FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTORY
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Nancy Zeleznik-Le, PhD
Chair, Cancer Biology Professor, Cancer Biology; Medicine nzelezn@luc.edu CBCC 337
Research Interests
- MLL leukemias
- Hematopoiesis
- Chromatin-mediated gene regulation and epigenetics
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Muna Aryal, PhD
Assistant Professor, Engineering and Radiation Oncology CBCC 209 maryal@luc.edu Lab: 708-327-3137
Research Interests:
- Non-invasive, Targeted Brain Drug Delivery
- Transcranial Focused Ultrasound
- Nanoparticle
- Brain Cancer
- Neuroscience
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Stephanie Berg, DO
Assistant Professor, Medicine; Hematology / Oncology; Cancer Biology sberg2@luc.edu CBCC 343 Lab 323
Research Interests:
- Familial mutations in myeloid neoplasms
- Mechanisms and discovery in myeloid neoplasms
- Immunotherapy-related adverse events
- Biomarker testing
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Maurizio Bochetta, PhD
Associate Professor, Cancer Biology, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine mbocche@luc.edu CBCC 204 Office: 708-327-3362
Research Interests:
- OTUD6B deubiquitinase
- MYC oncogene
- Lung adenocarcinoma
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Weihang "Valerie" Chai, PhD
Professor, Cancer Biology vchai@luc.edu CBCC 236
Research Interests
- Genomic stability, DNA replication and repair
- Telomere maintenance
- Carcinogenesis
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Mitchell Denning, PhD
Professor, Cancer Biology; Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Interim Chair, Molecular Pharmacology & Neuroscience Graduate Program Director, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Program mdennin@luc.edu CBCC 237
Research Interests
- Keratinocyte biology
- Ultraviolet radiation induced skin carcinogenesis
- Protein kinase C
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Andrew Dingwall, PhD
Professor, Cancer Biology; Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Associate Director, MD/PhD Program adingwall@luc.edu CBCC 334
Research Interests
- Chromatin remodeling
- COMPASS methyltransferase complex
- Epigenetic gene regulation
- Enhancer control in development and cancer
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Sean W. Fanning, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology sfanning@luc.edu CBCC 203
Research Interests
- Breast cancer
- Nuclear receptors
- Drug resistance
- Structure-based drug discovery
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Kimberly E. Foreman, PhD
Associate Professor, Cancer Biology kforema@luc.edu CBCC 235
Research Interests
- Viral oncology
- Medical education
- Education outcomes
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Charles Hemenway, MD, PhD
Professor, Pediatric Hematology / Oncology; Cancer Biology Director, MD/PhD Program chemenway@luc.edu CBCC 202
Research Interests
- MLL leukemias
- Normal hematopoiesis
- Epigenetics
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Irida Kastrati, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology ikastrati@luc.edu CBCC 233
Research Interests
- Breast cancer
- Endocrine therapy resistance and recurrence
- Identification of new therapeutic targets
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Steven Kregel, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology skregel@luc.edu CBCC 205
- Prostate Cancer and Urologic Research
- Androgen Receptor Signaling
- Hormone Therapies and Resistance
- Tumor Immune Microenvironment
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Phong T. Le, PhD
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology; Cancer Biology ple@luc.edu CBCC 304
Research Interests
- T-cell development
- Thymic epithelial cell biology
- Exosomes
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Michael Nishimura, PhD
Professor, Surgical Research; Cancer Biology Associate Director, Cancer Center Translational Research Program Director, Immunologic Therapeutics mnishimura@luc.edu CBCC 301
Research Interests
- Tumor Immunology
- Immunotherapy
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Clodia Osipo, PhD
Associate Professor, Cancer Biology; Microbiology & Immunology cosipo@luc.edu CBCC 238
Research Interests
- Breast cancer
- Cancer stem cells
- Notch signaling
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Wei Qiu, PhD
Associate Professor, Cancer Biology; Surgical Research wqiu@luc.edu CBCC 338
Research Interests
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Tumor cell signaling pathways
- Mechanisms of therapeutic resistance in HCC
- Alcoholic liver disease
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Jiwang Zhang, MD, PhD
Professor, Cancer Biology; Radiation Oncology jzhang@luc.edu CBCC 336
Research Interests
- Hematopoiesis
- Stem cell self-renewal
- Bone marrow microenvironment and cell signaling
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EMERITUS FACULTY
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Manuel Diaz, MD
Professor Emeritus, Cancer Biology mdiaz2@luc.edu CBCC 333
Research Interests
- MLL and MLL fusion proteins
- Leukemogenesis
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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
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Ash Bindra, MBA
Administrative Director
abindra1@luc.edu| CBCC 201
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Sue Niccolai
Administrative Assistant II
sniccol@luc.edu CBCC 300
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Lorelei Martin
Administrative Assistant II
lhachol@luc.edu CBCC 339
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