Lurie Cancer Center Members
Membership in the Lurie Cancer Center is based on the investigator's cancer research focus and scholarly activity. A program assignment recommendation is made by the Executive Committee with final approval issued by the cancer center's director. Full members are assigned to a program in the Basic Science Research Division, the Clinical Science Research Division or the Cancer Prevention & Control Research Division. All members are welcome and encouraged to participate in any educational activities initiated by the Lurie Cancer Center.
Naghavi, Mojgan
Professor
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Our research focuses on infection by Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1), a retrovirus and causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In addition to supp... [more]
Nezami, Behtash
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Nezami is a pathologist subspecialized in genitourinary pathology and molecular genetic pathology. He received his residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology at Case Western Reserve Uni... [more]
Nguyen, Cuong
Assistant Professor
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Evaluating the clinicopathologic features of cancer-related treatment adverse events including oncodermatologic drug reactions and graft-versus-host disease.
Nguyen, SonBinh
Professor
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Professor Nguyen's research encompasses three divisions in chemical science: inorganic/organometallic chemistry, organic synthesis, and polymer science. He is also interested in environmental friendly... [more]
Numan, Yazan
Clinical Assistant Professor
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Dr. Numan, functioning as the Medical Director of Clinical Research, Northwestern Medicine South Region, has extended the clinical trial platform of the Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center to the southern C... [more]
Odom, Teri
Professor
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Professor Odom's group focuses on designing structured nanoscale materials with exceptional properties. We make precious metals more precious by tuning the size and shape of noble metals at the nanosc... [more]
Oliver, Guillermo
Professor
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Dr. Oliver is interested in understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling organogenesis, with a particular focus on the brain and lymphatic vasculature. His laboratory focus includes... [more]
Opal, Puneet
Professor
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As a physician-scientist, I specialize in movement disorders. I established and currently direct Northwestern's Denning Ataxia Clinic, where my interactions with patients fuel my laboratory'... [more]
Owen, Benjamin
Research Associate Professor
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The Northwestern University (NU) Integrated Molecular Structure Education and Research Center (IMSERC) was established to educate NU students and researchers to be scientific leade... [more]
Ozdinler, P. Hande
Associate Professor
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I am interested in genes, canonical pathways and networks that are selectively altered in vulnerable neuron populations in diseases. Our current findings reveal a very close, and at times an inverse r... [more]