Leadership
Director
Karen
Basen-Engquist, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Behavioral Science
Director
Joya Chandra, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics- Research
Adjunct, Professor of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis
Resource Leader
Carrie R. Daniel-MacDougall, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Featured Researcher
Stephanie Goldstein, Ph.D.
Energy balance research is central to measuring intake behaviors, and I continue feeling inspired by the massive potential of this research to impact clinical care.
Member Directory
MD Anderson Cancer Center Faculty
Banu Arun, Professor
Department of Breast Medical Oncology
Carlos Hernando Barcenas, Associate Professor
Department of Breast Medical Oncology
Karen Basen-Engquist, Professor
Department of Health Disparities Research
Therese Bartholomew Bevers, Director
Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention
Abenna Brewster, Professor
Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention
Naifa L. Busaidy, Professor
Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders
Dalnim Cho, Assistant Professor
Department of Health Disparities Research
Shine Chang, Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Lorenzo Cohen, Professor
Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine
Carrie Daniel-MacDougall, Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Carmelita P. Escalante, Chair
Department of General Internal Medicine
Veronika Fedirko, Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Sharon Hermes Giordano, Chair
Department of Health Services Research
Goldy George, Assistant Professor
Department of Symptom Research
Justin Gregg, Assistant Professor
Department of Urology
Jian Gu, Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Ying Guo, Professor
Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine
Manal M Hassan, Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Eileen D Hacker, Professor and Chair
Department of Nursing
Andrew Hahn, Assistant Professor
Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology
Ernest Hawk, VP Cancer Prevention
Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention
Ellen F. Manzullo, Professor
Department of General Internal Medicine
Scherezade K. Mama, Assistant Professor
Department of Health Disparities Research
Florencia McAllister, Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention
Lorna H. McNeill, Chair
Department of Health Disparities Research
Jennifer L. McQuade, Assistant Professor
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
Karen Moody, Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Lonzetta L. Newman, Professor
Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention
An Ngo-Huang, Associate Professor
Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine
Mala Pande, Assistant Professor
Department of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
George H. Perkins, Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Susan K. Peterson, Professor
Department of Behavioral Science
Kanwal P. S. Raghav, Associate Professor
Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology
Eduardo V. Sanchez, Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention
Keri L. Schadler, Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Paul A. Scheet, Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Shalin J. Shah, Chair
Department of Radiation Oncology
Sanjay Shete, Chair
Department of Biostatistics
Ki Y. Shin, Professor
Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine
Larkin L. Strong, Associate Professor
Department of Health Disparities Research
Jasmine Sukumar, Assistant Professor
Department of Breast Medical Oncology
Charlotte C. Sun, Associate Professor
Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine
Francesco Versace, Associate Professor
Department of Behavioral Science
Robert Volk, Deputy Chair
Department of Health Services Research
Jeffrey S. Wefel, Professor
Department of Neuro-Oncology
Xiangwei Wu, Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention
Melinda S. Yates, Associate Professor
Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine
Sai-Ching J. Yeung, Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Y. Nancy You, Professor
Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery
Hui Zhao, Assistant Professor
Department of Health Services Research
Non-MD Anderson Cancer Center Faculty
Clinton Allred, Associate Professor
School of Health & Human Science, UNC Greensboro
Jenna Anding, Professor
Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University
Thomas Baranowski, Professor
Department of Pediatrics - Nutrition, Baylor College of Medicine
Raymond Carroll, Professor
Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University
Robert Chapkin, Professor
Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University
Lei-Shih Chen, Associate Professor
Department of Health Behavior, Texas A&M University
Boon Chew, Professor & Department Head
Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University
Mahua Choudhury, Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas A&M University
Katherine Cook, Associate Professor
Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Emily Cox-Martin, Assistant Professor
Department of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Cancer Center
Karen Cullen, Professor
Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Wendy Denmark-Wahnefried, Professor
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nicolaas Deutz, Professor
Department of Health & Kinesiology, Texas A&M University
Ciaran Fairman, Assistant Professor
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina
James Fluckey, Professor
Department of Health & Kinesiology, Texas A&M University
Danielle Friedman, Associate Attending
Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Tyvette Hilliard, Research Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
Kelly Hirko, Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University
Melinda Irwin, Associate Dean
Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health
Jun-yuan Ji, Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Tulane University
Larry Johnson, Professor
Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
Andy Khamoui, Assistant Professor
Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion, Florida Atlantic University
Amy Kirkham, Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Cardiovascular Health, University of Toronto
Mikhail Kolonin, Professor
The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston
Rosina Krecek, Research Professor
Krecek and Krecek CC
Karen Kubena, Professor
Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University
David Lopez, Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine & Community Health, UTMB Health
John McDevitt, Chairman
Department of Biomaterials & Biometrics for NYUCD
Mary Meagher, Professor
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University
Nancy E. Moran, Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatric - Nutrition, Baylor College of Medicine
Meroe Morse, Assistant Professor
Department of General Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Mariappan Muthuchamy, Professor
Department of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University
Annie Elizabeth Newill-Fugate, Assistant Professor
Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology, Texas A&M University
Daniel O'Connor, Professor & Department Chair
Department of Health & Human Performance, University of Houston
Marcia Ory, Professor
Department of Health Promotion & Community Health Science, Texas A&M University
Traci Parry, Assistant Professor
Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Heidi Perkins, Chair
Department of Kinesiology, Rice University
Mary C. Playdon, Assistant Professor
Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology, University of Utah
Steve Riechman, Chair & Associate Professor
Department of Kinesiology, Texas A&M University
Stephen Safe, Professor
Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology, Texas A&M University
Urvi Shah, Assistant Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Kathleen Sturgeon , Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State
Susanne Talcott, Associate Professor
Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University
Debbe Thompson, Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
David Threadgill, Professor
Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Texas A&M University
Yanan Tian, Associate Professor
Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology, Texas A&M University
Maribel T. Gomez, Assistant Professor
University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Nancy Turner, Research Professor
Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition, Michigan State University
Carmina Valle, Assistant Professor
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
C. Jane Welsh, Professor
Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University
Anna Wilkinson, Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology, UT Health: Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living
Heather Wilson-Robles, Associate Professor
Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
William Wong, Professor
Department of Pediatric Nutrition, Baylor College of Medicine
Alexis Wood, Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics-Nutrition, Baylor College of Medicine
Laura Wood, Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology, John Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Chaodong Wu, Associate Professor
Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University
Guoyao Wu, Professor
Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University
Lin Yang, Professor
Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Alberta Health Services