Current Members

Departments / Cancer Biology / Breast Cancer Research Program / Current Members

Jiajie Diao (Cancer Biology/COM)
New molecular probes and super-resolution assays for quantitative analysis of sub-cellular dynamics

Yanbo Fan (Cancer Biology/COM) Roles of TFEB and autophagy in tumor angiogenesis and breast cancer

Joan Garrett (College of Pharmacy) HER family signaling in breast cancer and resistance to targeted therapeutics

Ken Greis (Cancer Biology/COM) Mass spectrometry-based technologies to understand cellular and disease mechanisms

Jun-Lin Guan (Cancer Biology/COM) Fundamental principles of cell signaling in breast cancer and other disease processes

In-Kwon Kim (Chemistry/Biochemistry/A&S) Mechanism, function, and drug discovery in ADP-ribosylation metabolism

Nalinikanth Kotagiri (College of Pharmacy) Engineered microbiota and radiopharmaceuticals for cancer detection and treatment

Joo-Youp Lee (Chemical & Environmental Engineering/CEAS) Gene and drug delivery systems for cancer therapeutics

Elyse Lower (Heme and Onc/COM) Identification of novel biomarkers for breast cancer metastasis and recurrence

Nicolas Nassar (CCHMC) Development of small molecule inhibitors of Rac-GTPases to block tumor growth and metastasis

Susan Pinney (Environmental Health/COM) Risk factors, etiology and Breast Cancer Registry of Greater Cincinnati

David Plas (Cancer Biology/COM) Oncogenic effects of the S6 and TAM Kinases in tumor metabolism and apoptosis resistance

Lisa Privette-Vinnedge (CCHMC)
Role of the chromatin remodeling DEK protein in mammary gland biology and breast cancer

Elizabeth Shaughnessy (Surgery/COM) Papillomas, microbiome and their potential link to the higher incidence of breast cancer in the region

Susan Waltz (Cancer Biology/COM) Mechanisms of growth factor and receptor tyrosine kinase in hormonally regulated cancers

Chenran Wang (Cancer Biology/COM) Mechanisms of breast cancer brain metastasis and the role of glial autophage

Georg F. Weber (College of Pharmacy) Molecular mechanisms of cancer progression and the development of biomarkers

Syn Yeo (Cancer Biology/COM) The role of FIP200 and autophagy in breast cancer and intra-tumoral heterogeneity

Xiaoting Zhang (Cancer Biology/COM) Overcoming breast cancer metastasis and endocrine resistance by RNA nanotherapeutics

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Department of Cancer Biology

Vontz Center for Molecular Studies
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PO Box 670521
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0521