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.
Thaxton, C. Shad
Associate Professor
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The challenge of bio-nanotechnology and the focus of our lab is to control the synthesis of structures that naturally interface with biological systems to develop exquisitely targeted, practical, safe... [more]
Thomas, Tarita
Associate Professor
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My research interests involve helping to improve treatment paradigms for patients suffering from brain and thoracic tumors. I participate in clinical trials looking to either augment current treatmen... [more]
Thomson, Regan J
Professor
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Cell and Molecular Immunology and Cardiovascular Disease
Thorp, Edward
Professor
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My laboratory examines the cell and molecular biology of inflammation and its resolution, which are key disease contributing factors in the tumor microenvironment. Although most of our in vivo tests p... [more]
Thumbikat, Praveen
Professor
Titos Vivancos, Iris
Assistant Professor
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One of the goals of our lab is to understand sleep regulation. Sleep and cancer are intertwined in a bi-directional relationship. Sleep disorders are a risk factor to developing particular types of ca... [more]
Tong, Xin
Research Assistant Professor
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I am interested in signal transduction in cancer biology, development of new strategies for cancer prevention and identification of novel targets for better treatment. Currently my studies are focused... [more]
Tran, Betty
Associate Professor
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I am an Associate Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University and the Co-Founder of the Multidisciplinary Lung Nodule Program. As a clinician, I specialize in the management of pulmonary nodules ... [more]
Troyanovsky, Sergey
Professor
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Dr. Troyanovsky’s research focuses on cadherin, intercellular, adhesion, and signaling. Classic cadherins are critical proteins mediating cell-cell adhesion and various signaling pathways responsib... [more]
Tyo, Keith
Associate Professor
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Our lab seeks to rewire these fundamental input/output relationships to program cells to do useful things for mankind in a paradigm called synthetic biology.