Faculty Directory – Cancer Biology
| Faculty Name | Department | Research Topics |
|---|---|---|
| Elizaveta Benevolenskaya | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics | The role of tumor suppressor pRB in differentiation through epigenetic mechanisms such as regulating histone demethylases. |
| Jonathan Coloff | Physiology and Biophysics |
| Alan M. Diamond | Pathology | Role of selenium containing proteins in prostate cancer risk and outcome |
| Jonna Frasor | Physiology and Biophysics | Endocrinology, hormone receptors, cancer therapeutics, |
| Maxim Frolov | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics | Retinoblastoma and Hippo tumor suppressor pathways, Single cell genomics and Cell Atlas |
| Peter H. Gann | Pathology | Intratumoral heterogeneity in breast cancer, Racial disparity in prostate cancer |
| Paul Grippo | Gastroenterology and Hepatology | Cell signals, their interplay with fatty acids and overall impact on cancer |
| Nissim Hay | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics | Emphasis on the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling and cancer metabolism both at the cellular and organismal levels using mouse models of cancer. |
| Nao Ikegaki | Anatomy and Cell Biology | Neuroblastoma pathogenesis, MYC family proteins |
| Barbara Jung | Gastroenterology and Hepatology |
| Jiyeon Kim | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics | Investigating correlation between oncogenotypes and metabolic reprogramming, and identifying metabolic vulnerabilities. |
| Jan K. Kitajewski | Physiology and Biophysics | Vascular Biology, Angiogenesis, Tumor Microenvironment, |
| Shafi Kuchay | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics | Regulation of protein degradation at cellular membranes via ubiquitylation. |
| Renee de Leeuw | Pathology | Kinase and phosphatase signaling in prostate cancer progression. |
| Ajay V Maker | Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology |
| Asrar B Malik | Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology | I study mechanisms of inflammation that underlie cardiovascular diseases . I challenge my trainees is to ask transformational questions. |
| Alexandra Naba | Physiology and Biophysics | My lab uses cutting-edge proteomics and bioinformatics to study the role of the extracellular matrix in development, health, and cancer. |
| Natalia Nieto | Pathology | Liver, fibrosis, alcoholic liver disease, cancer |
| Larisa Nonn | Pathology | Prostate cancer, vitamin D, microRNA, health disparities |
| Bellur S. Prabhakar | Microbiology and Immunology | Induction of tolerance to treat autoimmune diseases; Cancer biology; MADD function in Anaplastic Thyroid cancer. |
| Ajay Rana | Surgery |
| Basabi Rana | Surgery |
| Pradip Raychaudhuri | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
| Angela Tyner | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics | Epithelial cell biology, tyrosine kinase signaling, colon, breast, prostate cancer |
| Donald Vander Griend | Pathology | Stem cell and developmental transcription factors involved in prostate development, regeneration, hyperplasia, and prostate cancer. |
| Xiaowei Wang | Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine, Bioengineering | miRNAs are small noncoding RNAs that regulate thousands of genes. We combine computational and experimental methods for integrative analysis of miRNA functions |
| Sang-Oh Yoon | Physiology and Biophysics | Regulation and functions of mTOR/Akt and Ras/Raf signaling networks in cancer, anti-cancer drug resistance mechanism and overcoming strategies, mRNA translation. |