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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.

Chawla, Akhil

Chawla, Akhil

Assistant Professor, Clinical

Bio

Dr. Chawla is a Hepatopancreatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncologist at Northwestern Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and membe... [more]

Chen, Jonathan

Chen, Jonathan

Assistant Professor

Bio

We study how the immune response is organized in human cancer with the aim of developing new therapies. To do this, we employ cutting-edge genomic technologies and unbiased systems biology approaches ... [more]

Cheng, Shi-Yuan

Bio

The primary goal of our research is to improve our understanding of molecular mechanisms of cancer tumorigenesis, invasion, metastases and angiogenesis, and to translate our novel discoveries to clini... [more]

Chisholm, Rex

Bio

My research focuses on the application of informatics to the annotation and display of genomic information, and on the interface of genomics and informatics as it applies to the development of genomic... [more]

Clare, Susan

Clare, Susan

Research Associate Professor

Bio

The Clare lab's current research interests include a) The utilization cells of the immune system, i.e., macrophages, to deliver nanoparticles for the treatment of primary and metastatic brea... [more]

Cooper, Lee

Cooper, Lee

Associate Professor

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My lab focuses on the applications of machine learning in cancer and fundamental research in machine learning. We develop algorithms to predict clinical outcomes from genomic, imaging, and histopathol... [more]

Cui, Weiguo

Cui, Weiguo

Professor

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I am an immunologist with broad expertise in studying T cell response during viral, bacterial infection and tumorigenesis. My research interest has mainly focused on how cytokine signals and genetic p... [more]