Principal Investigator
Professor of Pathology and Translational Molecular Pathology
Scientific Director, Sheikh Ahmed Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Co-Leader, MD Anderson Pancreatic Cancer Moon Shot®
Email: AMaitra@mdanderson.org
Lab Members
Graduate Students
MennatAllah Shaheen, Ph.D. Candidate
Graduate Research Assistant–MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School
Translational Molecular Pathology
Vahid Bahrambeigi, Ph.D. candidate
Graduate Research Assistant–MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School
Translational Molecular Pathology
Postdoctoral Fellows
Fredrik I Thege, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational
Molecular Pathology
Akiko Sagara, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational Molecular Pathology
Francesca Paradiso, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational
Molecular Pathology
Jimin Min, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational Molecular Pathology
LaNisha Patterson, M.S., Ph.D.
TRIUMPH Postdoctoral Fellow,
Pathology and Translational Molecular Pathology
Bong Jun Kim, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational Molecular Pathology
Scientists
Paola A Guerrero, Ph.D.
Research Group Leader, Translational Molecular Pathology
Bidyut Ghosh, Ph.D.
Scientific Manager, Translational Molecular Pathology
Kimal I Rajapakshe, Ph.D.
Computational Scientist, Ahmed Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Benson Chellakkan Selvanesan, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Translational Molecular Pathology
Research Staff
Sarah Dhebat
Laboratory Manager, Translational Molecular Pathology
Shui Ping So
Senior Research Assistant, Translational Molecular Pathology
Ananta V Yanamandra
Research Assistant II, Translational Molecular Pathology
Nathaniel G Yee
Research Assistant I, Translational Molecular Pathology
Former Trainees
Julie K Bray, Ph.D.
Pancreas Cancer Action Network
Vittorio Branchi, M.D.
University of Bonn
Bonn, Germany
Alexander Semaan, M.D.
University of Bonn
Bonn, Germany
Changsoo Kwak, Ph.D.
Lonza Biotechnology
Jaewon Lee, M.D.
Surgery Resident
Cedars Sanai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Vincent Bernard Pagan, M.D., Ph.D.
Resident, Radiation Oncology Department
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jun Zhao, Ph.D.
UCLA Health, School of Cytology
Rebecca Marcus, M.D.
Saint John’s Cancer Institute
Santa Monica, California
F. Anthony San Lucas, Ph.D.
Director, Clinical Bioinformatics, Molecular Diagnostic
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Hector Alvarez, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Hematopathology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Megan J Siemann
Graduate Student
University of Florida
Marta Sans Escofet, Ph.D.
Merck Research Laboratories
Boston, MA
Maria E. Monberg, Ph.D.
Merck Research Laboratories
Boston, MA
Noboru Ideno, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Fukuoka-ken, Japan
Dong Uk Kim, M.D.
Pusan National University Hospital
South Korea
Takashi Okumura, M.D., Ph.D.
Kyushu University, Department of Surgery and Oncology
Fukuoka, Fukuoka-ken, Japan
Gita Dangol
Senior Coordinator, Clinical Studies
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Bret Stevens
Jazmyne Mills
Former Faculty
Sonja M Woermann, Ph.D.
University of Munich