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.
Silverman, Richard
Professor
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The primary focus in Silverman's laboratory is basic research into central nervous system disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, cerebral palsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, addiction, and epil... [more]
Simon, Melissa
Professor
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Dr. Simon's primary research interests are aimed at promoting health equity and eliminating health disparities among low income, medically underserved women across the lifespan. Integrating health ser... [more]
Singhal, Seema
Professor
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Myeloma, Transplantation
Siziopikou, Kalliopi P.
Professor
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Dr. Siziopikou's subspecialty focus is on breast tumor markers and molecular diagnostics in breast cancer. Her research interests center around molecular markers of prognostic and predictive sign... [more]
Smith, Greg
Professor
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Our laboratory studies the neuroinvasive herpesviruses with a focus on the molecular mechanisms by which these pathogens propagate and disseminate within the nervous system. We use a combination of li... [more]
Sokol, Elizabeth
Assistant Professor
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My contributions to medicine at this time have involved optimization of risk classification in patients with neuroblastoma. I was involved in a study looking at the methods of scoring MIBG scans and q... [more]
Sonabend, Adam
Associate Professor
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Dr Sonabend's research focuses on Topoisomerase II-mediated transcriptional regulation in gliomas, and personalized use of TOP2- targeting chemotherapy to treat malignant brain cancer. He is also... [more]
Song, Chisu
Research Assistant Professor
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The main focus of my research is to investigate contributions of APOBEC3-mediated mutations in human cancer especially in non-AIDS defining cancer. Recently it has been well documented that more than ... [more]
Sosa-Pineda, Beatriz
Professor
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal forms of cancer, with a 5-year survival rate of less than 5%. In my lab we use mouse models of the disease and primary cultures from t... [more]
Sosman, Jeffrey
Professor
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I am a clinical investigator vested in the immune-based and targeted therapy of melanoma. I have played a role in the clinical development of the immune checkpoint inhibitors. I am involved in effort... [more]