Molecular & Cellular Oncology Faculty & Staff
Faculty
Dihua Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Hubert L. & Olive Stringer Distinguished Chair in Basic Science
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Research Interests: Brain metastasis, tumor immune microenvironment, targeted- and immuno-therapies, breast cancer immunoprevention
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Laura Beretta, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Research Interests: Liver Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Microbiome, Lipid Metabolism
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Paul Chiao, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Research Interests: Apoptosis and metastasis of pancreatic cancer, signaling pathways of NF-kappaB and Polo-like kinases
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Min Gyu Lee, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Research Interests: Epigenetic Modifiers, Tumorigenesis & Metastasis, Tumor Suppression & Inhibition
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Chunru Lin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Research Interests: Tumor Microenvironment, Cancer Metabolism, Immunotherapy
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Yuan-Hung Lo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Research Interest: 3D Organoid Models, Tumor Heterogeneity, Gastrointestinal Stem Cells, Tumorigenesis Targeted Therapies and Cancer Prevention
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Honami Naora, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Research Interests: Immune & Non-Immune Cell Dynamics in Metastasis, Inflammatory Signaling, Cellular Reprogramming
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Min Sup Song, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Research Interests: PTEN Biology, Tumor Metabolism, Symbiosis & Cancer
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John Tainer, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Research Interests: DNA Repair–replication-transcription Interface, Synthetic Lethality, Structure-based Inhibitor Design
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Liuqing Yang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Research Interests: Long Noncoding RNA, Cancer Signaling Pathway, Tumor Immune Microenvironment
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Haoqiang Ying, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Research Interests: Cancer Genetics, Cancer Metabolism, Genetically Engineered Mouse Models, Pancreatic Cancer, Soft Tissue Sarcoma
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Research Faculty
Zamal Ahmed, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. John Tainer
Jie Fu, Ph.D.
Instructor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Min Gyu Lee
Suet Ying Kwan, Ph.D.
Instructor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Laura Beretta
Won Jae Lee, Ph.D.
Instructor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Honami Naora
Mi Kyung Park, Ph.D.
Instructor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Min Sup Song
Yutong Sun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Dihua Yu
Chi-Lin Tsai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. John Tainer
Yongkun Wei, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular & Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Dihua Yu (HY)
Yi Xiao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Dihua Yu
Jun Yao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Dihua Yu
Xiangliang Yuan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Dihua Yu
Arseniy Yuzhalin, Ph.D.
Instructor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lin Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Dihua Yu
Research Staff
Hironari Akasaka, Ph.D.
Research Scientist of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Honami Naora
Tiffany L Calderone, M.B. (ASCP)
Research Lab Manager of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Laura Beretta
Chien-Chia Cheng, Ph.D.
Research Scientist of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Dihua Yu
Yimin Duan, Ph.D.
Research Scientist of Molecular and Cellular Oncology (effective 9/1/2024)
Lab: Dr. Dihua Yu
Zhenbo Han, M.D., M.S., Ph.D.
Supv, Laboratory & Research of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Dihua Yu
Weidong Wade Jin, M.S.
Coordinator, Research Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Dihua Yu
Todd Link, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. John Tainer
Davide Moiani, M.B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist of
Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. John Tainer
Michael A Longo, Ph.D.
Research Scientist of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. John Tainer
Sarita Namjoshi, M.S.
Senior Research Assistant of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. John Tainer
Tina K Nguyen, B.S.
Research Assistant II of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Drs. Chunru Lin/Liuqing Yang
Dean Pan, B.A.
Research Technician of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Haoqiang Ying
Qing Liu, Ph.D.
Research Investigator of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Yuan-Hung Lo
Shannon Roberts, B.S.
Research Assistant II of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. John Tainer
Yohei Saito, Ph.D.
Research Scientist of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Lab: Dr. Dihua Yu
Joint and Adjunct Faculty
Joint Faculty
Gan, Boyi, Ph.D.
Lee Ellis, M.D., Ph.D.
Don Lynn Gibbons, M.D., Ph.D.
Vidya Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D.
Stephen Yenzen Lai, M.D., Ph.D.
Jinsong Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty
Zhao Wang, Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine)
Postdoctoral Fellows
Maria Centomo, Ph.D.
Mentor: Dr. Song
Naga (Bob) Chinnam, Ph.D.
Mentor: Dr. Tainer
Jian Gao, Ph.D.
Mentor: Dr. Lin
Zhou Jiang, Ph.D.
Mentor: Dr. Lin
Ching-Fei Li, Ph.D.
Mentor: Dr. Ying
Yunhai Li, M.D.
Mentor: Dr. Yu
Min Liu, Ph.D.
Mentor: Dr. Tainer
Minghui Liu, Ph.D.
Mentor: Dr. Ying
Zilong Zhao, Ph.D.
Mentor: Dr. Lin
Graduate Students
Yiming Cai
Mentor: Dr. Ying
Hao-Nien Chen
Mentor: Dr. Yu
Ahmed Emam
Mentor: Dr. Tainer
Pengju Gong
Mentor: Dr. Yang
Lisa Huang
Mentor: Dr. Yang
Phuoc Nguyen
Mentor: Dr. Ying
Runze Shen
Mentor: Dr. Tainer
Shao-Ping (Emily) Yang
Mentor: Dr. Yu
Administrative Staff (713-792-7477)
Patricia G. Lopez
Department Administrator
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Sherron E Carouthers
Senior Administrative Assistant
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Jeng Cheng, Ph.D.
Associated Director Research Planning and Development
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Deborah Henson
Senior Administrative Assistant
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Kevin Joseph
Program Coordinator
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Financial Analyst
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Irene Shih
Program Manager
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Grant Program Manager
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Vonta Ward
Senior Procurement Specialist
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Accounting Specialist
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Grant Program Coordinator
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