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
Associate Professor
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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
Research Professor
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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]
Schneiderman, Jennifer
Professor
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My primary research is in the field of transplant tolerance; specifically extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP), which is used to treat acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (a&... [more]
Schumacker, Paul
Professor
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Our lab is interested in the effects of oxygen on cell metabolism, and in the molecular mechanisms underlying cellular oxygen sensing. The signaling pathways activated by hypoxia, and their regulatio... [more]
Schwulst, Steven
Associate Professor
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Preliminary work has generated head-shielded bone marrow chimeric mice allowing for the unambiguous differentiation between infiltrating monocytes and microglia after TBI. Using this model, we have sh... [more]
Scott, Rizaldy
Research Associate Professor
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I am the Scientific Director of the Mouse Histology & Phenotyping Laboratory (MHPL) of Northwestern University. The MHPL is a core facility administered by the Lurie Cancer Center provi... [more]
Shahpar, Samman
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Shahpar has dedicated his career to changing the culture of cancer care. As a physiatrist working in the Cancer Rehabilitation Program, he has extensive experience in assessing and treating cancer... [more]
Shammo, Jamile
Professor
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I am professor of Medicine and a clinical researcher with interest in bone marrow failure states including aplastic anemia, PNH and myelodysplastic neoplasms as well the myeloproliferative neoplasms. ... [more]
Shenoy, Niraj
Associate Professor
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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
Professor
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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]