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.
Maiga, Mamoudou
Associate Professor
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Mamoudou, a Mali-trained MD with a sandwich PhD from Johns Hopkins University and Mali, currently holds the position of Research Associate Professor in the NU Biomedical Engineering Department. In thi... [more]
Marko, John
Professor
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At present my lab is focused on use of micromanipulation and imaging to analyze physical properties of chromatin in normal and cancer cells, large-scale chromosome structure, and on use of single-DNA ... [more]
Martin-Harris, Bonnie
Professor
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Bonnie Martin-Harris' research focuses on swallowing disorders, voice disorders, respiration and swallowing coordination, and swallowing impairment and rehabilitation following head or neck cancer. Sh... [more]
Matei, Daniela
Professor
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In the laboratory, specific interests have been investigating tumor-stroma interactions which regulate ovarian cancer metastasis, characterizing and targeting ovarian cancer stem cells, studying growt... [more]
McNerney, Kevin
Assistant Professor
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My mission is to improve the health of children with cancer through the clinical application of adoptive cellular therapies, excellent clinical care, and translational research. My clinical work focu... [more]
Meade, Thomas
Professor
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Professor Meade Lab's research focuses on inorganic coordination chemistry for the study of molecular imaging of in vivo gene expression and intracellular messengers, transition metal enzyme inhibitor... [more]
Meeks, Joshua
Associate Professor
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My research laboratory is focused on the molecular pathways involved in the progression of urothelial carcinoma (bladder cancer). My research has two themes: 1) to investigate the ... [more]
Melo-Cardenas, Johanna
Assistant Professor
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My research aims to understand the molecular mechanisms of immune cell mediated inflammation and the cellular relationships between the bone marrow microenvironment and malignant clones in myeloid blo... [more]
Mendillo, Marc
Associate Professor
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Cancers arise through a multistep process in which genetic and epigenetic lesions accumulate to drastically alter regulatory circuits, DNA, protein and energy metabolism. These alterations, and the in... [more]
Min, Booki
Professor
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Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells are central regulators of immunity and tolerance. The importance of Treg cells in immunity is well demonstrated by the finding that defects in Treg cell generation or ... [more]