Cancer Biology

Hema Adhikari, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: hema.adhikari@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Cancer Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Key words

Luis Batista, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: lbatista@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Understanding the role of DNA damage and RNA degradation during tissue homeostasis, regeneration, aging, and cancer
Key words
DNA damage; DNA repair; Telomerase; Stem cell biology; Cancer; Aging

Carmen Bergom, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: cbergom@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Identification of new targets to improve tumor radiation effectiveness and to protect normal tissues such as the heart from radiation injury
Key words

Kendall Blumer, PhD
Professor
- Email: kblumer@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Tumor cell biology, signal transduction, and drug development
Key words
cancer, signal transduction, molecular pharmacology, autophagy, metabolism, drug development

Kelly Bolton, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: bolton@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Computational and Systems Biology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
The interplay between inherited genetic variation, environmental factors, and acquired mutations in shaping the earliest stages of carcinogenesis
Key words
cancer, genetics, computational biology, genetic epidemiology

Ron Bose, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: rbose@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Genomics and Cell Signaling in Breast Cancer
Key words
cancer, genomics, organoids, 3D culture, receptor tyrosine kinase, signal transduction, next-generation sequencing, targeted therapy of cancer

Nicole Brossier, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: nbrossier@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Research summary
We are interested in the neurodevelopmental and environmental factors that affect the risk of brain tumor development and cognitive impairment in children.
Key words
pediatric, glioma, obesity, neurofibromatosis, neurodevelopment

Laura Campisi, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: campisi@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
We study the antigen specificity and function of CD8 T cells in the context of neurodegeneration and cancer
Key words
T cells, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, antigen specificity, cancer

Yin Cao, ScD, MPH
Associate Professor
- Email: yin.cao@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Novel genetic, microbial, and lifestyle risk factors for lung and gastrointestinal cancers leveraging large-scale clinical and population-based cohorts with deep genomic and phenotypic data
Key words
Systems and translational cancer epidemiology, microbiome, inflammation and immune-metabolic networks

Grant Challen, PhD
Professor
- Email: grantchallen@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Understanding the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that regulate normal and leukemic stem cells
Key words
Hematopoietic stem cells, Leukemia stem cells, Epigenetic modifications