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Investigators and Staff

SPORE Directors

Laura Beretta, Ph.D., Co-Director, PI Contact
Molecular and Cellular Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 1051
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-792-9100
Email: lberetta@mdanderson.org

Ahmed O Kaseb, M.D., CMQ, Co-Director
Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 0426
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-792-2828
Email: akaseb@mdanderson.org

Projects

Project 1: Targeting the Pd-1 Pathway In HCC

Ahmed O Kaseb, M.D. CMQ, Co-Leader
Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 0426
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-792-2828
Email: akaseb@mdanderson.org

Michael A. Curran, Ph.D. Co-Leader
Immunology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 0901
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-563-3286
Email: mcurran@mdanderson.org

Project 2: Targeting Stat3 With an Oral Small Molecule To Treat HCC

David J. Tweardy, M.D., FIDSA, FACP, FAAS, Co-Leader
Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, Division of Internal Medicine
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 1463
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-792-6517
Email: djtweardy@mdanderson.org

Yun Shin Chun, M.D., FACS, Co-Leader
Surgical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 1484
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-563-9682
Email: yschun@mdanderson.org

Project 3: Non-Invasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis Stage And Progression In Obesity And Diabetes; A Hispanic Population Study

Laura Beretta, Ph.D., Co-Leader
Molecular and Cellular Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 1051
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-792-9100
Email: lberetta@mdanderson.org

Ernest Hawk, M.D., MPH., Co-Leader
Clinical Cancer Prevention
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 1370
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-792-3900
Email: ehawk@mdanderson.org

Andy Futreal, Ph.D., Co-Leader
Genomic Medicine
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 1954
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-794-4764
Email: afutreal@mdanderson.org

Cores

Administrative Core

Ahmed O Kaseb, M.D. CMQ, Co-Director
Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 0426
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-792-2828
Email: akaseb@mdanderson.org

Core 1: Biobank and Pathology Core

Asif Rashid, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Core Co-Director
Pathology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 0085
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-745-1101
Email: arashid@mdanderson.org

Manal M Hassan, M.D., MPH, PhD, Core Co-Director
Epidemiology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 1340
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-794-5452
Email: mhassan@mdanderson.org

Yun Shin Chun, M.D., FACS, Core Co-Director
Surgical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 1484
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-563-9682
Email: yschun@mdanderson.org

Core 2: Statistics and Bioinformatics Core

Peng Wei, M.D., Core Director
Biostatistics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 1411
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-563-4285
Email: pwei2@mdanderson.org

Yisheng Li, Ph.D., Core Director
Biostatistics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 1411
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-563-4267
Email: ysli@mdanderson.org

Developmental Research Program

James C. Yao, M.D., Program Co-Director
Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 0426
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-792-2828
Email: jyao@mdanderson.org

Randy L. Johnson, Ph.D., Program Co-Director
Cancer Biology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 0426
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-792-2828
Email: jyao@mdanderson.org

Career Enhancement Program