Department of Cancer Biology : People
The mission of the Department of Cancer Biology is to build bridges and teams to drive the best ideas in basic and translational cancer biology and developmental therapeutics into accelerating improvements and landmark advances in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer.
Administration
Alexandru Almasan Ph.D.
Staff
Email: almasaa@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 444-9970
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Research Interests:
Autophagy; apoptosis; cell cycle; DNA damage; ubiquitin; DNA repair; cancer therapeutics; radiation therapy; leukemia; epithelial tumors; prostate cancer
Shideng Bao Ph.D.
Staff
Director, Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research
Email: baos@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 636-1009
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Research Interests:
Brain cancer; Glioblastoma; Glioma stem cells; Signal transduction; Tumor angiogenesis; Vascular pericytes; Blood-tumor barrier; Cancer invasion; Therapeutic resistance; Tumor-associated macrophages; Cancer therapeutics; Immunotherapy
Seth Corey MD, MPH
Staff
Email: coreys2@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 444-2506
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Research Interests:
coming soon.
Candece Gladson M.D.
Staff
Email: gladsoc@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 636-9493
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Research Interests:
Brain cancer; brain tumor; glioma; therapeutics; pro-survival proteins
Zihua Gong M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Staff
Email: gongz@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 445-9652
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Research Interests:
DNA damage; DNA repair; Radiation therapy; Drug resistance; Breast cancer; Ovarian cancer
Hannelore Heemers Ph.D.
Associate Staff
Center for GU Malignancies Research
Email: heemerh@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 445-7357
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Research Interests:
androgen receptor; mechanisms of androgen action; prostate cancer; coregulators; transcription; nuclear receptors
Warren Heston Ph.D.
Staff
Email: hestonw@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 444-8181
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Research Interests:
Prostate cancer; prostate-specific membrane antigen; therapeutics; imaging
Emina Huang M.D.
Staff
Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research
Email: huange2@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 445-4631
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Research Interests:
colorectal cancer; inflammation; colitis; cancer stem cells; organoids; microenvironment
Matthew Kalady M.D.
Staff
Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research
Email: kaladym@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 445-7694
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Research Interests:
colon cancer; rectal cancer; genetic profiling; cancer stem cells
Jeongwu Lee Ph.D.
Associate Staff
Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research
Email: leej7@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 444-9834
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Research Interests:
brain cancer; brain tumors; glioblastoma
Yong Li Ph.D.
Staff
Email: liy2@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 444-1168
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Research Interests:
Carcinogenesis; Drug Development; Noncoding RNAs in Liquid Biopsy; Multiple Myeloma; Lymphoma; Colon Cancer; Glioma; MicroRNAs; p53.
Gareth Morris-Stiff M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Staff
Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research
Email: morrisg4@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 445-0051
Research Interests:
coming soon.
Brian P. Rubin M.D., Ph.D.
Staff
Email: rubinb2@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 445-5551
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Research Interests:
sarcoma; genetics, oncogene addiction, targeted therapy, pathology, mouse models of human cancer
Nima Sharifi M.D.
Staff
Director, Center for GU Malignancies Research
Email: sharifn@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 445-9750
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Research Interests:
prostate cancer; androgens; metabolism; steroids; castration-resistant prostate cancer; androgen receptor; hormone therapy; medical oncology; dihydrotestosterone; enzymes; biochemistry
Robert Silverman Ph.D.
Staff
Email: silverr@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 445-9650
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Research Interests:
interferon; rnase l; antiviral innate immunity; prostate cancer; oncolytic virotherapy
George R. Stark Ph.D.
Staff
Email: starkg@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 444-6062
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Research Interests:
interferons; IL-6; NFkB; STAT3; EGFR; drug resistance; DNA repair; lung cancer; breast cancer; prostate cancer; glioblastoma; septic shock
Jennifer Yu M.D., Ph.D.
Staff
Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research
Email: yuj2@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 444-0852
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Research Interests:
brain tumors; glioblastoma; cancer stem cells; experimental therapeutics; radiation; hyperthermia; cell signaling; Notch; Semaphorin; hypoxia
Jianjun Zhao M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Staff
Email: zhaoj4@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 444-7511
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Research Interests:
Multiple myeloma, tumor initiation, microRNA, novel therapy, drug delivery, drug resistance