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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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.

Wu, Jennifer

Wu, Jennifer

Professor

Bio

Research in my laboratory include these specific aspects: 1) mechanisms of cancer immune evasion; 2) development of novel cancer immunotherapy; 3) Immune therapy-related mucosal toxicity; 4) mechanism... [more]

Yanez, Betina

Yanez, Betina

Associate Professor

Bio

An emerging area of her work involves patient-centered precision oncology. Her ongoing work in this area aims to develop a patient-centered intervention that is feasible, scalable and embedded within ... [more]

Yang, Rendong

Yang, Rendong

Associate Professor

Bio

The Yang Lab is interested in the integrative analysis of large-scale datasets to understand the initiation and progression of diseases. The research projects involve in the development of highly accu... [more]

Yi, Rui

Yi, Rui

Professor

Bio

Mammalian skin and its appendages function as the outermost barrier of the body to protect inner organs from environmental hazards and keep essential fluid within. Our research program studies mechani... [more]

Yi, Yang

Yi, Yang

Assistant Professor

Bio

The goal of Dr. Yi's research centers on uncovering the previously unrecognized functions of epigenetic modification during normal and pathological bioprocesses, and decoding the potential crosst... [more]

Yue, Feng

Yue, Feng

Professor

Bio

The long-term goal of Dr. Yue's group is to use a combination of high throughput genomics, computational modeling, and functional assays to study how genetic variants contribute to the pathogenes... [more]

Zhang, Bin

Zhang, Bin

Professor

Bio

Cancer immunology and immunotherapy.The Zhang laboratory functions as an integrated translational research program with the goal of designing and developing new immunotherapies and immunologic strateg... [more]

Zhang, Christine

Zhang, Christine

Assistant Professor

Bio

My lab is interested in understanding how genetic and epigenetic factors cooperates to initiate leukemogenesis and other hematological malignancies.

Zhang, Hao

Zhang, Hao

Professor

Bio

The Functional Optical Imaging Lab (FOIL) at Northwestern University is dedicated to develop novel optical, ultrasonic, and electrical imaging techniques for biomedical research and clinical... [more]

Zhang, Peng

Zhang, Peng

Assistant Professor

Bio

The goal of Dr. Zhang's research is to establish the feasibility of precisely targeting and modulating brain tumors and the surrounding immune microenvironment as new translatable therapeutic approach... [more]