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.
Perlman, Elizabeth
Professor
Bio
Dr. Elizabeth Perlman is a clinician scientist whose predominant clinical role is to serve as the central pathology reviewer for the Children's Oncology Group Renal Tumor Committee. In this capac... [more]
Perlman, Harris
Professor
Bio
I am Chief of Rheumatology and Director of the Lurie Cancer Center Flow Cytometry Core Facility. I have over 23 years of experience using flow cytometry and have published over 30 related manuscripts ... [more]
Peter, Marcus
Professor
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Dr. Peter has been working in the apoptosis and death receptor field for 19 years. His initial work in 1995 described the first multiprotein complex in apoptosis, the CD95 death-inducing signaling com... [more]
Petersen, Christian
Associate Professor
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My research focuses on the remarkable ability possessed by select animal species such as planarians, hydra, and salamanders, to regenerate missing parts after injury. There is a great medical interest... [more]
Pfammatter, Angela
Adjunct Associate Professor
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Dr. Pfammatter is a Licensed Clinical Health Psychologist interests centered around exploring the optimization of multiple health behavior change to treat and prevent chronic conditions such as obesit... [more]
Pham, Thao
Research Assistant Professor
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I am interested in understanding how the interactions between cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment determine therapeutic responses, and the lack thereof, in pancreatic cancer. I have previously... [more]
Phillips, Siobhan
Associate Professor
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Research interests include: understanding the biopsychosocial mechanisms underlying the relationship between physical activity and health and disease outcomes; identifying the determinants of physical... [more]
Pinkett, Heather W.
Associate Professor
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I am currently investigating how pathogenic organisms recognize and circumvent the host innate immune response; a mechanism crucial to the evolution of antimicrobial peptide (AMP) resis... [more]
Plant, Ashley
Associate Professor
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My research is focused on understanding the immune microenvironment of pediatric brain tumors and the role of immunotherapy in the treatment of pediatric brain tumors.
Platanias, Leonidas C.
Professor
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Dr. Platanias' laboratory is focused on studying abnormalities in signal transduction pathways in malignant myeloid cells. The ultimate goal of the work in Dr. Platanias' laboratory is to identify int... [more]