Robert H. Silverman, Ph.D.

Staff and Professor

Mal and Lee Bank Chair

Department of Cancer Biology
Lerner Research Institute / NB40
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Telephone: (216) 445-9650
Fax: (216) 445-6269
silverr@ccf.org

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Area of general research interest:

Innate defense against viruses and cancer.

Current program:

  • Antiviral mechanisms of RNase L
  • Role of RNase L in the biology of prostate cancer
  • Broad-spectrum antivirals that activate RNase L
  • XMRV infections in prostate cancer

Project Staff:

  • Jaydip Das Gupta, Ph.D.
  • Beihua Dong, M.D.
  • Malathi Krishnamurthy, Ph.D.

Research Fellows:

  • Arindam Chakrabarti, Ph.D.
  • Babal Kant Jha, Ph.D.
  • Pallavi Bansal, Ph.D.

Graduate Students:

  • Seunghee Hong, B.Sc.
  • Ao Zhang, M.S.

Technologists:

  • Patricia Kessler, Principal Research Technologist
  • Christina Gaughan, M.S. Senior Research Technologist
  • Kurt Hotmire, M.S., Senior Research Technologist
  • Irina Polyakova, Senior Research Technologist

Clinical Collaborator:

  • Eric A. Klein, M.D., Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic