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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.

Scherr, Courtney

Scherr, Courtney

Associate Professor

Bio

Dr. Courtney Scherr's research focuses conversations in health that are challenging because of scientific complexity, risk, or uncertainty. Work conducted in her Health Communication Interaction ... [more]

Schiltz, Gary

Schiltz, Gary

Research Professor

Bio

Collaborate with faculty on translational research projects to advance basic research towards therapeutic endpoints using small molecules. In this role, I have led multiple early stage drug discovery ... [more]

Scott, Evan A

Scott, Evan A

Associate Professor

Bio

The research objective of the Scott laboratory is to investigate the basic inflammatory and immunological processes contributing to diverse pathologies and develop targeted therapeutic approaches usin... [more]

Shenoy, Niraj

Shenoy, Niraj

Associate Professor

Bio

The Shenoy Lab is interested in understanding and targeting the interactions between aberrant metabolism, epigenetic dysregulation, and immune evasion in cancer. While kidney cancer (clear cell r... [more]

Shilatifard, Ali

Bio

I hold the Robert Francis Furchgott Professorship and am the Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. I continue to run... [more]

Shukla, Vipul

Shukla, Vipul

Assistant Professor

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My research broadly focuses on understanding the roles of cytosine modifications and alternative DNA structures in normal and cancer genomes. I am currently investigating the functions of G-quadruplex... [more]

Siddique, Juned

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I am a Biostatistican in the Cancer Prevention and Control Division. My research efforts focus on developing statistical methods for handling incomplete or missing data. I apply these methods to a ran... [more]

Silverman, Richard

Bio

The primary focus in Silverman's laboratory is basic research into central nervous system disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, cerebral palsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, addiction, and epil... [more]

Simon, Melissa

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Dr. Simon's primary research interests are aimed at promoting health equity and eliminating health disparities among low income, medically underserved women across the lifespan. Integrating health ser... [more]

Singhal, Seema

Bio

Myeloma, Transplantation