Cancer Cell Biology Program

Recent Program News

New Publication: Countermeasure development against space radiation-induced gastrointestinal carcinogenesis: Current and future perspectives

April 9th, 2023

New Georgetown Study Will Investigate Nanoplastics on Animal Health and Development

March 29th, 2023

New Publication: A confirmatory basket design considering non-inferiority and superiority testing

March 29th, 2023

New Publication: Stromal Senescence following Treatment with the CDK4/6 Inhibitor Palbociclib Alters the Lung Metastatic Niche and Increases Metastasis of Drug-Resistant Mammary Cancer Cells

March 22nd, 2023

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Program Overview

Mission Statement

To leverage mechanistic studies at Georgetown Lombardi to harness therapies for patients in our catchment area.

Specific Aims

Cancer Cell Biology Program members focus on two specific aims:

Aim 1: Understand therapeutic vulnerabilities within cancer-related genetic, epigenetic, and DNA damage response mechanisms
Aim 2: Elucidate druggable steps within cancer signal transduction networks

Program Leaders

Gary Kupfer, MD

David Robbins, PhD

Benjamin Tycko, MD, PhD

CCB Steering Committee

Program Leadership

David Robbins, PhD

COE Liaison

CRTEC Liaison

IIT Liaison

Drug Development Liaison

Program Resources

Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination

Drug Discovery and Development

Facilitating Translational Research (IIT)

Monthly Meeting Schedule

Full Members

Nagi Ayad, PhD, Professor, Oncology/GU
Robert A. Beckman, MD, Professor, Oncology, Dept. of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics/GU
Noa Biran, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine/Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Esther Braselmann, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chemistry/GU
Tinatin Brelidze, PhD, Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Physiology/GU
Stephen W. Byers, PhD, Professor, Oncology, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology/GU
Siva Dakshanamurthy, PhD, Professor, Oncology/GU
Kimberly Doucette, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine/GU
Albert J. Fornace, MD, Professor, Oncology, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology/GU
Martin Gutierrez, MD, Professor, Medicine/GU,
Cecil Han, PhD, Assistant Professor, Oncology
Derek Hanson, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics/CDI
Claudine Isaacs, MD, Professor, Medicine, Oncology/GU, MGUH
Usha Kasid, PhD, Professor, Radiation Medicine, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology/GU
Gary Kupfer, MD, Program Leader, Professor, Oncology, Pediatrics/GU
Evagelia Laiakis, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology, GU
Olivier Loudig, PhD, Associate Professor, Research/JTCC, Oncology/GU
Alvin Makoham-Moore, PhD, Assistant Professor/Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
John Marshall, MD, Professor, Medicine, Oncology/GU, MGUH

Sreejith Nair, PhD, Assistant Professor, Oncology/GU
Marcus Noel, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine/GU, Medical Oncologist/MGUH
Huadong Pei, PhD, Associate Professor, Oncology/GU
Anna Tate Riegel, PhD, Professor, Oncology, Pharmacology & Physiology/GU
Rebecca Riggins, PhD, Associate Professor, Oncology/GU
David J. Robbins, PhD, Program Leader, Professor, Oncology/GU
Rabindra Roy, PhD, Professor, Oncology/GU
Byungwoo Ryu, PhD, Associate Professor/Hackensack Meridian Medical School
Stefan Schieke, MD, Associate Professor, Dermatology/GU
Sandra Swain, MD, Professor, Medicine/GU
Ming Tan, PhD, Professor/Chair, Biostatistics/Dept. of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics/GU
Kevin Tong, PhD, Assistant Professor/Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Jeffrey Toretsky, MD, Professor, Oncology, Pediatrics/GU
Benjamin Tycko, MD, PhD, Program Leader, Professor, Research/JTCC, Oncology/GU
Keith Unger, MD, Professor, Radiation Medicine/GU
Aykut Üren, MD, Professor, Oncology, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology/GU
Todd Waldman, MD, PhD, Professor, Oncology/GU
Chunling Yi, PhD, Professor, Oncology/GU