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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.

Scherr, Courtney

Scherr, Courtney

Associate Professor

Bio

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

Schiltz, Gary

Research Professor

Bio

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

Bio

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

Bio

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

Schwulst, Steven

Associate Professor

Bio

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

Scott, Rizaldy

Research Associate Professor

Bio

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

Shahpar, Samman

Assistant Professor

Bio

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

Bio

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

Shenoy, Niraj

Associate Professor

Bio

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

Bio

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]