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.
Kocherginsky, Masha
Professor
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Collaboration with multiple cancer investigators at the Lurie Cancer Center, and applies efficient statistical methods to study design and statistical data analysis in basic science and clinical resea... [more]
Komanduri, Srinadh
Professor
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Dr. Komanduri's research is focused in outcomes of advanced endoscopy (EUS and ERCP), Barrett's esophagus, and in endoscopic training and simulation.
Koralnik, Igor
Professor
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Role of the virome in Neurodegenerative diseases; impact of HIV infection and substance use disorder on the brain virome, neurologic manifestations on Long COVID, autoimmunity and biomarkers in Long C... [more]
Krensky, Alan M
Professor
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We study the role of RANTES, a chemokine, and granulysin, a proinflammatory molecule in health and diseases, including cancer, infection, transplantation and autoimmunity.
Kulik, Laura M.
Professor
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My major clinical research focus is on the therapy and diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. I work in a muliti-disciplinary medical/radiologic/surgical Liver Tumor clinic, and am involved ... [more]
Kulkarni, Swati
Professor
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Dr. Kulkarni has a strong interest and enthusiasm for translational and clinical research. Dr. Kulkarni’s scholarly contributions include publications on cyclooxegenase inhibitors, arachidonic acid ... [more]
Kume, Tsutomu
Professor
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For over a decade my research laboratory has focused on vascular formation and angiogenesis. A particular emphasis in my laboratory has recently been analysis of neovascularization in physiological an... [more]
Kumthekar, Priya U.
Associate Professor
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My interests include treating primary brain tumors such as gliomas and meningiomas. I also have a specific interest in metastatic disease to the brain from systemic cancers such as melanoma, lung and ... [more]
Kundu, Shilajit D.
Professor
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My research focuses on strategies to diagnose and characterize bladder cancer, novel strategies to characterized prostate cancer aggressiveness, and prospectively studying quality of life outcomes in ... [more]
Kuzel, Timothy M.
Clinical Professor
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I have focused my career on the design and execution of clinical trials with a specific focus on experimental therapeutics, especially phase I and phase II therapeutics rationally designed to exploit ... [more]