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.
Klumpp, David
Professor
Bio
Our team studies diverse aspects of neuro-immune and bacterial mechanisms of bladder inflammation and pelvic pain as well as the influence of microbiota on pain and cognition. Pain modulation by bacte... [more]
Kocherginsky, Masha
Professor
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Collaboration with multiple cancer investigators at the Lurie Cancer Center, and applies efficient statistical methods to study design and statistical data analysis in basic science and clinical resea... [more]
Komanduri, Srinadh
Professor
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Dr. Komanduri's research is focused in outcomes of advanced endoscopy (EUS and ERCP), Barrett's esophagus, and in endoscopic training and simulation.
Kulkarni, Swati
Professor
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Dr. Kulkarni has a strong interest and enthusiasm for translational and clinical research. Dr. Kulkarni’s scholarly contributions include publications on cyclooxegenase inhibitors, arachidonic acid ... [more]
Kume, Tsutomu
Professor
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For over a decade my research laboratory has focused on vascular formation and angiogenesis. A particular emphasis in my laboratory has recently been analysis of neovascularization in physiological an... [more]
Kumthekar, Priya U.
Associate Professor
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My interests include treating primary brain tumors such as gliomas and meningiomas. I also have a specific interest in metastatic disease to the brain from systemic cancers such as melanoma, lung and ... [more]
Kundu, Shilajit D.
Professor
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My research focuses on strategies to diagnose and characterize bladder cancer, novel strategies to characterized prostate cancer aggressiveness, and prospectively studying quality of life outcomes in ... [more]
Kyriacou, Demetrios
Professor
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Dr. Kyriacou is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology) at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Attending Physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospi... [more]