Cancer Biology Program
Fostering collaborative research in basic and translational cancer biology while taking advantage of advanced technologies and capabilities provided as services through core facilities.
Cancer Biology Program
Fostering collaborative research in basic and translational cancer biology while taking advantage of advanced technologies and capabilities provided as services through core facilities.
Program Leaders
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Robert W. Sobol, PhD
Associate Director for Basic Science; Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program -
Patrycja Dubielecka-Szczerba, PhD
Co-Leader of Cancer Biology Program
The Cancer Biology Program brings together basic and translational investigators with expertise in mechanisms of cancer development, cell signaling, DNA repair, aging, stem cells, genomics, and tumor heterogeneity. Program meetings are held every two weeks throughout the year. Several program members have expertise in toxicology including activity of heavy metals and toxic waste that may impact on cancer rates in Rhode Island. The group is interdisciplinary and includes members from several basic and clinical departments with laboratories at Brown University, Brown University Health, and their affiliated hospitals.
The goal of program meetings is to bring members together to foster collaborative research in basic and translational cancer biology while taking advantage of advanced technologies and capabilities provided as services through core facilities. Efforts to translate novel concepts are supported by the Translational Research Disease Groups (TRDGs) which are additional cancer disease-based group meetings that occur in parallel to the Cancer Biology Program Meetings. Each of the 11 disease-based TRDGs meets every 2-3 months, with emerging projects being presented at the Cancer Biology Program meetings.
Members
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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 -
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