Allison Lab Members
Jim
Allison - email
Regental Professor and Chair
Naveen Sharma - email
Senior Research Scientist
Didem Çobanoğlu - email
Odyssey Fellow
Dr. Çobanoğlu's Publications
My research focuses on finding novel immunosuppressive pathways in the tumor microenvironment. My previous research has shown that the signaling through adrenergic receptors impair adaptive and innate immune cells’ function and promote immunosuppression. I am currently investigating the role of neurotransmitters in the tumor microenvironment and trying to uncover novel immunosuppressive pathways that can be targeted by repurposing drugs.
Dr.. Çobanoğlu was PI on an MRF Breakthrough Consortium-Bristol Myers Squibb Young Investigator Research Team Award to Advance the Field of Translational Immuno-Oncology.
Stephen Mok - email
Instructor
Dr. Mok's Publications
My goal is to understand the long-term effect of immune checkpoint blockade therapy. Anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (anti-CTLA-4) treatment induces a low response rate (~11%), while anti-programmed cell death-1 (anti-PD-1) treatment mediates a relatively higher response rate (~30%) in patients with melanoma. Both anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 induce durable responses and mediate a 22% 10-year and 34% 5-year survival rate respectively. However, in order to achieve the durable response, continuous treatment of anti-PD-1 has to be administered while anti-CTLA-4 treatment can only be administered for a short period of time. In addition, 25% of patients who initially respond to these treatment relapse within 2 years. Therefore, it is important to understand the differential effect of checkpoint blockade treatments on the formation of immunological memory.
Mehdi Chaib
Odyssey Fellow
Kenny Dao - email
Laboratory Coordinator
Huey Liu
Senior Research Assistant
Mahshid Arabi
Senior Research Assistant
Ying Hu
Senior Research Assistant
Recent Alumni
Tomi Atolagbe - email
Immunology Ph.D. student
Baylor College of Medicine
Alexandria Cogdill
CPRIT Graduate Scholar, John J Kopchik Fellow
Fullbright Research Scholar (France): 2019-2020
Alex Cogdill's Publications
Current: Global S&E at Daiichi Sankyo
James Mancuso - email
Project Director
Director of Research Planning and Dev, James P Allison Institute
Spencer Wei
Odyssey Fellow
Current: Senior Scientist, Spotlight Therapeutics, Hayward, CA
Nana-Ama Anang
Senior Research Assistant
Current: Decision Analytics Associate Consultant, ZS
Dongrui Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Assistant Professor
Cecele Denman - email
Laboratory Manager
Current: Operations Manager in Pediatrics