Division of Biology and Medicine

Legorreta Cancer Center

Our Members

Meet the members of our thriving research community from Brown University and beyond.

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Our Members

Meet the members of our thriving research community from Brown University and beyond.

Cancer Biology

Ali Amin, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery; Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Jeffrey Bailey, MD, PhD

Mencoff Family Associate Professor of Translational Research; Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Thomas Bartnikas, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Director of the MD/PhD Program
Peter Belenky, PhD

Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Paul Bertone, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine (Research)
Joseph Braun, PhD

Professor of Epidemiology; Director of Epidemiology; Director of Children's Environmental Health
Alexander Brodsky, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Research)
Laurent Brossay, PhD

Charles A. and Helen B. Stuart Professor of Medical Science; Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Weibiao Cao, MD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Professor of Medicine
Michelle Dawson, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry; Associate Director, CRTEC
Suzanne De La Monte, MD/MPH

Professor of Neurosurgery; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Alexandra Deaconescu, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Sarah Delaney, PhD

Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Graduate School; Professor of Chemistry
Patrycja Dubielecka-Szczerba, PhD

Co-Leader of Cancer Biology Program
Christopher Elco, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Dermatology; Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Jack Elias, MD

Warren Alpert Foundation Professor of Translational Science; Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry; Professor of Medicine
William Fairbrother, PhD

Professor of Biology
Richard Freiman, PhD

Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Maria Garcia-Moliner, MD

Clinical Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Susan Gerbi, PhD

George D. Eggleston Professor Emerita of Biochemistry; Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (Research)
Philip Gruppuso, MD

Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of Medical Science; Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (Research)
Elizabeth Harrington, PhD

Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Professor of Medicine
Stephen Helfand, MD

George D. Eggleston Professor of Biochemistry; Vice Chair of Neurology
Robert Hurt

Professor of Engineering
Blanche Ip, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Amanda Jamieson, PhD

Esther Elizabeth Brintzenhoff Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology; Pathobiology Graduate Program Co-Director
Olin Liang, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine (Research)
Elizabeth Lokich, MD

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Shaolei Lu, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Sarah Maleki, MD

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Eric Morrow, MD, PhD

Mencoff Family Professor of Biology; Professor of Brain Science; Professor of Neuroscience; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Nicola Neretti, PhD

Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry; Associate Director for the Center on the Biology of Aging
Elena Oancea, PhD

Professor of Medical Science
Matthew Oliver, MD

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinician Educator
Jessica Plavicki, PhD

Manning Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Abrar Qureshi, MD

Chair of Dermatology; Professor of Epidemiology; Warren Alpert Foundation Professor of Dermatology
Bharat Ramratnam, MD

Warren Alpert Foundation Professor of Medicine; Chief Scientific Officer, Brown Innovation and Research Collaborative for Health
Jonathan Reichner, PhD

Professor of Surgery (Research)
Sharon Rounds, MD

Associate Dean for Translational Science; Professor of Medicine; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Arthur Salomon, PhD

Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry; Professor of Chemistry
John Sedivy, PhD

Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology; Associate Dean and Director, Center for the Biology of Aging
Robert W. Sobol, PhD

Associate Director for Basic Science; Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program
Ashley Stuckey, MD

Associate Professor of Medical Science; Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
James Sung, MD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Nikos Tapinos, MD, PhD

Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Visual Science, and Neuroscience
Xiaobing Tian, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Research)
Shuping Tong, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine (Research)
Diana Treaba, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Alper Uzun, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Research), Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Research)
Ece Uzun, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Li Juan Wang, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Yihong Wang, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Ian Wong, PhD

Associate Professor of Engineering; Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Evgeny Yakirevich, MD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Wentian Yang, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine; Professor of Orthopaedics
Shengliang Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Research)
Tongzhang Zheng, ScD

Professor of Epidemiology
Anatoly Zhitkovich, PhD

Professor of Medical Science

Cancer Therapeutics

Abbas Abbas, MD

Professor of Surgery
Khaldoun Almhanna, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Christopher Azzoli, MD

Jeffrey A. Brown and Barbara Horovitz Brown Associate Professor of Translational Medicine
Peter Barth, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Ariel Birnbaum, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Rimini Breakstone, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Benedito Carneiro, MD, MS

Co-Leader of Cancer Therapeutics Program
Liang Cheng, MD

Associate Director for Shared Resources
Bradley DeNardo, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Clinician Educator
Paul DiSilvestro, MD

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Don Dizon, MD, FACP, FASCO

Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement
Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP

Director, Cancer Center at Brown University, Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences, Mencoff Family University Professor of Medical Science, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Heinrich Elinzano, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator; Associate Professor of Neurology, Clinician Educator
Mary Ann Fenton, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Ziya Gokaslan, MD

Chair of Neurosurgery, Professor of Neurosurgery
Stephanie Graff, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Sheldon Holder, MD, PhD

Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Emily Hsu, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Suchitra Kamle, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (Research)
Hina Khan, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
DaeHee Kim, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging
Timothy Kinsella, MD

Professor Emeritus of Radiation Oncology
Paul Koffer, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Galina Lagos, MD

Assistant Professor of Medcine
Sean Lawler, PhD

Co-Leader, Brain Cancer Research emerging program
Chun Geun Lee, PhD

Professor of Molecular Biology and Immunology (Research)
Rishi Lulla, MD, MS

Associate Director for Pediatric Oncology
Sendurai Mani, PhD

Associate Director for Translation
Aaron Maxwell, MD

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging
Anthony Mega, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator; Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Thomas Miner, MD, FACS

Associate Director for Surgical Oncology
Alexander Raufi, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
John Reagan, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Howard Safran, MD

Associate Director for Clinical Research; Co-Leader, Cancer Therapeutics Program
Sasmit Sarangi, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Attila Seyhan, PhD

Director of Translational Oncology Operations, Legorreta Cancer Center, Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
William Sikov, MD

Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Clinician Educator; Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Anubhav Tripathi, PhD

Director of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Engineering
Shoba Vasudevan, PhD

Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
David Wazer, MD

Chair of Radiation Oncology; Professor of Radiation Oncology
Lei Wei, MD, PhD

Asssociate Professor of Orthopaedics (Research)
Eric Wong, MD

Associate Director for Neuro-Oncology
Mamiko Yajima, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry (Research)
Ting Zhao, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery (Research)
Lanlan Zhou, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Research)
Shougang Zhuang, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine (Research)

Population Science

Ana Abrantes, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Jasjit Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MS

Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor of Medicine
Beth Bock, MD, PhD

Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Judson Brewer, MD, PhD

Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Rachel Cassidy, PhD

Vice Chair of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research)
Eunyoung Cho, ScD

Associate Professor of Dermatology; Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Stavroula Chrysanthopoulou, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Director of Biostatistics for Brown University School of Public Health
Patricia Cioe, PhD

Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Suzanne Colby, PhD

Associate Director of Applied Learning for the MPH Program; Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Lorin Crawford, PhD

Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Susan Cu-Uvin, MD

Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Professor of Medicine
Fenghai Duan, PhD

Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Christine Duffy, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Shira Dunsiger, PhD

Associate Professor of Biostatistics (Research); Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research); Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research)
Anashua Rani Ghose Elwy, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior; Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Timothy Flanigan, MD

Professor of Medicine; Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Mary Flynn, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Omar Galarraga, PhD

Director of the Doctoral Program in Health Services, Policy and Practice; Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Ilana Gareen, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Research)
Constantine Gatsonis, PhD

Henry Ledyard Goddard University Professor of Statistical Sciences; Director of the Center for Statistical Sciences
Dragan Golijanin, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Dana Guyer, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Joseph Hogan, ScD

Carole and Lawrence Sirovich Professor of Public Health; Professor of Biostatistics; Chair of Biostatistics
Randall Ingham, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Ernestine Jennings, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Christopher Kahler, PhD

Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Director of Alcohol and Addiction Studies; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Karl Kelsey, MD, MOH

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Professor of Epidemiology
Bess Marcus, PhD

Interim Associate Director for Population Sciences
Rosemarie Martin, PhD

Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Jennifer Merrill, PhD

Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Lauren Micalizzi, PhD

Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research)
Mollie Monnig, PhD

Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Peter Monti, PhD

Donald G. Millar Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Addiction Studies; Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Vincent Mor, PhD

Florence Pirce Grant University Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice; Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Cara Murphy, PhD

Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Thomas Ollilia, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Adam Olszewski, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Sohini Ramachandran, PhD

Director of the Data Science Institute; Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology and Data Science; Professor of Computer Science
Patricia Risica, DrPH

Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Director of Undergraduate Studies at the School of Public Health; Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Damaris Rohsenow, PhD

Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research)
Rochelle Rosen, PhD

Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Neil Sarkar, PhD, MLIS, FACMI

Co-Leader of Cancer Prevention & Control Program
Christopher Schmid, PhD

Professor of Biostatistics
Lori Scott-Sheldon, PhD

Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior; Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Jon Steingrimsson, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Rochelle Strenger, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Laura Stroud, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Jennifer Tidey, PhD

Associate Dean for Research; Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Hayley Treloar Padovano, PhD

Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Jessica Unick, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research)
Jeremy Warner, MD, FAMIA, FASCO

Associate Director for Data Sciences
Martin Weinstock, MD, PhD

Professor of Dermatology
David Williams, PhD

Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior; Associate Dean of School of Public Health
Rena Wing, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Oliver Wisco, DO

Associate Professor of Dermatology, Clinician Educator
Sabrina Witherby, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Zhijin (Jean) Wu, PhD

Director of the Doctoral Program in Biostatistics; Professor of Biostatistics