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Lurie Cancer Center Members

Membership in the Lurie Cancer Center is based on the investigator's cancer research focus and scholarly activity. A program assignment recommendation is made by the Executive Committee with final approval issued by the cancer center's director. Full members are assigned to a program in the Basic Science Research Division, the Clinical Science Research Division or the Cancer Prevention & Control Research Division. All members are welcome and encouraged to participate in any educational activities initiated by the Lurie Cancer Center.

Abaza, Yasmin

Abaza, Yasmin

Assistant Professor

Bio

I am a clinical researcher with a specialized focus on targeted therapies for patients with myeloid malignancies. I have completed two fellowships in Hematology/Oncology and Leukemia at UCLA and ... [more]

Abazeed, Mohamed

Abazeed, Mohamed

Associate Professor

Bio

As a physician scientist trained in clinical oncology, genetics, cancer genomics, computational biology machine learning and biostatistics, I am interested in basic research to discover mechanisms tha... [more]

Abbass, Mohammad Ali

Abbass, Mohammad Ali

Assistant Professor

Bio

My academic interests are understanding the clinical outcomes of patients with hereditary colorectal cancer based on ongoing surveillance in an active program, tumorigenesis, genotype-phenotype correl... [more]

Abdala-Valencia, Hiam

Abdala-Valencia, Hiam

Associate Professor

Bio

Application of next generation sequencing technology and integrative "wet lab approaches to basic and translational research of lung diseases, including but not limited to:asthma, COPD, pulm... [more]

Abdulkadir, Sarki

Bio

My research has focused on deciphering the molecular mechanisms that drive epithelial cancer initiation, progression and recurrence with an emphasis on prostate cancer. My lab has been active in estab... [more]

Achenbach, Chad

Achenbach, Chad

Associate Professor

Bio

clinical and epidemiological research of HIV-associated cancers

Addington, Elizabeth L

Addington, Elizabeth L

Assistant Professor

Bio

Dr. Addington is a clinical health psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences. As a member of Supportive Oncology, she provides individual therapy to adults rece... [more]

Adekola, Kehinde

Adekola, Kehinde

Associate Professor

Bio

To improve the survival outcomes for hematologic malignancies and the opportunity to study Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance and Multiple Myeloma in individuals of African descent pre... [more]

Adli, Mazhar

Adli, Mazhar

Associate Professor

Bio

I obtained my Ph.D. training in cancer biology and postdoc training in the large-scale human genome and epigenome mapping projects provides me a unique set of experimental and analytical skills to exe... [more]

Ahmed, Atique

Bio

Develop novel approaches for anti-glioma therapeutics with an interest in identifying novel therapeutic targets by understanding the tumor specific niche factor for the glioma stem cell. The recent de... [more]