Cancer Cell Biology Program
Recent Program News
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
CCB Steering Committee
Program Leadership
Program Resources
Full Members
- Nagi Ayad, PhD, Professor, Oncology/GU
- Robert A. Beckman, MD, Professor, Oncology, Dept. of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics/GU
- Noa Biran, MD, Attending Physician, Medicine/JTCC
- 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
- Ruzong Fan, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biomathematics/GU
- Albert J. Fornace, MD, Professor, Oncology, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology/GU
- Martin Gutierrez, MD, Attending Physician/JTCC
- 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, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology, GU
- Jan LaRocque, PhD, Associate Professor, Human Science/GU
- Paul Leger, MD, MPH, Medical Oncologist/MGUH
- Olivier Loudig, PhD, Associate Professor, Research/JTCC, Oncology/GU
- Alvin Makoham-Moore, PhD, Assistant Professor/JTCC
- John Marshall, MD, Professor, Medicine, Oncology/GU, MGUH
- Sreejith Nair, PhD, Assistant Professor, Molecular 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 Scientist, Research/JTCC, Oncology/GU
- Ayesha Shajahan-Haq, PhD, Assistant Professor, Oncology/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/JTCC
- Jeffrey Toretsky, MD, Professor, Oncology, Pediatrics/GU
- Benjamin Tycko, MD, PhD, Professor, Research/JTCC, Oncology/GU
- Aykut Uren, MD, Professor, Oncology, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology/GU
- Todd Waldman, MD, PhD, Professor, Oncology/GU
- Chunling Yi, PhD, Associate Professor, Oncology/GU
Affiliate Members
- Seema Agarwal, PhD
- Peter Ahn, MD
- Chris Albanese, PhD
- Partha Banerjee, PhD
- Sosipatros Boikos, MD
- Esther Braselmann, PhD
- Claire Carter, PhD
- Esther Harford Chang, PhD
- Elliott Crooke, PhD
- Bruce Davidson, MD
- Nancy Dawson, MD
- Daniel Djakiew, PhD
- Anatoly Dritschilo, MD
- Martin Dym, PhD
- Stanley Fricke, PhD
- Eric Glasgow, PhD
- Robert Glazer, PhD
- Samuel Goldlust, MD
- Brent Harris, MD, PhD
- K. William Harter, MD
- Chukwuemeka Ihemelandu, MD
- Michael Johnson, PhD
- Jessica Jones, PhD
- Timothy Jorgensen, PhD
- Mira Jung, PhD
- Craig Kessler, MD
- Puja Gaur Khaitan, MD
- Joanna Kitlinska, PhD
- Valeriy Korstyshevskiy, PhD
- Ryan McAllister, PhD
- Steven Metallo, PhD
- Philip Miller, PhD
- Hiroshi Nakai, PhD
- Vicente Notario, PhD
- Kathleen Pirollo, PhD
- Olga Rodriguez, MD, PhD
- Richard C. Schlegel, MD, PhD
- Keith Unger, MD