FACULTY
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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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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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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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Professor, Cancer Biology vchai@luc.edu CBCC 236
Research Interests
- Genomic stability in carcinogenesis and cancer therapy
- Colon cancer genetic risk factors
- Chemo-resistance in triple-negative breast cancer
- UV DNA damage repair
- Sensitizing cancer cells to chemo drugs
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Associate Dean for Graduate Education Professor, Cancer Biology Stritch School of Medicine mdennin@luc.edu CBCC 237
Research Interests
- Keratinocyte and melanocyte biology
- Ultraviolet radiation induced skin carcinogenesis
- Protein kinase C signaling
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Professor, Cancer Biology; Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology 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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Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology sfanning@luc.edu CBCC 234
Research Interests
- Breast cancer
- Nuclear receptors
- Drug resistance
- Structure-based drug discovery
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Associate Professor, Cancer Biology kforema@luc.edu CBCC 235
Research Interests
- Viral oncology
- Medical education
- Education outcomes
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Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology ikastrati@luc.edu CBCC 233
Research Interests
- Breast cancer
- Selenoproteins
- Racial disparity
- Therapeutic targets in therapy resistance and recurrence
- Drug Development
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Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology skregel@luc.edu CBCC 205
Research Interests
- Prostate cancer and urologic research
- Androgen receptor signaling
- Hormone therapies and resistance
- Tumor immune microenvironment
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Professor, Microbiology & Immunology; Cancer Biology ple@luc.edu CBCC 304
Research Interests
- T-cell development
- Thymic epithelial cell biology
- Exosomes
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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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Associate Professor, Cancer Biology; Microbiology & Immunology cosipo@luc.edu CBCC 238
Research Interests
- Breast cancer
- Cancer stem cells
- Notch signaling
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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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Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology and Cancer Biology nan.sethakorn@lumc.edu CBCC 203
Research Interests
- Non-small cell lung cancer
- Bone metastases
- Tumor microenvironment
- Resistance to targeted therapies
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Associate Professor, Cancer Biology Scientific Director, Brain Tumor Research Program Leader, Cancer Biology and Therapeutics dwainwr@luc.edu CBCC 202
Research Interests
- Glioblastoma
- Cancer immunology and immunotherapy
- Aging and cancer
- Neuroimmunology
- Mechanisms of resistance to therapy for cancer
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Professor, Cancer Biology; Radiation Oncology jzhang@luc.edu CBCC 336
Research Interests
- Hematopoiesis
- Stem cell self-renewal
- Bone marrow microenvironment
- Cell signaling
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EMERITUS FACULTY
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Professor Emeritus, Cancer Biology mdiaz2@luc.edu CBCC 333
Research Interests
- MLL and MLL fusion proteins
- Leukemogenesis
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