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.
Gao, Juehua
Associate Professor
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My research focus is on molecular biomarkers that provide diagnostic and prognostic value in leukemia and lymphoma. I am also interested in the development of sensitive and accurate molecular tests to... [more]
Gao, Peng
Research Assistant Professor
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Identification, semi-quantification and quantification of primary and secondary metabolites from biological samples such as cultured cells, tissues and body fluids. Preclinical and clinical cancer res... [more]
Gao, Ruli
Assistant Professor
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The research projects in my lab are centered around developing and applying single cell long-read sequencing technologies and computational algorithms onto patient tumors to delineate the tumorigenic ... [more]
Garcia, Sofia
Associate Professor
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Dr. Garcia's ongoing research includes evaluations of electronic health record-integrated cancer survivorship care plans and patient-reported distress screening, psychosocial oncology supportive care ... [more]
Garcia-Anoveros, Jaime
Professor
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Development of cochlear outer vs inner hair cells, auditory nociception, hyperacusis, hair cell degeneration and hearing loss, sensory organ development, function and degeneration, specialized lysosom... [more]
Gelfand, Vladimir
Professor
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Cytoskeleton, motor proteins, cell movement, microtubules, actin, kinesin, dynein, myosin, neurodegenerative diseases.
George, Jr., Alfred L
Professor
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Understanding the mechanisms by which ion channel mutations cause a variety of inherited disorders of membrane excitability including congenital cardiac arrhythmia susceptibility and epilepsy. These b... [more]
Gerami, Pedram
Professor
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My research lab has extensive experience in performing fluorescence in situ hybridization on formalin fixed paraffin embedded specimens as well as mutational analysis. As a result of some of our recen... [more]
Gershon, Richard
Professor
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Expertise in advancing the use of technology for increasing the impact and reach of psychometrically robust health measurements.
Gharzai, Laila
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Laila Gharzai is a radiation oncologist and investigator. Her academic goal is to advance cancer care while minimizing both short- and long-term side effects from treatment, spanning from physical... [more]