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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.


	Alexandru Almasan, PhD Staff (216) 444-9970 almasaa@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: Autophagy; apoptosis; cell cycle; DNA damage; ubiquitin; DNA repair; cancer therapeutics; radiation therapy; leukemia; epithelial tumors; prostate cancer
	Shideng Bao, PhD Staff Director, Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research (216) 636-1009 baos@ccf.org staff profile	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
	Abhishek A. Chakraborty, PhD Assistant Staff (216) 445-6620 chakraa@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: Kidney Cancer; Epigenetics; Target Discovery and Validation; Tumor Metabolism; High-throughput Genetic Screening; High-throughput Chemical Screening; Oxygen Sensing; Dioxygenase Function; Cellular Differentiation - EMT;
	Seth Corey, MD, MPH Staff (216) 444-2506 coreys2@ccf.org staff profile
	Candece Gladson, MD Staff (216) 636-9493 gladsoc@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: Brain cancer; brain tumor; glioma; therapeutics; pro-survival proteins
	Zihua Gong, MD, PhD Assistant Staff (216) 445-9652 gongz@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: DNA damage; DNA repair; Radiation therapy; Drug resistance; Breast cancer; Ovarian cancer
	Hannelore Heemers, PhD Associate Staff Center for GU Malignancies Research (216) 445-7357 heemerh@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: androgen receptor; mechanisms of androgen action; prostate cancer; coregulators; transcription; nuclear receptors
	Warren Heston, PhD Staff (216) 444-8181 hestonw@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: Prostate cancer; prostate-specific membrane antigen; therapeutics; imaging
	Emina Huang, MD Staff Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research (216) 445-4631 huange2@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: colorectal cancer; inflammation; colitis; cancer stem cells; organoids; microenvironment
	Matthew Kalady, MD Staff Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research (216) 445-7694 kaladym@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: colon cancer; rectal cancer; genetic profiling; cancer stem cells
	Jeongwu Lee, PhD Associate Staff Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research (216) 444-9834 leej7@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: brain cancer; brain tumors; glioblastoma
	Yong Li, PhD Staff (216) 444-1168 liy2@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: Carcinogenesis; Drug Development; Noncoding RNAs in Liquid Biopsy; Multiple Myeloma; Lymphoma; Colon Cancer; Glioma; MicroRNAs; p53.
	Gareth Morris-Stiff, MD, PhD Associate Staff Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research (216) 445-0051 morrisg4@ccf.org
	Brian P. Rubin, MD, PhD Staff (216) 445-5551 rubinb2@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: sarcoma; genetics, oncogene addiction, targeted therapy, pathology, mouse models of human cancer
	Nima Sharifi, MD Staff Director, Center for GU Malignancies Research (216) 445-9750 sharifn@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: prostate cancer; androgens; metabolism; steroids; castration-resistant prostate cancer; androgen receptor; hormone therapy; medical oncology; dihydrotestosterone; enzymes; biochemistry
	Robert Silverman, PhD Staff (216) 445-9650 silverr@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: interferon; rnase l; antiviral innate immunity; oncolytic virotherapy, DNA methyltransferase inhibitor
	George R. Stark, PhD Staff (216) 444-6062 starkg@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: interferons; IL-6; NFkB; STAT3; EGFR; drug resistance; DNA repair; lung cancer; breast cancer; prostate cancer; glioblastoma; septic shock
	Jennifer Yu, MD, PhD Staff Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research (216) 444-0852 yuj2@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: brain tumors; glioblastoma; cancer stem cells; experimental therapeutics; radiation; hyperthermia; cell signaling; Notch; Semaphorin; hypoxia
	Jianjun Zhao, MD, PhD Assistant Staff (216) 444-7511 zhaoj4@ccf.org staff profile	Research Interests: Multiple myeloma, tumor initiation, microRNA, novel therapy, drug delivery, drug resistance

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