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.
Smith, Greg
Professor
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Our laboratory studies the neuroinvasive herpesviruses with a focus on the molecular mechanisms by which these pathogens propagate and disseminate within the nervous system. We use a combination of li... [more]
Sonabend, Adam
Associate Professor
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Dr Sonabend's research focuses on Topoisomerase II-mediated transcriptional regulation in gliomas, and personalized use of TOP2- targeting chemotherapy to treat malignant brain cancer. He is also... [more]
Sosa-Pineda, Beatriz
Professor
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal forms of cancer, with a 5-year survival rate of less than 5%. In my lab we use mouse models of the disease and primary cultures from t... [more]
Spring, Bonnie
Professor
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Dr. Spring's research group conducts research on behavioral risk factors (obesity, poor quality diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use) for cancer. Intervention techniques are theory-based and draw ... [more]
Stoddart, Sir Fraser
Professor
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Stoddart is one of the few chemists of the past quarter of a century to have created a new field of chemistry - namely, one in which the mechanical bond is a pre-eminent feature of molecular compounds... [more]
Stranger, Barbara
Associate Professor
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The goal of Dr. Stranger’s research is to understand how genetic and genomic variation contributes to complex disease, and how that varies by sex. Her cancer research is motivated by the observation... [more]
Stupp, Roger
Professor
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After completion of my clinical training in oncology/hematology,I have devoted my career to innovative treatments of cancer, with a special focus on brain tumors. While single modality... [more]
Stupp, Samuel
Professor
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Development of novel bioactive biomaterials for regenerative medicine.
Sumagin, Ronen
Associate Professor
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Studies in Dr. Sumagin’s laboratory are focused on determining the contributions of immune cell-mediated inflammation to development and progression of colorectal cancers. Immune cells are critical ... [more]
Szleifer, Igal G
Professor
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Professor Szleifer's group works on the development and application of theoretical methodologies to study the interactions between cells and biomaterials. For example, his group aims at understanding ... [more]