Caitlyn Barrett | Director, Rare Disease and Oncology
Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC)

Caitlyn Barrett manages SPARC’s work in the Rare Diseases and Cancer focus areas. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Coalition Against Childhood Cancer. Previously, Barrett was the senior director of research and programs at CureSearch for Children’s Cancer. She also established the Human Cancer Models Initiative at the Office of Cancer Genomics at the National Cancer Institute and completed postdoctoral research training at the Pittsburgh Institute of Neurodegenerative Disease at the University of Pittsburgh. Barrett holds a PhD in cancer biology from Vanderbilt University.