The following UF faculty have National Cancer Institute grants eligible for supplements. Learn more about their research below.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Biostatistics, UF College of Public Health and Health Professions
Research project: Resolving Single-Cell Analysis Challenges Via Data-Driven Decision Frameworks and Novel Statistical Methods
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh, Ph.D.
Professor and Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Department of Pediatrics, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Synthetic Lethal Targeting of EBV-Positive Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphomas in Persons Living with HIV
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Professor and Division Director of Biomedical Informatics,
Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, UF College of Medicine
Chief Data Scientist and Chief Research Information Officer, UF Health
Research project: Disparities of Alzheimer’s Disease Progression in Sexual and Gender Minorities; Using Real-World Data to Assess the Burden of Diabetes in Children and Adolescents in Florida
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
Professor,
Department of Psychiatry, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Crosstalk Between Dopamine and Glucocorticoids in High Levels of Nicotine Intake and Anhedonia in Rats
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
Assistant Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UF College of Medicine
Research project: DNA Ligase Activities During Base Excision Repair Coordination
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Larisa H. Cavallari, Pharm.D., BCPS, FCCP
Professor and Debbie DeSantis Term Professor,
Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, UF College of Pharmacy
Research project: Precision Antiplatelet Therapy After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Targeting & Therapeutics (CTT)
Associate Professor,
Department of Periodontology, UF College of Dentistry
Research project: Molecular Control of Bone Development and Inflammation by FBX011
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Associate Professor,
Department of Biostatistics, UF College of Public Health and Health Professions
Research project: Computational Modeling of Genetic Variations by Multi-Omics Integration to Decipher Personal Genome
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Associate Professor; Vice Chair
Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, UF College of Health and Human Performance
Research project: High Intensity Interval Training: Optimizing Exercise Therapy to Mitigate Cardiovascular Disease Risk Following Breast Cancer Chemotherapy
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
Linda B. Cottler, Ph.D., M.P.H., FACE
Dean’s Professor of Epidemiology,
Department of Epidemiology, UF College of Public Health and Health Professions
Research project: National Drug Early Warning System Coordinating Center
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
Professor; Chair,
Department of Statistics, UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Research project: Bayesian Machine Learning for Complex Missing Data and Casual Inference with a Focus on Cardiovascular and Obesity Studies
UF Health Cancer Center research program: N/A
Loic P. Deleyrolle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Metabolic Interactions Between Tumor Cells and the Immune System in GBM A Potential Heel of GBM for Novel Therapeutics
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Immuno-Oncology & Microbiome (IOM)
Chair,
Department of Chemistry, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology
Research project: Targeted Degradation of RNAs by Using Small Molecules; Design of Precision Small Molecules Targeting RNA Repeating Transcripts to Manipulate and Study Disease Biology
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Targeting & Therapeutics (CTT)
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry, UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Research project: Allosteric Regulation of Human G Protein-Coupled Receptors by Membrane Lipids
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Professor,
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, UF College of Nursing
Research project: A Stress and Pain Self-Management m-Health App for Adult Outpatient with Sickle Cell Disease
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
Professor,
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, UF College of Engineering
Research project: Multiplexed Detection of Mosquito-Borne Viruses at the Point-of-Care; Multiplexed Airborne Virus Collection at the Point-of-Care
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Targeting & Therapeutics (CTT)
Professor of Medicine; Chief,
Department of Medicine, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Type 1 Diabetes in Acute Pancreatitis Consortium- Clinical Centers; U-01 Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Centers
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
Associate Professor,
Department of Neurosurgery, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Hematopoietic Stem Cells Overcome Treatment Resistance to PD-1 Blockade Against Brain Tumors
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Immuno-Oncology & Microbiome (IOM)
Professor; Program Director and Research Assistant,
Department of Medicine, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Deciphering Microbial Contribution to Androgen Bioavailability in Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Immuno-Oncology & Microbiome (IOM)
Associate Professor,
Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, UF College of Pharmacy
Research project: A Multi-Omics Evaluation of Carfilzomib-Related Cardiotoxicity
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
Assistant Professor,
Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, UF College of Engineering
Research project: Leveraging Mammalian Cancers, Platinum-Quality Genome Assemblies, and Large-Scale Data to Identify Mechanisms of Rare Human Cancers
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Professor,
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Structural Dynamics of Progesterone Receptor-Coactivator Complexes; Quantifying and Modeling Ligand-Dependent Control of RORI Dynamics via Structural Proteomics
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Professor,
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Novel Protein Kinase Signaling Associated with Platinum Resistance in Ovarian Cancer
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering, UF College of Engineering
Research project: Discovery and Engineering of CRISPR/Cas Systems
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Associate Professor,
Department of Medicine, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Lung IDO-1+TNFR2+cDC2 Subset in Control of Lung Mucosal Tolerance: Mechanism and Application
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Immuno-Oncology & Microbiome (IOM)
Professor,
Department of Physical Therapy, UF College of Public Health and Professions
Research project: The Complement System and Cancer Cachexia
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Targeting & Therapeutics (CTT)
Professor,
Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology,
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology
Research project: Dissecting the Mechanisms of Regulation and Quality Control in Ribosome Assembly and the Consequences of their Failure
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Professor,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, UF College of Engineering
Research project: Tissue-Anchored vs. Circulating Engineered Enzyme Constructs for Immunometabolic Resolution of Psoriasis; Directing Trytophan Immunometabolism to Ameliorate Liver Ischemic-Reperfusion Injury
UF Health Cancer Center research program: N/A
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology, UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Research project: Patterns and Neurocognitive Consequences of Opioid-Alcohol Polysubstance Use
UF Health Cancer Center research program: N/A
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education; Professor and The Frank A. Duckworth Eminent Scholar Chair,
Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, UF College of Pharmacy
Research project: Genomics of AML Prognosis; Integrated Systems Biology of Pediatric AML
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Targeting & Therapeutics (CTT)
Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Ph.D.
Professor,
Department of Physiology and Aging, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Research Education Core; Functional Decline in Low Functioning Older Adults; Role of Iron Dysregulation
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
UF Health Cancer Center Director and The Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Chair,
Department of Medicine, UF College of Medicine
Research project: University of Florida Health Cancer Center Support Grant; Histone Fold Mutation in Cancer Pathogenesis
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Tamara G.R. Macieira, Ph.D., R.N.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Family, Community and Health Systems Science, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Harmonizing and Integrating Nursing Data into Multidisciplinary Datasets to Evaluate Hospital Care and Readmissions of Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease
UF Health Cancer Center research program: N/A
Mildred Maldonado-Molina, Ph.D.
Professor; Chair,
Department of Health Education and Behavior, UF College of Health and Human Performance
Research project: The Behavioral Health of Venezuelan Families in Diaspora: A Cross-National Study of Migration-Related Stress and Resilience
UF Health Cancer Center research program: N/A
Professor; Division Chief of Clinical and Population Health Integration,
Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, UF College of Medicine
Co-Director of the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
Research project: University of Florida Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC); Wearable Technology Infrastructure to Enhance Capacity for Real-Time, Online Assessment and Mobility (ROAMM) of Intervening Health Events in Older Adults
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
Professor; Vice Chair of Research,
Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Discovery and Roles of In Situ Islet Neoantigens in Human Type 1 Diabetes
UF Health Cancer Center research program: N/A
Professor,
Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Research project: Dual Function Ubiquitin-Like Proteins in Post-Transnational Regulation and Sulfur Mobilization
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Associate Professor; Coordinator BMS/BMB Ph.D. Program,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UF College of Medicine
Research project: HDO Imaging is a Quantitative Marker of Cerebral Glucose Oxidation; Imaging Hepatic Energy Metabolism in NAFLD/NASH
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Targeting and Therapeutics (CTT)
Associate Professor,
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology
Research project: Mechanisms of Estrogen Receptor Ligand Signaling
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Targeting and Therapeutics (CTT)
Distinguished Professor and Co-Vice Chair,
Department of Psychiatry, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Determining the Longer-Term Impact of COVID-19 Stressors, Alcohol Use and Neurobiobehavioral Decline in Older Adults Through Prospective Study; 18/21 ABCD-USA Consortium: Research Project Site at the University of Florida
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Associate Professor,
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, UF College of Medicine
Research project: DNMT3B Activities in Mouse Development
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry, UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Research project: Targeting the ET Domain of BET Proteins: Specificity and Selectivity
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Associate Professor,
Department of Immunology and Microbiology,
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology
Research project: Transcription Factor Regulation of CD4 and CD8 T-Cell Effector and Memory Differentiation and Function
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Immuno-Oncology & Microbiome (IOM)
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry, UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Research project: Administrative Supplements for Equipment Purchase
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Targeting & Therapeutics (CTT)
Professor and Associate Dean for AI and Innovation,
Department of Epidemiology, UF College of Public Health and Health Professions
Research project: Artificial Intelligence and Counterfactually Actionable Responses to End HIV (AI-CARE-HIV)
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
Professor, Pierre Chagnon Professor of Cancer Research,
Department of Medicine, UF College of Medicine
Research project: The Role of YTHDC1 in Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis; The Novel Role and Mechanism of RBM33 in Leukemogenesis; The Role of ALKBH5-Mediated RNA Demethylation in the Maintenance of Genomic Stability in HSPCs; Role of the TET1 Short Isoform in MDS Development and Maintenance
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Professor,
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Noncoding RNAs in Gamma-Herpesvirus Biology and AIDS Malignancies
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Associate Professor; Division Director,
Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Phone Enabled Implementation of Cessation Support (PHOENICS)
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
Associate Professor,
Department of Neuroscience, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Regulation of the Tumor Immune Cell Landscape by Ciliated Glioblastoma Cells
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Targeting & Therapeutics (CTT)
Associate Professor,
Department of Neurosurgery, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Overcoming Metastatic Spread of Osteosarcoma with RNA Loaded Nanoparticles; A Phase I Study of RNA-Lipid Particle Vaccines for Newly-Diagnosed Glioblastoma, IND19304 08/21/2010; Overcoming the Blood-Brain Barrier with Nanoparticle Vaccines Against Gliomas
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Immuno-Oncology & Microbiome (IOM)
Assistant Professor,
Department of Family, Community, and Health System Science, UF College of Nursing
Research project: Medication Adherence and Cardio-Metabolic Control Indicators Among Adult American Indians Receiving Tribal Health Services
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
Professor,
Department of Biostatistics, UF College of Public Health and Health Professions
Research project: Alzheimer’s Disease: New Trial Designs for Emerging Challenges
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Targeting & Therapeutics (CTT)
Assistant Professor,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, UF College of Engineering
Research project: ROS Scavenging Nanoparticles for Mitigating Oxidative Stress in Osteoarthritis
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Immuno-Oncology & Microbiome (IOM)
Assistant Professor,
Department of Immunology and Microbiology,
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology
Research project: Ligand-Dependent Regulation of the Nuclear Receptor REV-ERBa in TH17 Cell Development and Inflammation
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Immuno-Oncology & Microbiome (IOM)
Division Chief, George H. Kitzman Professor
Department of Pediatrics, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Development of Optimized AAVrh74 Vectors for Gene Therapy of Muscular Dystrophies
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Associate Chair of Faculty Development and Associate Professor,
Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, UF College of Medicine
Research project: ReMARk: A Multi-Level Strategy to Address Disparities in Rural HPV-Related Cancer Prevention
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
Associate Professor; Director of Center for Spatial Biomolecule Research (CASBR)
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Aberrant Glycogen in Lung Adenocarcinoma Tumorigenesis
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Targeting & Therapeutics (CTT)
Professor,
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Gammaherpesvirus miRNA Suppression of EWSR1 in GC B Cell Infection and Lymphomagenesis
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Associate Professor,
Department of Oral Biology, UF College of Dentistry
Research project: Immune Evasion Mechanisms by a Tumor Herpesvirus in the Oral Cavity
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Christopher Vulpe, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor,
Department of Physiological Sciences, UF College of Veterinary Medicine
Research project: Supplement: CRISPR Screens of Population Relevant Genes Governing Toxicant Resilience; CRISPR Screens of Population Relevant Genes Governing Toxicant Resilience
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
Diana Wilkie, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN
Professor; Prairieview Trust – Earl and Margo Powers Endowed Professor,
Department of Behavioral Nursing Science, UF College of Nursing
Director, Center for Palliative Care Research and Education
Co-Director, Florida-California Cancer Research, Education and Engagement (CaRE2) Health Equity Center
Research project: CHOICES for Sickle Cell Reproductive Health: RCT of a Preconception Intervention Model for a Single Gene Disorder
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
Assistant Professor,
Department of Surgery, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Menthol Cigarette Smoking-Related Blood Metabolites and Lung Cancer Risk
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutics, UF College of Pharmacy
Research project: R21 MPI MicroRNA Directed Therapy for Treating Early Stage Pancreatic Cancer
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Targeting & Therapeutics (CTT)
Professor,
Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Proteolysis-Targeting Chimera Against BCL-XL Inhibits Breast Cancer Metastasis; Exploring Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Combinatory Therapy to Treat Renal Clear Cell Carcinomas
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Immuno-Oncology & Microbiome (IOM)
Deans Endowed Chair and Professor Director,
Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics (GeneBio), Preeminence Faculty,
Department of Medicine, UF College of Medicine
Research project: Gut Microbiome, Aging and Cardiometabolic Diseases in American Indians; Brain Lipids and AD
UF Health Cancer Center research program: N/A
Professor,
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, UF College of Pharmacy
Research project: Inhibition of Bcl-xL by Targeted Degradation
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Cancer Targeting & Therapeutics (CTT)
Professor,
Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, UF College of Veterinary Medicine
Research project: Regulation of Gut Innate Lymphoid Cells by Ahr; Role of RORgt+ (Note: g: is Gamma Symbol) Lymphocytes in Gut Tissue Homeostasis
UF Health Cancer Center research program: Immuno-Oncology & Microbiome (IOM)
