Training Program in Clinical Oncology Research
Program Overview:
The Clinical Oncology Research Training Program of the Lurie Cancer Center offers two years
of mentored laboratory research training to complement the training of fellows enrolled in the Feinberg School of Medicine's
fellowship programs in adult or pediatric hematology/oncology. Both a basic science faculty member and a clinician supervise
fellows selected into this NCI-funded program. The curriculum includes:
- Laboratory research
- Clinical multidisciplinary conferences
- Coursework in cancer biology & writing
- Biweekly journal club in cancer research
- Career development sessions
- Annual research presentation
- Tumor Cell Biology Seminar Series
- Outpatient clinic one day per week
- Presentation at national meeting
Program Directors:
Program Director: Steven T. Rosen, MD, Professor and Director, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Program Co-Director: Jonathan Licht, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Program Co-Director: Seth Corey, MD Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Administrative Director: Robin Leikin, PhD, Scientific Program Director, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Participating Faculty Mentors:
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Raymond Bergan, MD
Associate Professor Prostate cancer cell metastasis |
Charles Clevenger, MD, PhD Professor Department of Pathology Prolactin receptor and breast cancer |
Seth Corey, MD Professor Department of Pediatrics Molecular mechanisms of hematopoiesis |
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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 apoptosis |
Elizabeth Eklund, MD Professor Department of Medicine Molecular mechanisms of hematopoiesis |
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Kathleen Green, PhD Professor Dept of Pathology Cell adhesion molecules |
Mary Hendrix, PhD Professor and Director Children's Memorial Research Center Role of microenvironment in cancer |
Khashayarsha Khazaie, PhD, DSc Associate Professor Department of Medicine Tumor-immune cell interactions and colon cancer |
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Hiroaki Kiyokawa, MD, PhD Professor Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Biological Chemistry Cell cycle and carcinogenesis |
Chung Lee, PhD Professor Department of Urology Immune responses and prostate cancer |
Jonathan Licht, MD Professor Department of Medicine Transcription factors & heme malignancies |
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Richard Longnecker, PhD Professor Department of Microbiology-Immunology Biology of Epstein-Barr virus and cancer |
Hidayatullah Munshi, MD Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Tumor cell invasion and metastasis |
Elizabeth Perlman, MD Professor Department of Pathology Molecular classification of pediatric tumors |
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Jill C. Pelling, PhD Professor Department of Pathology Signal transduction pathways in UV response |
Leonidas Platanias, MD, PhDM Professor Department of Medicine Signal transduction molecules |
Steven Rosen, MD Professor and Director Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Signal transduction in cancer therapies |
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Paul Schumacker, PhD Professor Department of Pediatrics Response to hypoxia in cancer cells |
Teresa Woodruff, PhD Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Inhibin and ovarian cancer |
Ming Zhang, PhD Associate Professor Dept of Molecular Pharm & Biological Chem Molecular mechanisms of cancer metastasis |
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Debabrata (Debu) Chakravarti, PhD Associate Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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