Tumor Cell Biology: Carcinogenesis Training Program
The Carcinogenesis Training Program, funded by an Institutional National Research Award (NRSA) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI T32 CA009560), provides comprehensive research training to 8 predoctoral students per year in cancer biology. The program serves as a focus for interdisciplinary interactions among students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty in tumor biology with special strengths in signal transduction, adhesion, motility and angiogenesis, viral carcinogenesis, tumor therapy, translational studies, chemoprevention and a growing program in cancer genetics. Candidates for funding in this Training Program come from the pool of second year graduate students matriculated into either the Integrated Graduate Program (IGP) at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine or the Interdepartmental Biological Sciences Program (IBiS) in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, rather than departmental Ph.D. programs. Applications, consisting of a letter of nomination from thesis advisor, graduate school performance evaluations and undergraduate academic transcript, are reviewed by the Program's Steering Committee in the spring of each year for fall admission. The Program makes every effort to attract students from diverse racial/ethnic, economic and other disadvantaged backgrounds. The preceptors represent 15 Northwestern University departments and divisions, reflecting the breadth of training opportunities. Graduates of the program go on to pursue outstanding postdoctoral positions, and the majority ultimately obtain positions in cancer research in academia or the commercial sector.
Program Directors:
Program Director: Kathleen Green, PhD., Professor, Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Program Preceptors:
| Raymond Bergan, MD Associate Professor Department of Medicine Prostate cancer metastasis |
Navdeep Chandel, PhD. Associate Professor Department of Medicine Mitochondria signaling and cancer |
Chongui Cheng, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Alternative RNA splicing and cancer |
| John Crispino, PhD Associate Professor Department of Medicine Normal and malignant blood cell development |
Vincent Cryns, MD Associate Professor Department of Medicine Caspase signaling in cancer |
Elizabeth Eklund, MD Professor Department of Medicine Molecular mechanisms of hematopoiesis |
| Cara Gottardi, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Regulation of -catenin-dependent signaling and adhesion |
Kathleen Green, PhD Professor Department of Pathology Function and regulation of intercellular junctions in tumor progression |
Sui Huang, PhD Associate Professor Department of Cell and Molecular Biology Perinucleolar compartment and cancer |
| Khashayarsah Khazaie, PhD, DSc Associate Professor Department of Medicine Immune Evasion and Inflammation in Cancer |
Hiroaki Kiyokawa, PhD Professor Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry Cell cycle regulation in differentiation and tumor progression |
Carol LaBonne, PhD Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology Mechanisms of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition |
| Jonathan Leis, PhD Professor Department of Microbiology-Immunology Mechansisms of retrovirus replication |
Jonathan Licht, MD Professor Department of Medicine Transcription factors and cancer development |
Richard Longnecker, PhD Professor Department of Microbiology-Immunology Epstein-Barr virus and hematopoietic cancers |
| William Miller, PhD Professor Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering In vitro expansion of hematopoietic cell lineages |
Richard Morimoto, PhD Professor Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology Protein misfolding and cancer |
Thomas O'Halloran, PhD Professor Department of Chemistry Metalloregulatory proteins |
| Jill C. Pelling, PhD Professor Department of Pathology Molecular mechanisms of chemoprevention |
Leonidas Platanias, MD, PhD Professor Department of Medicine Cytokines and signal transduction pathways |
Janardan Reddy, MD Professor Department of Pathology Chemical carcinogenesis |
| Steven Rosen, MD Professor Department of Medicine Novel therapies for hematologic malignancies |
Paul Stein, PhD Associate Professor Department of Dermatology Src-family kinases and oncogenesis |
Olga Volpert, PhD Associate Professor Department of Urology Mechanisms of angiogenesis inhibitors |
| Gayle Woloschak, PhD Professor Department of Radiology Nanocomposites; radiation sensitivity |
Teresa Woodruff, PhD Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Regulation of ovarian follicle growth; ovarian cancer |
Ming Zhang, PhD Associate Professor Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry Tumor suppressors in development and cancer |
Pre-doctoral applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents and must first apply to IGP or IBiS graduate programs.
For additional information about the Carcinogenesis Training Program, contact Dr. Kathleen Green at kgreen@northwestern.edu.
