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.
Walterhouse, David O.
Professor
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As a member of the soft tissue sarcoma committee of the Children's Oncology Group (COG), my primary clinical research interest lies in the area of clinical trials for pediatric patients... [more]
Walunas, Theresa
Associate Professor
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My goal is to improve health for people with autoimmune disease, using immunological, genomics, informatics and implementation science methods to study the development of autoimmunity. My research foc... [more]
Walz, Amy
Assistant Professor
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My clinical focus centers on the treatment of pediatric solid tumor patients, including those with renal tumors, liver tumors, germ cell tumors, and sarcomas. Through my work with the Children's ... [more]
Wang, Chyung-Ru
Professor
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My research focuses on the immune function of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class Ib molecules in normal and diseased states. My lab is interested in understanding how MHC class Ib-restricted... [more]
Wang, Ji-Ping
Professor
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My research interest centers around statistical applications in bioinformatics and computational biology. I am actively engaged in developing advanced statistical and machine learning methods and tool... [more]
Wang, Lilian C.
Associate Professor
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Breast cancer research, with specific interest in Breast MRI. Current projects include a study regarding the effect of oral tamoxifen on background MR enhancement and mammographic breast density in pa... [more]
Wang, Lu
Assistant Professor
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The recent genome-wide sequencing analysis have identified a series of novel somatic genetic alterations in patients with relevance to pathogenesis, prognostication, and therapy. Notably, these includ... [more]
Wang, Xiaozhong
Professor
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Genetic manipulations in mouse embryonic cells provide a very useful platform to unveil in vivo functions of human genes, particularly for those health-related genes such as cancers. The Wang labor... [more]
Wayne, Jeffrey
Professor
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Dr. Wayne is interested in studying the optimal multimodality treatment strategies for melanoma, soft tissue sarcoma and tumors of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Dr. Wayne also has an interest in s... [more]
Wei, Jian-Jun
Professor
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My research interests focus on the histological and phenotypical interpretation of human cancer. As a physician scientist trained in gynecological pathology, my research goal is to discover and develo... [more]