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College of Graduate Health Sciences

Integrated Program in Biomedical Sciences

Cancer and Developmental Biology Track

Suzanne Baker, Ph.D., Associate Member, Dept. of Developmental Neurobiology, suzanne.baker@stjude.org

Secondary Appointment: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Laboratory Location: D2002 Danny Thomas Research Tower, St. Jude

Normal and neoplastic growth regulation in the brain.

Mustafa Dabbous, Ph.D., Professor, Dept.of Molecular Sciences, mdabbous@uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointment:
Laboratory Location: 201, 203 Nash Building

Mechanism of cancer invasion and metastasis; Host-tumor cell-cell interactions; Biomarkers of invasion and metastatic spread of cancer cells.


James Downing, M.D., Member, Dept. of Pathology, james.downing@stjude.org

Secondary Appointment: Genetics, Functional Genomics and Proteomics
Laboratory Location: D4048 Danny Thomas Research Tower, St. Jude

Understanding the molecular mechanisms that regulate normal hematopoiesis and determining how these pathways are altered in human leukemia.


Richard Kriwacki, Ph.D., Associate Member, Dept. of Structural Biology, Richard.kriwacki@stjude.org

Secondary Appointment: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Laboratory Location: D1024 Danny Thomas Research Tower, St. Jude

Structural studies of tumor suppressor proteins.


Mondira Kundu, Ph.D., Assistant Member, Dept. of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, mondira.kundu@stjude.org.

Secondary Appointment:  Genetics, Functional Genomics and Proteomics
Laboratory Location: 262 Danny Thomas Place MS 343

Autophagy and mitochondrial clearance: regulation, signaling pathways, role in red blood cell maturation and suppression of tumors.

Jill Lahti, Ph.D. Associate Member, Dept. Genetics and Tumor Cell Biology, jill.lahti@stjude.org

Secondary Appointment: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Lab Location: D5003 Danny Thomas Research Tower, St. Jude

The role of caspases and apoptosis in tumorigenesis, the function of CDK proteins in transcription and splicing, and the regulation of mitosis by DNA helicases and CDKs.


Len Lothstein, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, llothstein@uthsc.edu

Lab Location: 405, 411 Crowe Building

Development of novel antitumor agents, PKC-mediated apoptotic signalling, circumvention of cellular drug resistance, development of dual antitumor/cardioprotective compounds.


Yi Lu, Ph.D., Associate professor, Department of Pathology, ylu@uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointment: Molecular Therapeutics and Cell Signaling
Laboratory Location: 219 Cancer Research Building

Prostate cancer, novel apoptosis-inducing genes, viral-based gene therapy and breast cancer, tumor angiogenesis and metastasis.


Peter McKinnon, Ph.D., Associate Member, Dept. of Genetics/Tumor Cell Biology, peter.mckinnon@stjude.org

Secondary Appointment: Neuroscience
Laboratory Location: 3056 Danny Thomas Research Tower, St Jude

Genotoxic stress in the nervous system and the links to brain tumors and neurodegeneration.


Paul Ney, Ph.D., Associate Member, Dept. of Biochemistry, paul.ney@stjude.org

Secondary Appointment:
Laboratory Location: 4064 Danny Thomas Research Tower, St. Jude

Regulation of erythroid differentiation.


Christopher Nosrat, D.D.S., Ph.D. Department of Resotrative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, cnosrat@uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointment: Neuroscience
Laboratory Location: 115-119 Cancer Research Building

Oral cancer, gene profiling, microarray, rodent cancer models, cancer stem cells, taste neurobiology, neurotrophic factors, transgenic technology, adult stem cells, dental pulp, tooth.


Guillermo Oliver, Ph.D., Associate Member, Dept. of Genetics/Tumor Cell Biology, guillermo.oliver@stjude.org

Secondary Appointment: Genetics, Functional Genomics and Proteomics
Laboratory Location: 3002 Danny Thomas Research Tower, St. Jude

Role of homeobox genes in early mammalian development


Joseph T. Opferman, Ph.D., Assistant Member, Dept. of Biochemistry, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Joseph.Opferman@stjude.org


Secondary Appointment: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Laboratory Location: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, D4002

Regulation of anti-apoptotic MCL-1 during hematopoietic development and function.


Lawrence Pfeffer, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Pathology, lpfeffer@uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointment: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Laboratory Location: 401 Molecular Science Building

Interferons and cytokines: receptor structure, transmembrane signaling, regulation of gene expression and mechanism of anticancer action.


Martine Roussel, Ph.D., Member, Dept. of Genetics/Tumor Cell Biology, martine.roussel@stjude.org

Secondary Appointment: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Laboratory Location: 5006C Danny Thomas Research Tower, St. Jude

Role of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitory proteins and tumor suppressors in cell proliferation and cancer.


Tiffany Seagroves, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology, tseagro1@uthsc.edu

Secondary appointment: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Laboratory Location: 122/128/129 Cancer Research Building

Breast cancer, metastasis, hypoxia-induced gene expression and transgenic animal models; identification of the von Hippel-Lindau-(VHL)-regulated proteome.


Andrzej Slominski, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Pathology, aslominski@uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointment: Molecular, Cellular, and Systems Physiology
Laboratory Location: 417 Molecular Science Building

Neuroendocrinology of the skin.


Beatriz Sosa-Pineda, Ph.D., Assistant Member, Dept. of Genetics/Tumor Cell Biology, Beatriz.sosa-pineda@stjude.org

Secondary Appointment: Genetics, Functional Genomics and Proteomics
Laboratory Location: 3003 Danny Thomas Research Tower, St. Jude

Molecular mechanisms of mammalian pancreas development.


Parker Suttle, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, psuttle@uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointment: Molecular Therapeutics and Cell Signaling
Laboratory Location: 418 Crowe Building

Regulation of mammalian DNA topoisomerase IIa gene expression and the role of topo IIa in G2/M cell cycle arrest.


Trevor Sweatman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, tsweatman@uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointment: Molecular Therapeutics and Cell Signaling
Laboratory Location: 421 Crowe Building

Preclinical development of novel antitumor agents


Richard Williams, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Member, Department of Oncology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital,richard.williams@stjude.org

Secondary Appointment: Molecular Therapeutics and Cell Signaling.
Laboratory Location: D5062C St Jude

Genetics, biology and therapeutics of mouse models of high-risk pediatric leukemias.

Zhaohui Wu,M.D.,Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, zwu6@uthsc.edu

Secondary  Appointment: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Laboratory Location: 125 Cancer Research Building

DNA damage responses and gene transcription:  NF-kB signaling, genotoxic stress signal transduction, apoptosis and gene regulation in cancer development.


Gerard Zambetti, Ph.D., Associate Member, Dept. of Biochemistry, Gerard.zambetti@stjude.org

Secondary Appointment: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Laboratory Location: D4059, D4062 Danny Thomas Research Tower, St. Jude

Characterization of the p53 tumor suppressor signaling pathway.


Xin Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Vascular Biology, xazhang@uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointment: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Laboratory Location: H300 Coleman Building, College of Medicine Building

Role of cell adhesion molecule integrin and integrin-associated tetraspanin in cell migration, vascular morphogenesis, and cancer metastasis

Revised 18 August 2008