Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response

Cancer Therapeutics and Host Response members attend a meeting

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.

Aims

The aims of the CTHR program are to elucidate principles of cancer immunobiology to develop novel immunotherapies for refractory malignancies; define microbiome function in cancer development and therapeutics; discover and develop targeted therapeutics engaging key cancer pathways; and translate scientific discoveries into early phase clinical trials.

 

Program Members

To request an update, please email ResearchDevelopment@cancer.ufl.edu.

NamemyNCBI LinkResearch ProgramTitleDepartmentLab PageCollegeResearch Interest Topics
Anamaria R Yeung, MD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Professor
Radiation Oncology
Medicine
Gynecologic cancers
Paul Okunieff, MD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS); Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineAngiogenesis; 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)ProfessorPediatrics- Hematology & OncologyMedicineHematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia; Pediatric Oncology
Sherise Rogers, MD

rogers
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Assistant ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineGastro-Intestinal; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Liver
Mei He, PhD

meihe

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorPharmaceuticsPharmacyStem Cell; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Immunotherapy; Nanotechnology
Boone Prentice, PhD

boone

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorChemistryLab Liberal Arts & SciencesCell Signaling Pathways
Kathryn Hitchcock, MD, PhD

KathrynHitchcock
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Associate ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineRadiation Oncology; Skin/Melanoma; Gastro-Intestinal; Head & Neck; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography
Fan Zhang, PhD
ZhangFan
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorPharmaceuticsPharmacyGene Therapy; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Nanotechnology; Neuro-Oncology
Nathan Seligson, PharmD
Seligson Nathan
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Assistant ProfessorPharmacotherapy & Translational Research
PharmacyPediatric Oncology; Bioinformatics; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Biostatistics Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Cancer Genetics; Chemotherapy
Joseph Katz, DMD

katz

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorOral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic SciencesDentistryEpidemiology; Head & Neck; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant
Yong Huang, PhD


Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorMechanical & Aerospace EngineeringEngineeringAngiogenesis; 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)ProfessorMechanical & Aerospace EngineeringEngineeringCollective 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)ProfessorMechanical & Aerospace EngineeringLabEngineeringChemotherapy; Gastro-Intestinal; Immunotherapy; Metastasis; Nanotechnology
Benjamin Keselowsky, PhD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorBiomedical EngineeringEngineeringBiomedical Engineering; Immune Regulation
Carlos Rinaldi, PhD

rinaldi
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorChemical EngineeringLabEngineeringNanotechnology; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Imaging; Immunotherapy; Gene Therapy; Drug Delivery; Brain; Breast; Head & Neck; Metastasis
Blanka Sharma, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorBiomedical EngineeringLabEngineeringBone & 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)ProfessorChemistryLabLiberal Arts & SciencesNanotechnology
Ronald Castellano, PhD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorChemistryLabLiberal Arts & SciencesBreast; Chemotherapy; Drug Design; Drug Resistance
Steven Bruner, PhD

Bruner

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorChemistryLabLiberal Arts & SciencesDrug Design; Cell Signaling Pathways;
Zhongwu Guo, PhD, PDF, PharmD

Guo

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorChemistryLabLiberal Arts & SciencesDrug Design; Immunotherapy
Maria Zajac-Kaye, PhD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorAnatomy & Cell BiologyMedicineAngiogenesis; 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 ProfessorOtolaryngologyMedicineCancer 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 ProfessorMedicine-GastroenterologyMedicineMicrobiome; Host-Microbe Interactio; Bioinformatics
Christian Jobin, PhD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorMedicine- Gastroenterology, Hepatology & NutritionLabMedicineCancer Prevention; DNA Damage & Repair; Environment; Gastro-intestinal; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Microbiome; Host-Microbe Interaction
Dennie Jones, MD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineCancer Prevention; Chemotherapy; Epigenetics & Cancer; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Gastro-Intestinal; Lung
Matthew J. Cascio, DO

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorPediatricsMedicineImmunotherapy; Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Elias Sayour, MD, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorNeurosurgeryLabMedicineImmunotherapy; Nanotechnology; Neuro-Oncology; Pediatric Oncology
Joanne Lagmay, MD

Lagmay

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Associate ProfessorPediatrics- Hematology & OncologyMedicineBone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Immunotherapy; Palliative Medicine; Pediatric Oncology
John Fort, MD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Associate ProfessorPediatrics- Hematology & OncologyMedicineHematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia
Tung Wynn, MD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Associate ProfessorPediatrics- Hematology & OncologyMedicineCancer Survivorship; Health Disparities; Integrative Medicine; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Pediatric Oncology; Thyroid
Edward Scott, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorMolecular Genetics & MicrobiologyMedicineStem Cells; Leukemia
David Ostrov, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorPathologyLabMedicineChemotherapy; Drug Design; Immunotherapy; Tumor Virology/Virus-Host Interactions
Matthew Sarkisian, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorNeuroscienceLabMedicineNeuro-Oncology
Brian Law, PhD

Law

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorPharmacology & TherapeuticsMedicineBreast; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Cell Signaling Pathways; DNA Damage & Repair; Drug Design; Genetic Determinants of Cancer
Jeffrey Harrison, PhD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorPharmacology & TherapeuticsMedicineCell Signaling Pathways; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Neuro-Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Hiren Mehta, MD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical ProfessorMedicine- Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep MedicineMedicineLung
William Mendenhall, MD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineGastro-Intestinal; Head & Neck; Radiation Oncology; Skin/Melanoma
Dietmar Siemann, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorRadiation OncologyLabMedicineBreast; 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 ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineBreast; 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

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorGeneral SurgeryMedicineCancer Genetics; Cell Signaling Pathways; Drug Resistance; Surgical Oncology
Sergei Kusmartsev, PhD


Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Research Assistant ProfessorUrologyMedicineEpigenetics & Cancer; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy
Steven Ghivizzani, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorOrthopaedics & RehabilitationLabMedicineApoptosis & 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)ProfessorOrthopaedics & RehabilitationMedicineBone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Epigenetics & Cancer; Stem Cell; Surgical Oncology
Mark Scarborough, MD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorOrthopaedics & RehabilitationMedicineBone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Surgical Oncology
Kiran Motaparthi, MD

Motaparthi
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Program Director & Clinical Associate ProfessorDermatologyMedicineCancer Information; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; Skin/Melanoma
Daniel Indelicato, MD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineBone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Neuro-Oncology; Pediatric Oncology; Radiation Oncology
Romaine Nichols, MD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Associate ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineGastro-Intestinal; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Gynecological; Lung; Radiation Oncology
Ashley Ghiaseddin, MD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Associate Professor

Neurological Surgery
MedicineChemotherapy; Epidemiology; Health Disparities; Quality of Life Issues; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Gregory Murad, MD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical ProfessorNeurosurgeryMedicineNeuro-Oncology
Maryam Rahman, MD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorNeurosurgeryLabMedicineCancer Genetics; Chemotherapy; Drug Resistance; Health Disparities; Immunotherapy; Neuro-Oncology; Stem Cell; Surgical Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
William Friedman, MD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorNeurosurgeryMedicineNeuro-Oncology
Brent Reynolds, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorNeurosurgeryLabMedicineBreast; Chemotherapy; Drug Resistance; Neuro-Oncology; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Stem Cell
Catherine Flores, PhD

Flores, Catherine
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorNeurosurgeryLabMedicineImmunotherapy
Jianping Huang, MD, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate Professor
Neurological SurgeryMedicineGene Therapy; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy
Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorNeurosurgeryLabMedicineImmunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Nanotechnology; Neuro-Oncology; Tumor Virology/Virus-Host Interactions
Jane Aldrich, PhD

aldrich

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorMedicinal ChemistryPharmacyMedicinal Chemistry; Opiates; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Lei Jin, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorMedicine- Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep MedicineLabMedicineCancer Susceptibility; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy;
Ali Zarrinpar, MD, PhD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorSurgeryLabMedicineLiver; Chemotherapy
Christopher Cogle, MD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineBioinformatics; 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

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineBreast; Cancer Genetics; Gene Therapy; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Oncolytic Viral Vectors; Stem Cell; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Jack Hsu, MD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineHematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia
John Wingard, MD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Program Director & Eminent ScholarMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineCancer Survivorship; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Immunotherapy; Infection Control; Quality of Life Issues
John Hiemenz, MD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineHematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia
Julia Close, MD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineThoracic Oncology
Karen Daily Weinstein, DO

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Associate ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineBreast; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Chemotherapy; Endocrine; Gynecological; Health Disparities
Lisa Spiguel, MD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Associate ProfessorSurgeryMedicineBreast
Merry Jennifer Markham, MD, FACP, FASCO

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineCancer Survivorship; Gynecologic cancers; Quality of cancer care; Patient -physician communication
Paul Castillo Caro, MD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorPediatrics- Hematology & OncologyMedicineImmunotherapy; Hematologic Malignancies; Leukemia
Paul Crispen, MD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Program Director & Clinical ProfessorUrologyMedicineGenital-Urinary/Prostate
Randal Henderson, MD, MBA

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineRadiation Oncology; Prostate Cancer
Randy Brown, MD, BS

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineLeukemia
Roi Dagan, MD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Associate ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineEye; Head & Neck; Metastasis; Radiation Oncology
Roniel Cabrera, MD, MS

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorMedicine- Gastroenterology, Hepatology & NutritionMedicineAngiogenesis; 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 ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineBreast; Cell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; Drug Design; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer
Steven Hughes, MD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorSurgeryMedicineApoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Gastro-Intestinal; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; MicroRNAs; Surgical Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Thomas George, MD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineCancer 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 ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineRadiation Oncology; Imaging
Maria Mamalui, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Associate ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineBioinformatics; Biostatistics; Breast; Eye; Head & Neck; Liver; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Radiation Oncology; Skin/Melanoma
Curtis Bryant, MD, MPH

bryant

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Associate ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineRadiation Oncology
Jennifer Duff, PhD

duff

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Associate ProfessorMedicine- Internal MedicineMedicineGastro-Intestinal
Juan Munoz Pena, MD

Munoz Pena
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Assistant ProfessorMedicine-Endocrinology, Diabetes & MetabolismMedicineEndocrine
Brian Ramnaraign, MD

ramnraign

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Assistant ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineGastro-Intestinal; Genital-Urinary/Prostate
Jonathan Chatzkel, MD

chatzkel

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Assistant ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineChemotherapy; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Immunotherapy; Kidney; Metastasis; Quality of Life Issues
Loic Deleyrolle, PhD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorNeurosurgeryMedicineCancer 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)ProfessorMedicinal ChemistryLabPharmacyCancer 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 ProfessorPharmacotherapy & Translational Research
PharmacyChemotherapy
Hendrik Luesch, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorMedicinal ChemistryPharmacyCancer Prevention; Chemotherapy; Drug Design; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Jatinder Lamba, PhD, MSc

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorPharmacotherapy & Translational ResearchPharmacyTargeted 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 ProfessorMedicinal ChemistryPharmacyDrug Design
Guangrong Zheng, PhD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorMedicinal ChemistryPharmacyApoptosis & 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 ProfessorMedicinal ChemistryLabPharmacyDrug Design; Angiogenesis; Cell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; DNA Damage & Repair
Robert Huigens, PhD


Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorMedicinal ChemistryPharmacyChemotherapy; Drug Design; Infection Control; Leukemia; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Andrew Judge, PhD

judge
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorPhysical TherapyLabPublic Health & Health ProfessionsMuscle Biology; Cell Signaling Pathways; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Gene Therapy;
Arlene Naranjo, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Research Associate ProfessorBiostatisticsPublic Health & Health ProfessionsNeurooncology; Biostatistics; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Chemotherapy; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Pediatric Oncology
John Kairalla, PhD

kairalla
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Research Associate ProfessorBiostatisticsPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBiostatistics; Leukemia; Pediatric Oncology; Quality of Life Issues
Zhigang Li, PhD

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorBiostatisticsLabPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBioinformatics; Biostatistics; Cancer Survivorship; Environment; Epidemiology; Pain; Palliative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues; RNA Processing
Jose Aguirre, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorPhysiological SciencesLab Veterinary MedicinePalliative Medicine; Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcoma; Cancer Survivorship
Christopher Vulpe, MD, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorPhysiological SciencesLabVeterinary MedicineApoptosis & 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)ProfessorInfectious Diseases & ImmunologyVeterinary MedicineEpigenetics & Gene Regulation; Gastro-Intestinal; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Infection Control
Rowan Milner, BCVSc, MMedVet

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorSmall Animal Clinical SciencesVeterinary MedicineImmunotherapy; Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcoma; Radiation Oncology
Roy Curtiss, PhD

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorInfectious Diseases & ImmunologyLabVeterinary MedicineAnti-Tumor Vaccines
Sandra Bechtel, DVM

Bechtel
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorSmall Animal Clinical SciencesVeterinary MedicineBone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Cell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; Drug Resistance; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Quality of Life Issues; Skin/Melanoma; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Judith Bertran, DVM

bertran

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorSmall Animal Clinical SciencesVeterinary MedicineBone & 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

smuder
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorApplied Physiology & KinesiologyHealth & Human PerformanceCell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; Drug Resistance; Gene Therapy; Quality of Life Issues; Rehabilitation
Song Lai, PhD

songlai

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Research ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineImmunotherapy; Neuro-Oncology; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Pain; Radiation Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Qing Lu, PhD

lu

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorBiostatisticsPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBioinformatics; Biostatistics; Cancer Genetics; Genetic Determinants of Cancer
Lan Hoang-Minh, PhD

Lan Hoangminh
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ScientistNeurosurgeryMedicineImmunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Neuro-Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Lynn El Haddad, PhD

Lynn

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorMedicine-Gastroenterology, Hepatology & NutritionMedicineGastro-Intestinal; Bioinformatics; Cancer Survivorship; Drug Resistance; Epidemiology; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Immunotherapy; Infection Control; Quality of Life Issues
Dominick Lemas, PhD

lemas
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorHealth Outcomes & Biomedical InformaticsMedicineBioinformatics; Breast; Cancer Prevention; Epidemiology; Gastro-Intestinal; Health Disparities; Immunoregulation & Suppression; MicroRNAs
Zeina Al-Mansour, MD

Almansour Zeina
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Associate ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineQuality of Life Issues; Stem Cell; Cancer Survivorship; Health Disparities; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia
Marino Leon, MD

leon
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical ProfessorPathology, Immunology & Laboratory MedicineMedicineHead & Neck; Lung; Thoracic Oncology; Thyroid; Cancer Genetics; DNA Damage & Repair; Endocrine; Epigenetics & Cancer; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Gynecological; Metastasis; MicroRNAs
Krista Terracina, MD

terra

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Assistant ProfessorSurgeryMedicineSurgical Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Epigenetics & Cancer; Gastro-Intestinal; Immunotherapy; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography
Yong Zeng, PhD

zeng
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorChemistryLab Liberal Arts & SciencesBreast; 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)ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineCancer Genetics; Cell Signaling Pathways; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; Head & Neck; Lung; Thoracic Oncology; Oncolytic Viral Vectors
Ellen Zimmermann, MD

Zimmermann


myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorMedicineMedicineGastro-Intestinal; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography
Bently Doonan, MD, MS

Doonan

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorMedicineMedicineImmunotherapy; Metastasis; Skin/Melanoma; Targeted Cancer Therapy
William Donelan, PhD

Donelan

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Research Assistant ScientistUrologyMedicineCancer Genetics; Cell Signaling Pathways; Drug Design; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Kidney; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Perry Johnson, PhD, MS

Johnson

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate Professor
Radiation OncologyMedicineRadiation Oncology
Matthew Merritt, PhD

Merritt

myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyMedicineCancer Surveillance; Chemotherapy; Liver; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Hans Shuhaiber, MD

Shuhaiber

Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Assistant ProfessorNeurologyMedicineCancer Genetics
Ibrahim Nassour, MD, MSCS

Nassour
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Assistant ProfessorSurgeryMedicineCancer Survivorship; Chemotherapy; Gastro-Intestinal; Health Disparities; Liver; Metastasis; Surgical Oncology
Erin Dean, MD

Dean
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorMedicineMedicineHematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Immunotherapy; Lymphoma; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography
Padraic O'Malley, MD, MSc, FRCSC

O'Malley
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorUrologyMedicineGenital-Urinary/Prostate
Ilyas Sahin, MD

Sahin
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorMedicineMedicineDrug Resistance; Gastro-Intestinal; Immunotherapy
John Ligon, MD

Ligon
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorMedicineMedicineBone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Immunotherapy; Leukemia; Nanotechnology; Pediatric Oncology; Quality of Life Issues
Arkaprava Roy, PhD

Roy
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorEpidemiology & BiostatisticsMedicineBioinformatics; Biostatistics
Johan Nordenstam, MD, PhD

Nordenstam
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorSurgeryMedicineGastro-Intestinal; Surgical Oncology
Michalina Janiszewska, PhD

Janiszewska
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorScripps Biomedical ResearchMedicineCancer Genetics; Epigenetics & Cancer; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Neuro-Oncology; Stem Cell
Mehdi Mirsaeidi, MD, MPH

Mirsaeidi
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical ProfessorMedicineLabMedicineCancer Prevention; Cancer Susceptibility; Lung; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Guy El Helou, MD

El Helou
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Assistant ProfessorMedicineMedicineInfection Control; Stem Cell
Helen Moore, PhD

Moore
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorMedicineMedicineCell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Skin/Melanoma
Jong Hyuk (Jon) Kim, DVM, PhD

Kim
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorSmall Animal Clinical SciencesVeterinary MedicineBioinformatics; 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

Kamenecka
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Research ProfessorScripps Biomedical ResearchMedicineChemotherapy; Drug Design; Drug Resistance; Head & Neck; Immunotherapy; Lymphoma; Metastasis; Neuro-Oncology; Radiation Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Scott Fosko, MD

Fosko
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorDermatologyMedicineMetastasis; Quality of Life Issues; Skin/Melanoma; Surgical Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Alice Rhoton-Vlasak, MD

Rhoton-Vlasak
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorObstetrics & GynecologyMedicineBreast; Cancer Communicaitons; Cancer Information; Cancer Survivorship; Endocrine; Gynecological; Integrative Medicine; Pediatric Oncology; Quality of Life Issues
Guogen Shan, PhD

Shan Guogen
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorBiostatisticsMedicineBiostatistics; Cancer Survivorship; Drug Design; Lung; Neuro-Oncology; Pain
Kendall Nettles, PhD

Nettles
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorScripps Biomedical ResearchMedicineCancer biology; breast cancer
Matthew Pipkin, PhD

Pipkin
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorScripps Biomedical ResearchMedicineCD8 T Cell; Chemical biology
Ben Shen, PhD

Shen
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorScripps Biomedical ResearchMedicineDrug discovery
Laura Solt, PhD

Solt
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorScripps Biomedical ResearchMedicineAutoimmune Disease; Cancer Immunotherapy; Immunometabolism; Mucosal immunology; Neuroimmunology
Sarah Judge, PhD

Judge
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Research Assistant ProfessorPhysical TherapyPublic Health & Health ProfessionsCachexia; Cell Signaling Pathways; Molecular Chaperones; Nutrition; Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Quality of Life Issues
Jordan Milner, MD

Milner
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Assistant ProfessorPediatricsMedicineHematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Stem Cell
Wei-Chun, Chou, PhD

Chou
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Research Assistant ProfessorEnvironmental & Global HealthPublic Health & Health ProfessionsEnvironment
Mansi Dalal, MD

Dalal
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Clinical Assistant ProfessorPediatricsMedicineEpigenetics & Cancer; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Pediatric Oncology
Carl Denard, PhD

Denard
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Assistant ProfessorChemical EngineeringEngineeringMachine Learning
Siobhan Malany, PhD

Malany
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ProfessorPharmocodynamicsPharmacyChemokines; peptide receptors
Satyamaheshwar Peddibhotla, PhD

Peddibhotla
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Research Assistant ProfessorPharmacodynamicsPharmacyApoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Cell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; Drug Design; Drug Resistance; Liver; Metastasis; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Clifford Bowers, PhD

Bowers
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorChemistryLiberal Arts & SciencesBone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Breast; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography
Song Han, MD, PhD

Han
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)Associate ScientistSurgeryMedicineApoptosis & 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

Narayan
myNCBICancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorAnatomy & Cell BiologyMedicineCell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; DNA Damage & Repair; Targeted Cancer Therapy
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