Legorreta Cancer Center

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.

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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

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

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