Our Faculty
Our Faculty
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Nancy Zeleznik-Le, PhD
Chair; Professor Cancer Biology; Medicine Research Interests:
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Maurizio Bocchetta, PhD
Associate Professor Cancer Biology Research Interests:
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Mitchell F. Denning, PhD
Associate Dean for Graduate Education; Professor Cancer Biology; Molecular Pharmacology & Neuroscience Research Interests:
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Sean W. Fanning, PhD
Assistant Professor Cancer Biology Research Interests:
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Kimberly E. Foreman, PhD
Associate Professor Cancer Biology Research Interests:
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Irida Kastrati, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology
Research Interests:
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Steven Kregel, PhD
Assistant Professor Cancer Biology Research Interests:
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Phong T. Le, PhD
Professor Microbiology & Immunology; Cancer Biology Research Interests:
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Michael Nishimura, PhD
Professor, Surgical Research; Cancer Biology Associate Director, Cancer Center Translational Research Program Director, Immunologic Therapeutics Research Interests:
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Clodia Osipo, PhD
Professor Cancer Biology; Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests:
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Wei Qiu, PhD
Professor Cancer Biology; Surgical Research Research Interests:
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Nan Sethakorn, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor Hematology/Oncology; Cancer Biology Research Interests:
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Ali Vaziri-Gohar, PHD
Assistant Professor Cancer Biology Research Interests:
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Derek Wainwright, PhD
Associate Professor, Depts. of Cancer Biology (Primary) and Neurological Surgery (Adjunct) Scientific Director, Brain Tumor Research Program Leader, Cancer Biology & Therapeutics, Cardinal Berrnadin Cancer Center Research Interests:
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Jiwang Zhang, MD, PhD
Professor Cancer Biology: Radiation Oncology Research Interests:
Manuel Diaz MD
Professor Emeritus Cancer Biology Research Interests: