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.
Kaiser, Karen
Research Associate Professor
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Throughout my research I apply a social ecological framework to examine individual, interpersonal, organizational, social, and policy influences on cancer behaviors and outcomes. I am particularly int... [more]
Kalapurakal, John A.
Professor
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Wilms tumor radiation
Kalyan, Aparna
Associate Professor
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My primary research focus is in early drug development in gastrointestinal malignancies. With a paradigm shift towards immunotherapy, my research is aimed at developing new and novel mechanisms of del... [more]
Kamat, Neha
Associate Professor
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We study the role of membrane biophysical properties in membrane protein folding and function and how these features can be manipulated in cells and lipid nanoparticles to design cancer therapies. We ... [more]
Kamp, David
Professor
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The goal of our research is to determine the mechanisms underlying asbestos-induced alveolar epithelial cell (AEC) injury. Accumulating evidence strongly implicate a key role of AEC apoptosi... [more]
Karmali, Reem
Associate Professor
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My research focuses on associations between disorders of energy metabolism and lymphoma pathogenesis. Specifically, my research has been driven by the hypothesis that cachexia is a metabolically and ... [more]
Kath, William
Professor
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I am an applied mathematician who has worked for a number of years in the field of computational neuroscience, creating detailed computational models of dynamical activity in neurons and neuronal circ... [more]
Kelleher, Neil
Professor
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Natural Products Discovery and Biosynthesis, Top Down Mass Spectrometry, and Epiproteomics.
Kelley, Shana
Professor
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Our research group works at the interface of Chemistry, Biology, Engineering and Medicine to develop new technologies for therapeutic discovery and development as well as new diagnostic approaches. U... [more]
Kessler, John
Professor
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Growth Factors, Cytokines and Neurogenesis, BMP Signaling, and Transdisciplinary Approaches to Developmental Neurobiology