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
Assistant Professor
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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
Associate Professor
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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]
Abdala-Valencia, Hiam
Associate Professor
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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]
Abdel-Mohsen, Mohamed
Associate Professor
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Current immunotherapy efforts focus on targeting proteins and nucleic acids. These efforts are highly promising but insufficient to fully realize the potential of immunotherapy for most patients. To a... [more]
Abdulkadir, Sarki
Professor
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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
Professor
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clinical and epidemiological research of HIV-associated cancers
Adam, Stephen
Associate Professor
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I have interest in the post-translational modification of these proteins related to their effects on assembly, structure, and interactions with other factors in cells. We use mammalian cell models for... [more]
Addington, Elizabeth L
Assistant Professor
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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
Associate Professor
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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
Professor
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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]