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.
Barriteau, Christina
Assistant Professor
Bio
Dr. Christina Barriteau is a pediatric hematologist and transfusion medicine specialist. She is Medical Director of the blood bank at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Dr. Barritea... [more]
Bartom, Elizabeth
Assistant Professor
Bio
Sequence based assays provide a key window into cellular function, informing research into mutation, transcription, and regulation. I have studied a number of important mutations in cancer genomes, in... [more]
Bass, Joseph
Professor
Bio
The major focus of our research is on the molecular integration of circadian and metabolic systems. A breakthrough stemmed from our studies of the first circadian mutant mice s... [more]
Beach, Lauren
Assistant Professor
Bio
Dr. Lauren B. Beach (they/them and she/her) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences and the Department of Preventive Medicine. She is also Director of the ReACH SGM lab (Re... [more]
Beauchamp, Elspeth
Research Associate Professor
Bio
Dr. Beauchamp's research has focused on developing drugs for non-traditional targets through inhibiting protein-protein interactions in order to affect cellular function and target cancer cells. ... [more]
Becker, Sara
Professor
Bio
Dr. Becker is a licensed clinical psychologist and implementation scientist dedicated to bridging the gap between research and practice. Dr. Becker studies both patient-focused dissemination (e.g., di... [more]
Beidas, Rinad
Professor
Bio
I am Department Chair and Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. I served as the Founding Director of the Penn Implementat... [more]
Beitel, Greg
Professor
Bio
Drosophila tracheal system as a genetically tractable, in vivo, model for investigating epithelial tube size control (Beitel and Krasnow, 2000). The size of epithelial tube is critical to the function... [more]
Ben-Sahra, Issam
Associate Professor
Bio
My current research is geared toward understanding the impact of metabolic pathways controlled by mTOR, a nutrient-sensing regulator of cell growth, on the properties of cells and tumors with specific... [more]
Benson III, Al B.
Professor
Bio
Al B. Benson III, MD, FACP, FASCO, is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Director for Cooperative Groups at th... [more]