Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response

The scientific objectives of the CTHR program are to advance the understanding of interactions between tumor cells, immune cells, and microbes that mediate tumor development and progression to define mechanisms regulating host responses to tumor progression, and to advance novel therapies that exploit these interactions. CTHR members discover small molecules and place them on a pathway to clinical development, engaging clinicians and basic scientists to partner on innovative IITs. CTHR promotes frontier therapeutic research on microbiome-immunotherapy interactions and microbial-derived metabolites influencing epithelial and immune cell function. The program develops and translates immunotherapy modalities, such as DC and RNA-NP vaccines into first-in-human clinical trials. A group of medicinal chemists discover and develop a pipeline of new small molecule anti-cancer agents. A cadre of clinical trialists, 8 recruited to CTHR since the 2019 CCSG submission, translate UF findings into new clinical trials. Through the I2T3, structured processes were developed for translation of basic concepts to trials. CTHR thus advances preclinical-through-clinical evaluation of novel patient-specific therapies to address priority cancers of the CA engaging COE and members of the CAB in review and design of clinical trials.

Program Members

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Name	myNCBI Link	Research Program	Title	Department	Lab Page	College	Research Interest Topics
Anamaria R Yeung, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Gynecologic cancers
Paul Okunieff, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS); Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Angiogenesis; Apoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Breast; DNA Damage & Repair; Drug Design; Health Disparities; Liver; Metastasis; Radiation Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
William Slayton, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Pediatrics- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia; Pediatric Oncology
Sherise Rogers, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Assistant Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Gastro-Intestinal; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Liver
Mei He, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Pharmaceutics		Pharmacy	Stem Cell; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Immunotherapy; Nanotechnology
Boone Prentice, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Chemistry	Lab	Liberal Arts & Sciences	Cell Signaling Pathways
Kathryn Hitchcock, MD, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Radiation Oncology; Skin/Melanoma; Gastro-Intestinal; Head & Neck; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography
Fan Zhang, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Pharmaceutics		Pharmacy	Gene Therapy; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Nanotechnology; Neuro-Oncology
Nathan Seligson, PharmD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Assistant Professor	Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research		Pharmacy	Pediatric Oncology; Bioinformatics; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Biostatistics Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Cancer Genetics; Chemotherapy
Joseph Katz, DMD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences		Dentistry	Epidemiology; Head & Neck; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant
Yong Huang, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering		Engineering	Angiogenesis; Apoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Breast; Cell Signaling Pathways; DNA Damage & Repair; Metastasis; Tumor Virology/Virus-Host Interactions
Thomas Angelini, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering		Engineering	Collective cell motion; mechanical instabilities in tissue cell assemblies; bacterial biofilm physics; soft matter physics; biomolecular self-assembly; tribology of soft matter interfaces.
Z. Hugh Fan, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering	Lab	Engineering	Chemotherapy; Gastro-Intestinal; Immunotherapy; Metastasis; Nanotechnology
Benjamin Keselowsky, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Biomedical Engineering		Engineering	Biomedical Engineering; Immune Regulation
Carlos Rinaldi, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Chemical Engineering	Lab	Engineering	Nanotechnology; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Imaging; Immunotherapy; Gene Therapy; Drug Delivery; Brain; Breast; Head & Neck; Metastasis
Blanka Sharma, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Biomedical Engineering	Lab	Engineering	Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Breast; Gene Therapy; Metastasis; Nanotechnology; Plastic Surgery/Reconstruction; Stem Cell; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Yunwei Charles Cao, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Chemistry	Lab	Liberal Arts & Sciences	Nanotechnology
Ronald Castellano, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Chemistry	Lab	Liberal Arts & Sciences	Breast; Chemotherapy; Drug Design; Drug Resistance
Steven Bruner, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Chemistry	Lab	Liberal Arts & Sciences	Drug Design; Cell Signaling Pathways;
Zhongwu Guo, PhD, PDF, PharmD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Chemistry	Lab	Liberal Arts & Sciences	Drug Design; Immunotherapy
Maria Zajac-Kaye, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Anatomy & Cell Biology		Medicine	Angiogenesis; Apoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Cancer Genetics; Cell Signaling Pathways; DNA Damage & Repair; Drug Design; Endocrine; Epigenetics & Cancer; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Gene Therapy
Peter Dziegielewski, MD, FRCS(C)		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Otolaryngology		Medicine	Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Cancer Susceptibility; Epidemiology; Head & Neck; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Plastic Surgery/Reconstruction; Quality of Life Issues; Skin/Melanoma; Thyroid
Raad Z. Gharaibeh, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Research Assistant Professor	Medicine-Gastroenterology		Medicine	Microbiome; Host-Microbe Interactio; Bioinformatics
Christian Jobin, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Medicine- Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition	Lab	Medicine	Cancer Prevention; DNA Damage & Repair; Environment; Gastro-intestinal; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Microbiome; Host-Microbe Interaction
Dennie Jones, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Cancer Prevention; Chemotherapy; Epigenetics & Cancer; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Gastro-Intestinal; Lung
Matthew J. Cascio, DO		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Pediatrics		Medicine	Immunotherapy; Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Elias Sayour, MD, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Neurosurgery	Lab	Medicine	Immunotherapy; Nanotechnology; Neuro-Oncology; Pediatric Oncology
Joanne Lagmay, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Pediatrics- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Immunotherapy; Palliative Medicine; Pediatric Oncology
John Fort, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Pediatrics- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia
Tung Wynn, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Pediatrics- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Cancer Survivorship; Health Disparities; Integrative Medicine; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Pediatric Oncology; Thyroid
Edward Scott, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology		Medicine	Stem Cells; Leukemia
David Ostrov, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Pathology	Lab	Medicine	Chemotherapy; Drug Design; Immunotherapy; Tumor Virology/Virus-Host Interactions
Matthew Sarkisian, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Neuroscience	Lab	Medicine	Neuro-Oncology
Brian Law, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Pharmacology & Therapeutics		Medicine	Breast; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Cell Signaling Pathways; DNA Damage & Repair; Drug Design; Genetic Determinants of Cancer
Jeffrey Harrison, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Pharmacology & Therapeutics		Medicine	Cell Signaling Pathways; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Neuro-Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Hiren Mehta, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Professor	Medicine- Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine		Medicine	Lung
William Mendenhall, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Gastro-Intestinal; Head & Neck; Radiation Oncology; Skin/Melanoma
Dietmar Siemann, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Radiation Oncology	Lab	Medicine	Breast; Cell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; Drug Design; Environment; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Metastasis; Radiation Oncology; Stem Cell; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Vascular Targeting
Lori Rice, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Research Assistant Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Breast; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Cell Signaling Pathways; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Metastasis; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Radiation Oncology; Vascular Targeting
Ryan Thomas, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	General Surgery		Medicine	Cancer Genetics; Cell Signaling Pathways; Drug Resistance; Surgical Oncology
Sergei Kusmartsev, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Research Assistant Professor	Urology		Medicine	Epigenetics & Cancer; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy
Steven Ghivizzani, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation	Lab	Medicine	Apoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Cancer Genetics; Cell Signaling Pathways; DNA Damage & Repair; Environment; Epigenetics & Cancer; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Gene Therapy; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; Metastasis; Pediatric Oncology; Senescence; Stem Cell; Targeted Cancer Therapy
C. Parker Gibbs, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation		Medicine	Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Epigenetics & Cancer; Stem Cell; Surgical Oncology
Mark Scarborough, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation		Medicine	Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Surgical Oncology
Kiran Motaparthi, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Program Director & Clinical Associate Professor	Dermatology		Medicine	Cancer Information; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; Skin/Melanoma
Daniel Indelicato, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Neuro-Oncology; Pediatric Oncology; Radiation Oncology
Romaine Nichols, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Gastro-Intestinal; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Gynecological; Lung; Radiation Oncology
Ashley Ghiaseddin, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Neurological Surgery		Medicine	Chemotherapy; Epidemiology; Health Disparities; Quality of Life Issues; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Gregory Murad, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Professor	Neurosurgery		Medicine	Neuro-Oncology
Maryam Rahman, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Neurosurgery	Lab	Medicine	Cancer Genetics; Chemotherapy; Drug Resistance; Health Disparities; Immunotherapy; Neuro-Oncology; Stem Cell; Surgical Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
William Friedman, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Neurosurgery		Medicine	Neuro-Oncology
Brent Reynolds, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Neurosurgery	Lab	Medicine	Breast; Chemotherapy; Drug Resistance; Neuro-Oncology; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Stem Cell
Catherine Flores, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Neurosurgery	Lab	Medicine	Immunotherapy
Jianping Huang, MD, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Neurological Surgery		Medicine	Gene Therapy; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy
Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Neurosurgery	Lab	Medicine	Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Nanotechnology; Neuro-Oncology; Tumor Virology/Virus-Host Interactions
Jane Aldrich, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Medicinal Chemistry		Pharmacy	Medicinal Chemistry; Opiates; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Lei Jin, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Medicine- Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine	Lab	Medicine	Cancer Susceptibility; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy;
Ali Zarrinpar, MD, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Surgery	Lab	Medicine	Liver; Chemotherapy
Christopher Cogle, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Bioinformatics; Cancer Genetics; Epidemiology; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia; Oncolytic Viral Vectors; RNA Processing; Stem Cell; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Vascular Targeting
Coy Heldermon, MD, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Breast; Cancer Genetics; Gene Therapy; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Oncolytic Viral Vectors; Stem Cell; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Jack Hsu, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia
John Wingard, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Program Director & Eminent Scholar	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Cancer Survivorship; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Immunotherapy; Infection Control; Quality of Life Issues
John Hiemenz, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia
Julia Close, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Thoracic Oncology
Karen Daily Weinstein, DO	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Breast; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Chemotherapy; Endocrine; Gynecological; Health Disparities
Lisa Spiguel, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Surgery		Medicine	Breast
Merry Jennifer Markham, MD, FACP, FASCO	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Cancer Survivorship; Gynecologic cancers; Quality of cancer care; Patient -physician communication
Paul Castillo Caro, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Pediatrics- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Immunotherapy; Hematologic Malignancies; Leukemia
Paul Crispen, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Program Director & Clinical Professor	Urology		Medicine	Genital-Urinary/Prostate
Randal Henderson, MD, MBA	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Radiation Oncology; Prostate Cancer
Randy Brown, MD, BS		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Leukemia
Roi Dagan, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Eye; Head & Neck; Metastasis; Radiation Oncology
Roniel Cabrera, MD, MS		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Medicine- Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition		Medicine	Angiogenesis; Apoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Cell Signaling Pathways; Epigenetics & Cancer; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Liver; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Tumor Virology/Virus-Host Interactions
Stephen Staal, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Breast; Cell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; Drug Design; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer
Steven Hughes, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Surgery		Medicine	Apoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Gastro-Intestinal; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; MicroRNAs; Surgical Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Thomas George, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Cancer Genetics; Chemotherapy; DNA Damage & Repair; Drug Resistance; Gastro-Intestinal; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; Health Disparities; Immunotherapy; Metastasis; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Soon Nyung Huh, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Radiation Oncology; Imaging
Maria Mamalui, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Bioinformatics; Biostatistics; Breast; Eye; Head & Neck; Liver; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Radiation Oncology; Skin/Melanoma
Curtis Bryant, MD, MPH	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Radiation Oncology
Jennifer Duff, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Medicine- Internal Medicine		Medicine	Gastro-Intestinal
Juan Munoz Pena, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Assistant Professor	Medicine-Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism		Medicine	Endocrine
Brian Ramnaraign, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Assistant Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Gastro-Intestinal; Genital-Urinary/Prostate
Jonathan Chatzkel, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Assistant Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Chemotherapy; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Immunotherapy; Kidney; Metastasis; Quality of Life Issues
Loic Deleyrolle, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Neurosurgery		Medicine	Cancer Genetics; Cell Signaling Pathways; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Neuro-Oncology; Pediatric Oncology; Stem Cell; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Chengguo (Chris) Xing, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Medicinal Chemistry	Lab	Pharmacy	Cancer Prevention; Cell Signaling Pathways; Drug Resistance; Head & Neck; Health Disparities; Leukemia; Lung; Neuro-Oncology; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer
David Lee DeRemer, PharmD, BCOP, FCCP		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Professor	Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research		Pharmacy	Chemotherapy
Hendrik Luesch, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Medicinal Chemistry		Pharmacy	Cancer Prevention; Chemotherapy; Drug Design; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Jatinder Lamba, PhD, MSc		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research		Pharmacy	Targeted Chemotherapy; Pharmacogenomics; Cancer Genetics; Chemotherapy; Epigenetics & Cancer; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia; Pediatric Oncology
Ranjala Ratnayake, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Research Assistant Professor	Medicinal Chemistry		Pharmacy	Drug Design
Guangrong Zheng, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Medicinal Chemistry		Pharmacy	Apoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Cancer Prevention; Cell Signaling Pathways; DNA Damage & Repair; Drug Design; Drug Resistance; Nanotechnology; Radiation Oncology; Senescence; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Lina Cui, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Medicinal Chemistry	Lab	Pharmacy	Drug Design; Angiogenesis; Cell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; DNA Damage & Repair
Robert Huigens, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Medicinal Chemistry		Pharmacy	Chemotherapy; Drug Design; Infection Control; Leukemia; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Andrew Judge, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Physical Therapy	Lab	Public Health & Health Professions	Muscle Biology; Cell Signaling Pathways; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Gene Therapy;
Arlene Naranjo, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Research Associate Professor	Biostatistics		Public Health & Health Professions	Neurooncology; Biostatistics; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Chemotherapy; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Pediatric Oncology
John Kairalla, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Research Associate Professor	Biostatistics		Public Health & Health Professions	Biostatistics; Leukemia; Pediatric Oncology; Quality of Life Issues
Zhigang Li, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Biostatistics	Lab	Public Health & Health Professions	Bioinformatics; Biostatistics; Cancer Survivorship; Environment; Epidemiology; Pain; Palliative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues; RNA Processing
Jose Aguirre, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Physiological Sciences	Lab	Veterinary Medicine	Palliative Medicine; Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcoma; Cancer Survivorship
Christopher Vulpe, MD, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Physiological Sciences	Lab	Veterinary Medicine	Apoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Breast; Cancer Genetics; Chemotherapy; DNA Damage & Repair; Drug Resistance; Environment; Leukemia; Pediatric Oncology; CRSPR; Synthetic Lethal Screens; Precision Medicine
Liang Zhou, MD, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Infectious Diseases & Immunology		Veterinary Medicine	Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Gastro-Intestinal; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Infection Control
Rowan Milner, BCVSc, MMedVet		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Small Animal Clinical Sciences		Veterinary Medicine	Immunotherapy; Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcoma; Radiation Oncology
Roy Curtiss, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Infectious Diseases & Immunology	Lab	Veterinary Medicine	Anti-Tumor Vaccines
Sandra Bechtel, DVM		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Small Animal Clinical Sciences		Veterinary Medicine	Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Cell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; Drug Resistance; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Quality of Life Issues; Skin/Melanoma; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Judith Bertran, DVM		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Small Animal Clinical Sciences		Veterinary Medicine	Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Cancer Genetics; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Immunotherapy; Liver; Metastasis; Plastic Surgery/Reconstruction; Surgical Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Thoracic Oncology; Vascular Targeting
Ashley Smuder, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Applied Physiology & Kinesiology		Health & Human Performance	Cell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; Drug Resistance; Gene Therapy; Quality of Life Issues; Rehabilitation
Song Lai, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Research Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Immunotherapy; Neuro-Oncology; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Pain; Radiation Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Qing Lu, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Biostatistics		Public Health & Health Professions	Bioinformatics; Biostatistics; Cancer Genetics; Genetic Determinants of Cancer
Lan Hoang-Minh, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Scientist	Neurosurgery		Medicine	Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Neuro-Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Lynn El Haddad, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Medicine-Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition		Medicine	Gastro-Intestinal; Bioinformatics; Cancer Survivorship; Drug Resistance; Epidemiology; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Immunotherapy; Infection Control; Quality of Life Issues
Dominick Lemas, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics		Medicine	Bioinformatics; Breast; Cancer Prevention; Epidemiology; Gastro-Intestinal; Health Disparities; Immunoregulation & Suppression; MicroRNAs
Zeina Al-Mansour, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Associate Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Quality of Life Issues; Stem Cell; Cancer Survivorship; Health Disparities; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia
Marino Leon, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Professor	Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine		Medicine	Head & Neck; Lung; Thoracic Oncology; Thyroid; Cancer Genetics; DNA Damage & Repair; Endocrine; Epigenetics & Cancer; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Gynecological; Metastasis; MicroRNAs
Krista Terracina, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Assistant Professor	Surgery		Medicine	Surgical Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Epigenetics & Cancer; Gastro-Intestinal; Immunotherapy; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography
Yong Zeng, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Chemistry	Lab	Liberal Arts & Sciences	Breast; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Gynecological; Hematological Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant Metastasis; MicroRNAs; Nanotechnology; Pediatric Oncology
Frederic Kaye, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR); Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)	Professor	Medicine- Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Cancer Genetics; Cell Signaling Pathways; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; Head & Neck; Lung; Thoracic Oncology; Oncolytic Viral Vectors
Ellen Zimmermann, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Medicine		Medicine	Gastro-Intestinal; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography
Bently Doonan, MD, MS	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Medicine		Medicine	Immunotherapy; Metastasis; Skin/Melanoma; Targeted Cancer Therapy
William Donelan, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Research Assistant Scientist	Urology		Medicine	Cancer Genetics; Cell Signaling Pathways; Drug Design; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Kidney; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Perry Johnson, PhD, MS	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Radiation Oncology
Matthew Merritt, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology		Medicine	Cancer Surveillance; Chemotherapy; Liver; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Hans Shuhaiber, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Assistant Professor	Neurology		Medicine	Cancer Genetics
Ibrahim Nassour, MD, MSCS	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Assistant Professor	Surgery		Medicine	Cancer Survivorship; Chemotherapy; Gastro-Intestinal; Health Disparities; Liver; Metastasis; Surgical Oncology
Erin Dean, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Medicine		Medicine	Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Immunotherapy; Lymphoma; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography
Padraic O'Malley, MD, MSc, FRCSC		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Urology		Medicine	Genital-Urinary/Prostate
Ilyas Sahin, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Medicine		Medicine	Drug Resistance; Gastro-Intestinal; Immunotherapy
John Ligon, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Medicine		Medicine	Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Immunotherapy; Leukemia; Nanotechnology; Pediatric Oncology; Quality of Life Issues
Arkaprava Roy, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Epidemiology & Biostatistics		Medicine	Bioinformatics; Biostatistics
Johan Nordenstam, MD, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Surgery		Medicine	Gastro-Intestinal; Surgical Oncology
Michalina Janiszewska, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Scripps Biomedical Research		Medicine	Cancer Genetics; Epigenetics & Cancer; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Neuro-Oncology; Stem Cell
Mehdi Mirsaeidi, MD, MPH	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Professor	Medicine	Lab	Medicine	Cancer Prevention; Cancer Susceptibility; Lung; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Guy El Helou, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Assistant Professor	Medicine		Medicine	Infection Control; Stem Cell
Helen Moore, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Medicine		Medicine	Cell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Skin/Melanoma
Jong Hyuk (Jon) Kim, DVM, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Small Animal Clinical Sciences		Veterinary Medicine	Bioinformatics; Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Cancer Genetics; Cell Signaling Pathways; Epigenetics & Cancer; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Pediatric Oncology
Theodore Kamenecka, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Research Professor	Scripps Biomedical Research		Medicine	Chemotherapy; Drug Design; Drug Resistance; Head & Neck; Immunotherapy; Lymphoma; Metastasis; Neuro-Oncology; Radiation Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Scott Fosko, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Dermatology		Medicine	Metastasis; Quality of Life Issues; Skin/Melanoma; Surgical Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Alice Rhoton-Vlasak, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Obstetrics & Gynecology		Medicine	Breast; Cancer Communicaitons; Cancer Information; Cancer Survivorship; Endocrine; Gynecological; Integrative Medicine; Pediatric Oncology; Quality of Life Issues
Guogen Shan, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Biostatistics		Medicine	Biostatistics; Cancer Survivorship; Drug Design; Lung; Neuro-Oncology; Pain
Kendall Nettles, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Scripps Biomedical Research		Medicine	Cancer biology; breast cancer
Matthew Pipkin, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Scripps Biomedical Research		Medicine	CD8 T Cell; Chemical biology
Ben Shen, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Scripps Biomedical Research		Medicine	Drug discovery
Laura Solt, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Scripps Biomedical Research		Medicine	Autoimmune Disease; Cancer Immunotherapy; Immunometabolism; Mucosal immunology; Neuroimmunology
Sarah Judge, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Research Assistant Professor	Physical Therapy		Public Health & Health Professions	Cachexia; Cell Signaling Pathways; Molecular Chaperones; Nutrition; Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Quality of Life Issues
Jordan Milner, MD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Assistant Professor	Pediatrics		Medicine	Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Stem Cell
Wei-Chun, Chou, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Research Assistant Professor	Environmental & Global Health		Public Health & Health Professions	Environment
Mansi Dalal, MD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Clinical Assistant Professor	Pediatrics		Medicine	Epigenetics & Cancer; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Pediatric Oncology
Carl Denard, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Assistant Professor	Chemical Engineering		Engineering	Machine Learning
Siobhan Malany, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Pharmocodynamics		Pharmacy	Chemokines; peptide receptors
Satyamaheshwar Peddibhotla, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Research Assistant Professor	Pharmacodynamics		Pharmacy	Apoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Cell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; Drug Design; Drug Resistance; Liver; Metastasis; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Clifford Bowers, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Chemistry		Liberal Arts & Sciences	Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Breast; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography
Song Han, MD, PhD		Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Scientist	Surgery		Medicine	Apoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Bioinformatics; Cancer Communications; Cancer Genetics; Cell Signaling Pathways; Drug Resistance; Epigenetics & Cancer; Gastro-intestinal; Immunotherapy; Metastasis; MicroRNAs; Surgical Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Satya Narayan, PhD	myNCBI	Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor	Anatomy & Cell Biology		Medicine	Cell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; DNA Damage & Repair; Targeted Cancer Therapy