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.
Lenzen, Alicia
Assistant Professor
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I am an advanced fellowship trained, clinical and translational investigator in pediatric neuro-oncology. My research endeavors are centered in the pediatric neuro-oncology program at Ann & Rober... [more]
Leonard, Joshua
Associate Professor
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My research group works at the interface of systems biology and synthetic biology in order to probe and program the function of complex, multicellular systems to develop transformative biotechnologies... [more]
Lesniak, Maciej (Matt) S
Professor
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My clinical and research interests focus on neurosurgical management of patients with brain and spinal cord tumors.
Lewandowski, Robert J.
Professor
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I have collaborated in many pre-clinical and clinical research projects and published regularly on preclinical studies including the rabbit and rat tumor models, embolization procedures, and ... [more]
Lewis-Thames, Marquita
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Lewis-Thames is a health behavior and health promotion researcher with experience in using community-based approaches to examine individual- and community-level determinants of health that improve... [more]
Li, Liming
Associate Professor
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Prion proteins are capable of existing in multiple stable conformations, at least one of which is infectious. It is generally accepted that prion (PrPSc) is the responsible agent for the devastating n... [more]
Li, Loretta
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Loretta Li is a pediatric oncologist who specializes in hematologic malignancies at Lurie Children's Hospital / Northwestern University. She is interested in the development of more-targ... [more]
Li, Xiao-Nan
Professor
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My goal is to develop humanized PDOX models to test new immunotherapies against pediatric malignant brain tumors and to understand the molecular biology that mediate the response and resistance of new... [more]
Lin, Adam
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Lin is a hematologist and oncologist with a clinical focus on lymphoma, cellular therapies, and stem cell transplantation. He has extensive background in nanotechnology, biomaterials to bridge the... [more]
Lin, Kai
Research Associate Professor
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My research focused on cardiovascular imaging. Currently, I am working on a project to protect cancer therapy-induced cardiotoxicity using Bromocriptine.