: Loyola University Chicago

Nancy Zeleznik-Le, PhD Chair; Professor Cancer Biology; Medicine Research Interests: <ul> <li>MLL leukemias</li> <li>Hematopoiesis</li> <li>Chromatin-mediated gene regulation and epigenetics</li> </ul> CBCC 337 nzelezn@luc.edu Maurizio Bocchetta, PhD Associate Professor Cancer Biology Research Interests: <ul> <li>OTUD6B deubiquitinase</li> <li>MYC oncogene</li> <li>Lung adenocarcinoma</li> </ul> CBCC 204 mbocche@luc.edu Mitchell F. Denning, PhD Associate Dean for Graduate Education; Professor Cancer Biology; Molecular Pharmacology & Neuroscience Research Interests: <ul> <li>Keratinocyte and melanocyte biology</li> <li>Ultraviolet radiation induced skin carcinogenesis</li> <li>Protein kinase C signaling</li> </ul> CBCC 237 mdennin@luc.edu Sean W. Fanning, PhD Assistant Professor Cancer Biology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Breast cancer</li> <li>Nuclear receptors</li> <li>Drug resistance</li> <li>Structure-based drug discovery</li> </ul> CBCC 234 sfanning@luc.edu Kimberly E. Foreman, PhD Associate Professor Cancer Biology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Research training</li> <li>Medical education</li> <li>Education outcomes</li> </ul> CBCC 235 kforema@luc.edu Irida Kastrati, PhD Assistant Professor Cancer Biology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Breast cancer</li> <li>Selenoproteins</li> <li>Racial disparity</li> <li>Therapy targets in therapy resistance and recurrence</li> <li>Drug development</li> </ul> CBCC 233 ikastrati@luc.edu Steven Kregel, PhD Assistant Professor Cancer Biology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Prostate cancer and urologic research</li> <li>Androgen receptor signaling</li> <li>Hormone therapies and resistance</li> <li>Tumor immune microenvironment</li> </ul> CBCC 205 skregel@luc.edu Phong T. Le, PhD Professor Microbiology & Immunology; Cancer Biology Research Interests: <ul> <li>T-cell Development</li> <li>Thymic epithelial cell biology</li> <li>Exosomes</li> </ul> CBCC 304 ple@luc.edu Michael Nishimura, PhD Professor, Surgical Research; Cancer Biology Associate Director, Cancer Center Translational Research Program Director, Immunologic Therapeutics Research Interests: <ul> <li>Cancer immunology</li> <li>T cell receptor genetics, structure and function</li> <li>Chimeric antigen receptor functions</li> </ul> CBCC 301 mnishimura@luc.edu Clodia Osipo, PhD Professor Cancer Biology; Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Breast cancer</li> <li>Cancer stem cells</li> <li>Notch signaling</li> </ul> CBCC 238 cosipo@luc.edu Wei Qiu, PhD Professor Cancer Biology; Surgical Research Research Interests: <ul> <li>Hepatocellular carcinoma</li> <li>Tumor cell signaling pathways</li> <li>Mechanisms of therapeutic resistance in HCC</li> <li>Alcoholic liver disease</li> </ul> CBCC 338 wqiu@luc.edu Nan Sethakorn, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Hematology/Oncology; Cancer Biology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Non-small cell lung cancer</li> <li>Bone metastases</li> <li>Tumor microenvironment</li> <li>Resistance to targeted therapies</li> </ul> CBCC 203 nan.sethakorn@lumc.edu Ali Vaziri-Gohar, PHD Assistant Professor Cancer Biology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Pancreatic cancer</li> <li>Metabolic vulnerabilities in tumor microenvironment</li> <li>Metabolic dependencies of gene regulation</li> <li>Development of novel targeted therapies</li> <li>Drug resistance</li> </ul> CBCC 305 avaziri1@luc.edu 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: <ul> <li>Glioblastoma</li> <li>Cancer immunology and immunotherapy</li> <li>Aging and cancer</li> <li>Neuroimmunology</li> <li>Mechanisms of resistance to therapy for cancer</li> </ul> CBCC 202 dwainwr@luc.edu Jiwang Zhang, MD, PhD Professor Cancer Biology: Radiation Oncology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Hematopoiesis</li> <li>Stem cell self-renewal</li> <li>Bone marrow microenvironment</li> <li>Cell signaling</li> </ul> CBCC 336 jzhang@luc.edu Manuel Diaz MD Professor Emeritus Cancer Biology Research Interests: <ul> <li>MLL and MLL fusion proteins</li> <li>Leukemogenesis</li> </ul> CBCC 333 mdiaz2@luc.edu

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