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.
Kim, Dong-Hyun
Associate Professor
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My research has been focused on therapeutic nano-carriers for treatment of various types of cancer. Nanoparticles and their hybrid derivatives have been exploited as vectors for drug delivery, therape... [more]
Kim, Ji-Yong Julie
Professor
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In particular, my lab is interested in deciphering molecular mechanisms of progesterone receptor (PR) action in endometrial cancer and breast cancer. As PR action is context dependent, its role in the... [more]
Kircher, Sheetal M
Associate Professor
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My research interests are on improving the quality of cancer care and better understanding the trends in use and expenditure of services and drugs. I am also interested in evaluation of cancer-related... [more]
Klumpp, David
Professor
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Our team studies diverse aspects of neuro-immune and bacterial mechanisms of bladder inflammation and pelvic pain as well as the influence of microbiota on pain and cognition. Pain modulation by bacte... [more]
Kocherginsky, Masha
Professor
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Collaboration with multiple cancer investigators at the Lurie Cancer Center, and applies efficient statistical methods to study design and statistical data analysis in basic science and clinical resea... [more]
Komanduri, Srinadh
Professor
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Dr. Komanduri's research is focused in outcomes of advanced endoscopy (EUS and ERCP), Barrett's esophagus, and in endoscopic training and simulation.
Kulkarni, Swati
Professor
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Dr. Kulkarni has a strong interest and enthusiasm for translational and clinical research. Dr. Kulkarni’s scholarly contributions include publications on cyclooxegenase inhibitors, arachidonic acid ... [more]
Kume, Tsutomu
Professor
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For over a decade my research laboratory has focused on vascular formation and angiogenesis. A particular emphasis in my laboratory has recently been analysis of neovascularization in physiological an... [more]
Kumthekar, Priya U.
Associate Professor
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My interests include treating primary brain tumors such as gliomas and meningiomas. I also have a specific interest in metastatic disease to the brain from systemic cancers such as melanoma, lung and ... [more]
Kundu, Shilajit D.
Professor
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My research focuses on strategies to diagnose and characterize bladder cancer, novel strategies to characterized prostate cancer aggressiveness, and prospectively studying quality of life outcomes in ... [more]