Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University - Clinical Oncology Training Grant

Introduction   |   Program Overview   |   Program Directors   |   Laboratory Preceptors  

Clinical Oncology Training Grant

The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University is an NCI-funded cancer center. The Clinical Oncology Research Training Program at the Cancer Center enables four postdoctoral fellows per year to receive state-of-the-art training in one of five areas:

  1. viral oncogenesis
  2. tumor invasion, metastasis and angiogenesis
  3. hormones and signal transduction in cancer
  4. cancer genes and molecular regulation
  5. cancer biology

Trainees have the opportunity to carry out laboratory research as well as to explore the applied relevance of their research. The laboratory preceptors of this program are well established investigators with NIH funded research programs. A structured educational curriculum, clinical rotations and seminar series complement the laboratory training.

Program Overview:

The Clinical Oncology Research Training Program of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center offers two years of laboratory research through the adult or pediatric Divisions of Hematology/Oncology. Second or third year fellows enrolled in accredited programs in adult or pediatric hematology/oncology interested in laboratory research can apply to the Cancer Center’s NCI-funded training program, the Clinical Oncology Research Training Program. Both a basic science faculty member and a clinical science mentor supervise fellows selected into the program. The curriculum includes:

  • Laboratory research (75% effort)
  • Coursework in cancer research
  • Clinical conferences
  • Biweekly Oncology Research Journal Club
  • Monthly meeting with laboratory mentor
  • Annual translational research retreat
  • Annual research presentation
  • Tumor Cell Biology Seminar Series
  • Outpatient clinic one day per week

Program Directors

Program Director: Steven T. Rosen, M.D., Professor and Director, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Program Co-Director: Leo Gordon, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Program Co-Director: David Walterhouse, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Administrative Director: Robin Leikin, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center

Laboratory Preceptors

Fellows select a laboratory research mentor from the following faculty listed by their Cancer Center program affiliation:

Cancer Genes and Molecular Regulation
John Crispino, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Eklund, M.D.
Robert Holmgren, Ph.D.
Philip Iannaccone, M.D., Ph.D.
Jonathan Licht, M.D.
Boris Pasche, M.D., Ph.D.
Elizabeth Perlman, M.D.
Steven Rosen, M.D.
Tumor Invasion, Metastasis and Angiogenesis
Raymond Bergan, M.D.
Robert Goldman, Ph.D.
Kathleen Green, Ph.D.
Mary Hendrix, Ph.D.
Jonathan Jones, Ph.D.
Cancer Cell Biology
Richard Morimoto, Ph.D.
Janardan Reddy, M.D.
Vincent Cryns, M.D.
Hiroaki Kiyokawa, Ph.D.
Hormones and Signal Transduction in Cancer
J. Larry Jameson, M.D., Ph.D.
Chung Lee, Ph.D.
Jill Pelling, Ph.D.
Leonidas Platanias, M.D., Ph.D.
Teresa Woodruff, Ph.D.
Viral Oncogenesis
Laimonis Laimins, Ph.D.
Jonathan Leis, Ph.D.
Richard Longnecker, Ph.D.
Kathleen Rundell, Ph.D.

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