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Program in Cancer Biology Lab Members

Rama Ali

Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics , Lovly Lab

Karinna Almodovar-Garcia

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Lovly Lab

Hanbing An

Research Assistant Professor, Pietenpol Lab

Emily Arner

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, K. Rathmell Lab

Jackie Bader

Postdoctoral Research Fellow , J. Rathmell Lab

Justin Balko

Professor of Medicine , Hematology and Oncology Division

Sandra Baril

Research Fellow, K. Rathmell Lab

Todd Bartkowiak

Postdoctoral Scholar, Ihrie & Irish Labs

Daniel Beauchamp

Professor of Surgery, Chair Section of Surgical Sciences , Section of Surgical Sciences

Matthew Bechard

Research Instructor , Coffey Lab

Katy Beckermann

Instructor in Medicine, Rathmell Lab , Hematology/Oncology Division

Charleson Bell

Research Assistant Professor, Giorgio Lab

Pawan Bhat

Graduate Student , Ferrell and Lau Labs

Mark Boothby

Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Professor of Medicine (Division of Rheumatology & Immunology)

Zheng (Jennie) Cao

Research Assistant Professor of Medicine , Coffey Lab

Jin Chen

Professor of Medicine, Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, Director of NCI T-32 Program

Sung Hoon Cho

Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, , Boothby Lab

Yash Amit Choksi

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dai Chung

Professor & Chairman of Pediatric Surgery

Lori A. Coburn

Associate Professor of Medicine (Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition) , Staff Physician, Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Health Care System

Robert Coffey

Professor of Medicine (Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition) , Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

Sarah Croessmann

Research Assistant Professor, Park Lab

Carolina Cywiak

Postdoctoral Fellow , Lee Lab

Donna Dang

Postdoctoral Fellow , Park Lab

Aguierre deCubas

Postdoctoral Fellow, Rathmell Lab

Kathleen DelGiorno

Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

Joshua Donaldson

Physician Scientist and Instructor, Park Lab

Zhenfang Du

Research Fellow, Lovly Lab , Division of Hematology/Oncology

Deanna Edwards

Assistant Professor, Chen Lab

Brent Ferrell

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Barbara Fingleton

Director, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Associate Professor of Surgery

Melissa Fischer

Research Assistant Professor, Savona Lab

Jeffrey Franklin

Research Assistant Professor , Coffey Lab

Michael Freeman

Professor of Radiation Oncology, Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences

Todd Giorgio

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Alain P. Gobert

Research Associate Professor, Wilson Lab

Jeremy A. Goettel

Assistant Professor , Medicine, PMI

James R. Goldenring

Professor of Surgery, Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, Vice Chair for Surgical Research, Paul W. Sanger Chair of Experimental Surgery

Marc Gorum, II

Graduate Student, Weaver Lab

Déja Grant

Graduate Student, Johnson Lab

Sarah Maddox Groves

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Quaranta Lab

Scott Haake

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Division of Hematology & Oncology)

Ann Hanna, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow , Balko Lab

Leonard Harris

Postdoctoral Fellow, Quaranta Lab & Lopez Lab

James Higginbotham

Research Instructor in Medicine , Coffey Lab

Marisa E Hom

Research Assistant Professor, Rosenthal lab. Department of Otolaryngology

Qianni Hu

Postdoctoral Fellow , Kim Lab

Qianni Hu

Postdoctoral Fellow , Kim Lab

Paula Hurley

Associate Professor of Medicine (Division of Hematology & Oncology), Associate Professor of Urology

Rebecca A. Ihrie

Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology , Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery

Jonathan Irish

Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology , Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Scientific Director, Cancer & Immunology Core

Dawn Israel

Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, Peek Lab , Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition

Jamaal L. James

Postdoctoral Fellow, Balko Lab

Dennis K Jeppesen

Research Assistant Professor , Coffey Lab

Sudhakar Jinka

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Lannigan Lab

Rachelle Johnson

Associate Professor of Medicine (Division of Clinical Pharmacology), Director of Graduate Studies in Cancer Biology

Sebastian Joyce

Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Youn Jae Jung

Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow , Weaver Lab

Tae Kon Kim

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Ashwin Kishtagari

Clinical Research Fellow , Bick Lab

Shekhar Raja Konjeti

Research Professor, Freeman Lab , Department of Radiation Oncology

Krystal Kuhs

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Kim Lab , Division of Epidemiology

John Kuriyan

Dean, School of Medicine Basic Sciences , University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and of Chemistry, Mary Geddes Stahlman Chair

Deborah Lannigan

Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

Youngmin Anna Lee

Assistant Professor of Surgery , Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center

Ethan Lee

Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

Brian Lehmann

Research Associate Professor, Lehman and Pietenpol Lab , Department of Medicine

Sarah Libring

Postdoctoral Fellow, Reinhart-King Lab

Amanda Linkous

Research Associate Professor, Quaranta Lab

Matthew Loberg

MSTP Student , Weiss Lab

Christine M. Lovly

Associate Professor of Medicine (Division of Hematology & Oncology) , Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research, Co-Leader for Translational Research & Interventional Oncology Program

Nicholas O. Markham

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition), Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology, Staff Physician for TVHS-Veterans Affairs

Clayton Marshall

Postdoctoral Fellow, Pietenpol Lab

Frank Mason

Assistant Professor of Medicine , Division of Hematology and Oncology

Robert J. Matusik

Professor and Director, Vanderbilt Prostate Cancer Center

Lisa McCawley

Research Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

James Oliver McIntyre

Research Professor , Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Andrew Monteith

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Savona Lab

Caroline Nebhan

Postdoctoral Fellow , Richmond Lab

Verra Ngwa

Postdoctoral Fellow, Chen Lab

Jennifer Noto

Research Assistant Professor, Peek Lab , Div. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition

Tolu Omokehinde

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Quaranta Lab

Andrea Page-McCaw

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies , Cell & Developmental Biology

Ben Ho Park

Professor of Medicine, Director of Precision Oncology

Richard M. Peek

Professor of Medicine , Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Hematology & Nutrition

Mary Philip

Assistant Professor of Medicine , Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology

Jennifer Pietenpol

Chief Scientific and Strategy Officer, VUMC; Executive Vice President for Research, VUMC; Brock Family Directorship in Career Development; Ingram Professor of Cancer Research; Professor of Biochemistry and Otolaryngology

Jen Pilat

Postdoctoral Fellow , Williams Lab

Jie Ping

Post-doctoral Fellow, Shyr Lab

Jie Ping

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Quantitative Sciences

Erin Plosa

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Zent Lab , Division of Neonatology

Ambra Pozzi

Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Jun Qian

Research Assistant Professor, Massion Lab , Allergy/Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Huan Qiao

Research Instructor, Lovly Lab

Lili Qin

Postdoctoral Fellow, Wang Lab

Vito Quaranta, M.D.

Professor of Biochemistry , Director, Vanderbilt Quantitative Systems Biology Center

Marjan Rafat

Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiation Oncology

Jamshedur Rahman

Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massion Lab , Allergy/Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Haley Ramsey

Research Assistant Professor, Savona Lab

W. Kimryn Rathmell

Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine; Director, Division of Hematology and Oncology; Professor of Biochemistry; Hugh J. Morgan Chair in Medicine

Jeffrey Rathmell

Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics , Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Immunobiology

Albert Reynolds

Professor of Cancer Biology , School of Medicine

Julie Rhoades

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Division of Clinical Pharmacology) , Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Ann Richmond

Ingram Professor of Cancer Biology; Professor of Pharmacology; Professor of Dermatology; Senior Career Scientist, VA Medical Center

Eben Lloyd Rosenthal

Guy M. Maness Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Jason R. Schwartz

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology & Oncology)

Elizabeth Scoville

Instructor in Medicine, Wilson Lab , Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition

Vineeta Sharma

Postdoctoral Fellow , Singh Lab

Sarah Short

Research Instructor in the Department of Medicine , Division of Gastroenterology

Yu Shyr

Director, Center for Quantitative Sciences & Technologies for Advanced Genomics Analysis and Res Design , Chair, Vanderbilt Department of Biostatistics

Bhuminder Singh

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

Jeffrey Smith

Associate Professor of Medicine , Division of Genetic Medicine

Brianna Smith

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Savona Lab

Andrew Sochacki

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Savona Lab

Wenqiang Song

Research Instructor in Medicine , Rheumatology Division

Bong Hwan Sung

Research Associate Professor, Weaver Lab , Department of Cell & Developmental Biology

Jeffrey Tosoian

Assistant Professor, Department of Urology. , Program in Cancer Biology Research/Clinical Educator

Oleg S Tutanov

Postdoctoral Research Fellow , Coffey Lab

Darren Tyson

Associate Professor of Biochemistry , Quaranta Lab

Georgii Vasiukov

Research Assistant Professor, Reinhart-King Lab

Logan Vlach

Graduate Student , K. Rathmell Lab

Yongchao Wang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow , Zinkel Lab

Shan Wang

Research Instructor, Chen Lab

Jialiang Wang

Assistant Professor, Director, Neurosurgical Oncology Laboratory , Department of Pharmacology, Cancer Biology and Neurological Surgery

Xiaoyong Wang

Postdoctoral Fellow , Chen Lab

Yu Wang

Research Fellow, Shyr Lab

Alissa Weaver

Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & immunology, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair

Vivian Weiss

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology

David Westover

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lovly Lab

Christopher Williams

Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean, Physician Scientist Education and Training , Director, Medical Scientist Training Program

John T. Wilson

Associate Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering , Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program, Vanderbilt-Igram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology

Keith Wilson

Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology , Director, Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer

Hong Yuen Wong

Research Assistant Professor, Hurley Lab

Lydia Wroblewski

Research Assistant Professor, Peek Lab , Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition

Chi Yan

Research Assistant Professor, Richmond Lab

Jing Yang

Postdoctoral Fellow, Shyr Lab

Katherine M Young

Postdoctoral Researcher, Reinhart-King Lab , Biomedical Engineering

Fiona Yull

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Roy Zent

Professor of Medicine; Thomas F. Frist Sr. Chair in Medicine , Cell and Developmental Biology

Qin Zhang

Research Associate Professor , Coffey Lab

Shilin Zhao

Research Assistant Professor, Center for Quantitative Sciences

Sandra Zinkel

Associate Professor of Medicine, Cancer Biology, Cell & Developmental Biology , Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Jing Zou

Postdoctoral Fellow, Zinkel Lab