Immune Mechanisms Program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Massey Cancer Center.