Fiscal Year 2018 Awardees
Research is a cornerstone of MD Anderson’s quest to end cancer. The Excellence in Science program is the online showcase for the Wall of Science, our quarterly program for honoring outstanding primary research selected from among publications in top journals by MD Anderson’s world-renowned scientists.
Quarter 2 (December 2017–February 2018)
Michael Andreeff, M.D., Ph.D.
Authors
Rongqing Pan, Vivian Ruvolo, Hong Mu, Joel D. Leverson, Gwen Nichols, John C. Reed, Marina Konopleva and Michael Andreeff
Michael Andreeff, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Leukemia and Stem Cell Transplantation
Paul and Mary Hass Chair in Genetics in Honor of Amanda White
Left to right: Vivian Ruvolo, Marina Konopleva, Michael Andreeff and Hong Mu
Menashe Bar-Eli, Ph.D.
Menashe Bar-Eli, Ph.D.
Professor
Cancer Biology
Left to right: Lily Huang, Einav Shoshan, Guermarie Valazquez-Torres and Menashe Bar-Eli
Authors
Guermarie Velazquez-Torres, Einav Shoshan, Cristina Ivan, Li Huang, Enrique Fuentes-Mattei, Harrison Paret, Sun Jin Kim, Cristian Rodriguez-Aguayo, Victoria Xie, Denise Brooks, Steven J.M. Jones, A. Gordon Robertson, George Calin, Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, Anil Sood and Menashe Bar-Eli
Xiaodong Cheng, Ph.D.
Structural Basis for the Versatile and Methylation-Dependent Binding of CTCF to DNA
Authors
Hideharu Hashimoto, Dongxue Wang, John R. Horton, Xing Zhang, Victor G. Corces and Xiaodong Cheng
Xiaodong Cheng, Ph.D.
Professor
Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Left to right: Xing Zhang, John R. Horton and Xiaodong Cheng
Francesca Cole, Ph.D.
Francesca Cole, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis
Left to right: Maria Sandoval, Laura Denton, Maciej Zelazowski, Mikalah Gribbell, Francesca Cole, Jiaying Han, Lakshmi Paniker, Rhea Kang and Yunfu Lin
Age-Dependent Alterations in Meiotic Recombination Cause Chromosome Segregation Errors in Spermatocytes
Authors
Maciej J. Zelazowski, Maria Sandoval, Lakshmi Paniker, Holly M. Hamilton, Jiaying Han, Mikalah A. Gribbell, Rhea Kang and Francesca Cole
Simona Colla, Ph.D.
Authors
Matteo Marchesini, Yamini Ogoti, Elena Fiorini, Anil Aktas Samur, Luigi Nezi, Marianna D’Anca, Paola Storti, Mehmet Kemal Samur, Irene Ganan-Gomez, Maria Teresa Fulciniti, Nipun Mistry, Shan Jiang, Naran Bao, Valentina Marchica, Antonino Neri, Carlos Bueso-Ramos, Chang-Jiun Wu, Li Zhang, Han Liang, Xinxin Peng, Nicola Giuliani, Giulio Draetta, Karen Clise-Dwyer, Hagop Kantarjian, Nikhil Munshi, Robert Orlowski, Guillermo Garcia-Manero, Ronald A. DePinho and Simona Colla
Simona Colla, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Leukemia and Experimental Therapeutics
Left to right: Simona Colla, Yamini Ogoti, Irene Ganan-Gomez and Matteo Marchesini
Bita Esmaeli, M.D., and Scott E. Woodman M.D., Ph.D.
Bita Esmaeli, M.D., M.A.
Professor
Ophthalmic Plastic and Orbital Oncology
Plastic Surgery
Scott E. Woodman, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Melanoma Medical Oncology
Authors
A. Gordon Robertson, Juliann Shih, Christina Yau, Ewan A. Gibb, Junna Oba, Karen L. Mungall, Julian M. Hess, Vladislav Uzunangelov, Vonn Walter, Ludmila Danilova, Tara M. Lichtenberg, Melanie Kucherlapati, Patrick K. Kimes, Ming Tang, Alexander Penson, Ozgun Babur, Rehan Akbani, Christopher A. Bristow, Katherine A. Hoadley, Lisa Iype, Matthew T. Chang, TCGA Research Network, Andrew D. Cherniack, Christopher Benz, Gordon B. Mills, Roel G.W. Verhaak, Klaus G. Griewank, Ina Felau, Jean C. Zenklusen, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, Lynn Schoenfield, Alexander J. Lazar, Mohamed H. Abdel-Rahman, Sergio Roman-Roman, Marc-Henri Stern, Colleen M. Cebulla, Michelle D. Williams, Martine J. Jager, Sarah E. Coupland, Bita Esmaeli, Cyriac Kandoth and Scott E. Woodman
Left to right: Junna Oba, Bita Esmaeli, Scott Woodman and Michelle Williams
Robert Jenq, M.D., and Jennifer A. Wargo, M.D.
Gut microbiome modulates response to anti–PD-1 immunotherapy in melanoma patients
Team Science: Members of the research team who contributed to the published work
Robert Jenq, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Genomic Medicine and Stem Cell Transplantation
Jennifer A. Wargo, M.D., M.M.Sc.
Associate Professor
Surgical Oncology and Genomic Medicine
Authors
Vidya Gopalakrishnan, C. N. Spencer, L. Nezi, Alexandre Reuben, M. C. Andrews, T. V. Karpinets, P. A. Prieto, D. Vicente, Karen Elizabeth Hoffman, S. C. Wei, A. P. Cogdill, L. Zhao, C. W. Hudgens, D. S. Hutchinson, T. Manzo, M. Petaccia de Macedo, T. Cotechini, T. Kumar, W. S. Chen, S. M. Reddy, R. Szczepaniak Sloane, J. Galloway-Pena, Hong Jiang, P. L. Chen, Elizabeth J. Shpall, Katy Rezvani, Amin M. Alousi, Roy F. Chemaly, Samuel A. Shelburne, L. M. Vence, Pablo C. Okhuysen, Vanessa Jensen, A. G. Swennes, Florencia McAllister, E. Marcelo Riquelme Sanchez, Y. Zhang, E. Le Chatelier, L. Zitvogel, N. Pons, J. L. Austin- Breneman, L. E. Haydu, E. M. Burton, J. M. Gardner, E. Sirmans, J. Hu, Alexander J. Lazar, T. Tsujikawa, Adi Diab, Hussein A. Tawbi, Isabella C. Glitza, W. J. Hwu, S. P. Patel, Scott E. Woodman, Rodabe N. Amaria, Michael A. Davies, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, P. Hwu, Jeffrey E. Lee, J. Zhang, L. M. Coussens, Z. A. Cooper, P. A. Futrea, Carrie R Daniel-MacDougall, N. J. Ajami, J. F. Petrosino, M. T. Tetzlaff, Padmanee Sharma, James P. Allison, Robert R. Jenq and Jennifer Wargo
Alexander Lazar, M.D., Ph.D.
Alexander Lazar, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Anatomical Pathology, Genomic Medicine and Translational Molecular Pathology
Team Science: Members of the research team who contributed to the published work
Comprehensive and Integrated Genomic Characterization of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Multiclonal Invasion in Breast Tumors Identified by Topographic Single Cell Sequencing
Authors
Anna K. Casasent, Aislyn Schalck, Ruli Gao, Emi Sei, Annalyssa Long, William Pangburn, Tod Casasent, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Mary E. Edgerton and Nicholas E. Navin
Nicholas Navin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Genetics and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Front row, left to right: Nicholas Navin, Alex Li, Yong Wang, Emi Sei, Naveen Ramesh, Jonathan Chen, Alex Davis and Marco Leung
Back row, left to right: Anna Casasent, Charissa Kim, Annalyssa Long, Rachel Brandt, Pei-Ching Tsai, Ruli Gao and Aislyn Schalck
Back row, left to right: Anna Casasent, Charissa Kim, Annalyssa Long, Rachel Brandt, Pei-Ching Tsai, Ruli Gao and Aislyn Schalck
Sattva Neelapu, M.D.
Sattva Neelapu, M.D.
Professor
Lymphoma/Myeloma
Standing, left to right: Sherry Adkins, Yiming Chen, Jason Westin and Liliana Vallejo
Sitting: Sattva S. Neelapu and Chitra Hosing
Spencer Wei, Ph.D., and James Allison, Ph.D.
Distinct Cellular Mechanisms Underlie Anti-CTLA-4 and Anti-PD-1 Checkpoint Blockade
Left to right: Jing Wang, Spencer Wei, Jim Allison, Alex Cogdill and Nana-Ama Anang
Spencer Wei, Ph.D.
Odyssey Fellow
Immunology
James Allison, Ph.D.
Chair, Immunology
Vivian Smith Distinguished Chair
Authors
Spencer C. Wei, Jacob H. Levine, Alexandria P. Cogdill, Yang Zhao, Nana-Ama A.S. Anang, Miles C. Andrews, Padmanee Sharma, Jing Wang, Jennifer A. Wargo, Dana Pe’er and James P. Allison
Liuqing Yang, Ph.D., and Chunru Lin, Ph.D.
Liuqing Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Chunru Lin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Authors
Shouyu Wang, Ke Liang, Qingsong Hu, Ping Li, Jian Song, Yuedong Yang, Jun Yao, Lingegowda Selanere Mangala, Chunlai Li, Wenhao Yang, Peter K. Park, David H. Hawke, Jianwei Zhou, Yan Zhou, Weiya Xia, Mien-Chie Hung, Jeffrey R. Marks, Gary E. Gallick, Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, Elsa R. Flores, Anil K. Sood, Suyun Huang, Dihua Yu, Liuqing Yang and Chunru Lin
JAK2-binding long noncoding RNA promotes breast cancer brain metastasis
Left to right: Ke Liang, Chunru Lin, Liuqing Yang, Yajuan Li, Qingsong Hu, Jianjun Jiang, Sergey Egranov, Tina Nguyen and Yaohua Zhang
Quarter 3 (March–May 2018)
Rehan Akbani, Ph.D.
Left to right: Alexandar Lazar, Yuexin Liu, Anil Korkut, Zhenlin Ju, Bradley M. Broom, Yiling Lu, Rehan Akbani, John N. Weinstein, Andre Schultz, Walter F. Lenoir, Jiexin Zhang and Anil Sood
Rehan Akbani, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Authors
Ashton C. Berger, Anil Korkut, Rupa S. Kanchi, Apurva M. Hegde, Walter Lenoir, Wenbin Liu, Yuexin Liu, Huihui Fan, Hui Shen, Visweswaran Ravikumar, Arvind Rao, Andre Schultz, Xubin Li, Pavel Sumazin, Cecilia Williams, Pieter Mestdagh, Preethi H. Gunaratne, Christina Yau, Reanne Bowlby, A. Gordon Robertson, Daniel G. Tiezzi, Chen Wang, Andrew D. Cherniack, Andrew K. Godwin, Nicole M. Kuderer, Janet S. Rader, Rosemary E. Zuna, Anil K. Sood, Alexander J. Lazar, Akinyemi I. Ojesina, Clement Adebamowo, Sally N. Adebamowo, Keith A. Baggerly, Ting-Wen Chen, Hua-Sheng Chiu, Steve Lefever, Liang Liu, Karen MacKenzie, Sandra Orsulic, Jason Roszik, Carl Simon Shelley, Qianqian Song, Christopher P. Vellano, Nicolas Wentzensen, John N. Weinstein, Gordon B. Mills, Douglas A. Levine and Rehan Akbani
Blaine Bartholomew, Ph.D.
Blaine Bartholomew, Ph.D.
Professor
Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis
Back row, left to right: Dhurjhoti Saha, Cheng Xue, Jinlan He and Junwoo Lee
Front row, left to right: Jim Persinger, Blaine Bartholomew, Solomon Hailu and Somnath Paul
Front row, left to right: Jim Persinger, Blaine Bartholomew, Solomon Hailu and Somnath Paul
Authors
Sandipan Brahma, Maheshi I. Udugama, Jongseong Kim, Arjan Hada, Saurabh K. Bhardwaj, Solomon G. Hailu, Tae-Hee Lee and Blaine Bartholomew
Xiaodong Cheng, Ph.D.
DNA Conformation Induces Adaptable Binding by Tandem Zinc Finger Proteins
Authors
Anamika Patel, Peng Yang, Matthew Tinkham, Mihika Pradhan, Ming-An Sun, Yixuan Wang, Don Hoang, Gernot Wolf, John R. Horton, Xing Zhang, Todd Macfarlan and Xiaodong Cheng
Xiaodong Cheng, Ph.D.
Professor
Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Left to right: Xing Zhang, John R. Horton and Xiaodong Cheng
Jason Huse, M.D., Ph.D.
Jason Huse, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Pathology
Front row, left to right: Soo Hyun Lee and Kazutaka Fukumura
Back row, left to right: Carla Danussi, Vladislav Sharin, Jason Huse and David Irvin
Back row, left to right: Carla Danussi, Vladislav Sharin, Jason Huse and David Irvin
Authors
Carla Danussi, Promita Bose, Prasanna T. Parthasarathy, Pedro C. Silberman, John S. Van Arnam, Mark Vitucci, Oliver Y. Tang, Adriana Heguy, Yuxiang Wang, Timothy A. Chan, Gregory J. Riggins, Erik P. Sulman, Frederick Lang, Chad J. Creighton, Benjamin Deneen, C. Ryan Miller, David J. Picketts, Kasthuri Kannan and Jason T. Huse
Frederick F. Lang, M.D.
Phase I Study of DNX-2401 (Delta-24-RGD) Oncolytic Adenovirus: Replication and Immunotherapeutic Effects in Recurrent Malignant Glioma
Authors
Frederick F. Lang, Charles Conrad, Candelaria Gomez-Manzano, W.K. Alfred Yung, Raymond Sawaya, Jeffrey S. Weinberg, Sujit S. Prabhu, Ganesh Rao, Gregory N. Fuller, Kenneth D. Aldape, Joy Gumin, Luis M. Vence, Ignacio Wistuba, Jaime Rodriguez-Canales, Pamela A. Villalobos, Clemens M.F. Dirven, Sonia Tejada, Ricardo D. Valle, Marta M. Alonso, Brett Ewald, Joanna J. Peterkin, Frank Tufaro and Juan Fueyo
Frederick F. Lang, M.D., FAANS, FACS
Professor and Chair, Neurosurgery
Beau Biden Chair for Brain Cancer Research
Front row, left to right: Charles Conrad and Frederick Lang
Back row, left to right: Candelaria Gomez-Manzano, W.K. Alfred Yung and Juan Fueyo
Back row, left to right: Candelaria Gomez-Manzano, W.K. Alfred Yung and Juan Fueyo
Han Liang, Ph.D.
Han Liang, Ph.D.
Professor
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and Systems Biology
Sitting, left to right: Yiling Lu and Han Liang
Standing, left to right: Shuangxing Yu, 'Kamalika Mojumdar, Zhicheng Zhou and Yumeng Wang
Han Liang, Ph.D.
A Pan-Cancer Analysis of Enhancer Expression in Nearly 9000 Patient Samples
Authors
Han Chen, Chunyan Li, Xinxin Peng, Zhicheng Zhou, John N. Weinstein, The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network and Han Liang
Han Liang, Ph.D.
Professor
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and Systems Biology
Left to right: John W Weinstein, Han Liang, Han Chen and Zhicheng Zhou
Nicholas Navin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Genetics and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Front row, left to right: Nicholas Navin, Alex Li, Yong Wang, Emi Sei, Naveen Ramesh, Jonathan Chen, Alex Davis and Marco Leung
Back row, left to right: Anna Casasent, Charissa Kim, Annalyssa Long, Rachel Brandt, Pei-Ching Tsai, Ruli Gao and Aislyn Schalck
Back row, left to right: Anna Casasent, Charissa Kim, Annalyssa Long, Rachel Brandt, Pei-Ching Tsai, Ruli Gao and Aislyn Schalck
Chemoresistance Evolution in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Delineated by Single-Cell Sequencing
Authors
Charissa Kim, Ruli Gao, Emi Sei, Rachel Brandt, Johan Hartman, Thomas Hatschek, Nicola Crosetto, Theodoros Foukakis and Nicholas E. Navin
Guang Peng, Ph.D.
ARID1A deficiency promotes mutability and potentiates therapeutic antitumor immunity unleashed by immune checkpoint blockade
Authors
Jianfeng Shen, Zhenlin Ju, Wei Zhao, Lulu Wang, Yang Peng, Zhongqi Ge, Zachary D. Nagel, Jun Zou, Chen Wang, Prabodh Kapoor, Xiangyi Ma, Ding Ma, Jiyong Liang, Shumei Song,Jinsong Liu, Leona D. Samson, Jaffer A. Ajani, Guo-Min Li, Han Liang, Xuetong Shen, Gordon B. Mills and Guang Peng
Guang Peng, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Clinical Cancer Prevention and Systems Biology
Left to right: Lulu Wang, Guang Peng, Jianfeng Shen and Jiwei Zhang
Jacqulyne Robichaux, Ph.D., and John V. Heymach, M.D., Ph.D.
Jacqulyne Robichaux, Ph.D.
Instructor
Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology
John V. Heymach, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology
Professor, Cancer Biology
David Bruton, Jr. Chair
Authors
Jacqulyne P. Robichaux, Yasir Y. Elamin, Zhi Tan, Brett W. Carter, Shuxing Zhang, Shengwu Liu, Shuai Li, Ting Chen, Alissa Poteete, Adriana Estrada-Bernal, Anh T. Le, Anna Truini, Monique B. Nilsson, Huiying Sun, Emily Roarty, Sarah B. Goldberg, Julie R. Brahmer, Mehmet Altan, Charles Lu, Vassiliki Papadimitrakopoulou, Katerina Politi, Robert C. Doebele, Kwok-Kin Wong and John V. Heymach
Mechanisms and clinical activity of an EGFR and HER2 exon 20–selective kinase inhibitor in non–small cell lung cancer
Left to right: Zhi Tan, Shuxing Zhang, Monique Nilsson, John V. Heymach, Yasir Elamin, Jacqulyne Robichaux and Xiuning Le
Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D.
Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Genitourinary Medical Oncology and Immunology
TC and Jeanette Hsu Endowed Chair in Cell Biology
Left to right: Nizar M. Tannir and Padmanee Sharma
Anne Tsao, M.D.
Anne Tsao, M.D.
Professor
Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology
Authors
Milan Radovich, Curtis R. Pickering, Ina Felau, Gavin Ha, Hailei Zhang, Heejoon Jo, Katherine A. Hoadley, Pavana Anur, Jiexin Zhang, Mike McLellan, Reanne Bowlby, Thomas Matthew, Ludmila Danilova, Apurva M. Hegde, Jaegil Kim, Mark D.M. Leiserson, Geetika Sethi, Charles Lu, Michael Ryan, Xiaoping Su, Andrew D. Cherniack, Gordon Robertson, Rehan Akbani, Paul Spellman, John N. Weinstein, D. Neil Hayes, Ben Raphael, Tara Lichtenberg, Kristen Leraas, Jean Claude Zenklusen, The Cancer Genome Atlas Network, Junya Fujimoto, Cristovam Scapulatempo-Neto, Andre L. Moreira, David Hwang, James Huang, Mirella Marino, Robert Korst, Giuseppe Giaccone, Yesim Gokmen-Polar, Sunil Badve, Arun Rajan, Philipp Strobel, Nicolas Girard, Ming S. Tsao, Alexander Marx, Anne S. Tsao and Patrick J. Loehrer
Left to right: Xiaoping Su, Jiexin Zhang, Curtis Pickering, Rehan Akbani, John Weinstein, Junya Fujimoto and Anne Tsao
Michael Wang, M.D.
Front: Michael Wang
Back, left to right: Maria Badillo, Malou Dela Rosa and Diana Nava
Back, left to right: Maria Badillo, Malou Dela Rosa and Diana Nava
Michael Wang, M.D.
Associate Professor
Lymphoma/Myeloma and Stem Cell Transplantation
Quarter 4 (June–August 2018)
Yonathan Lissanu Deribe, M.D., Ph.D., and Andrew Futreal, Ph.D.
Mutations in the SWI/SNF complex induce a targetable dependence on oxidative phosphorylation in lung cancer
Authors
Yonathan Lissanu Deribe, Yuting Sun, Christopher Terranova, Fatima Khan, Juan Martinez-Ledesma, Jason Gay, Guang Gao, Robert A. Mullinax, Tin Khor, Ningping Feng, Yu-Hsi Lin, Chia-Chin Wu, Claudia Reyes, Qian Peng, Frederick Robinson, Akira Inoue, Veena Kochat, Chang-Gong Liu, John M. Asara, Cesar Moran, Florian Muller, Jing Wang, Bingliang Fang, Vali Papadimitrakopoulou, Ignacio I. Wistuba, Kunal Rai, Joseph Marszalek and P. Andrew Futreal
Yonathan Lissanu Deribe, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor
Genomic Medicine
Andrew Futreal, Ph.D.
Chair, Genomic Medicine
Robert A. Welch Distinguished University Chair
Michael Frumovitz, M.D.
Michael Frumovitz, M.D.
Professor
Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine
Left to right: Mark Munsell, Michael Frumovitz, Ana Lopez, Cindy Melendez, Diana Urbauer and Joseph Lee
Co-authors not pictured: Marie Plante, Paula S Lee, Samith Sandadi, James F Lilja, Pedro F Escobar, Lilian T Gien and Nadeem R Abu-Rustum
John Heymach, M.D., Ph.D.
Left to right: Jing Wang, John Heymach, Ferdinandos Skoulidis, Edwin Parra Cuentas, J.Jack Lee, Ana Galan Cobo and Jianjun Zhang
Not pictured: Brett Carter, Jeremy Erasmus, Neda Kalhor, Yasir Elamin Vali Papadimitrakopoulou and Ignacio Ivan Wistuba
Not pictured: Brett Carter, Jeremy Erasmus, Neda Kalhor, Yasir Elamin Vali Papadimitrakopoulou and Ignacio Ivan Wistuba
John V. Heymach, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology
Professor, Cancer Biology
David Bruton, Jr. Chair
Authors
Ferdinandos Skoulidis, Michael E. Goldberg, Danielle M. Greenawalt, Matthew D. Hellmann, Mark M. Awad, Justin F. Gainor, Alexa B. Schrock, Ryan J. Hartmaier, Sally E. Trabucco, Laurie Gay, Siraj M. Ali, Julia A. Elvin, Gaurav Singal, Jeffrey S. Ross, David Fabrizio, Peter M. Szabo, Han Chang, Ariella Sasson, Sujaya Srinivasan, Stefan Kirov, Joseph Szustakowski, Patrik Vitazka, Robin Edwards, Jose A. Bufill, Neelesh Sharma, Sai-Hong I. Ou, Nir Peled, David R. Spigel, Hira Rizvi, Elizabeth Jimenez Aguilar, Brett W. Carter, Jeremy Erasmus, Darragh F. Halpenny, Andrew J. Plodkowski, Niamh M. Long, Mizuki Nishino, Warren L. Denning, Ana Galan-Cobo, Haifa Hamdi, Taghreed Hirz, Pan Tong, Jing Wang, Jaime Rodriguez-Canales, Pamela A. Villalobos, Edwin R. Parra, Neda Kalhor, Lynette M. Sholl, Jennifer L. Sauter, Achim A. Jungbluth, Mari Mino-Kenudson, Roxana Azimi, Yasir Y. Elamin, Jianjun Zhang, Giulia C. Leonardi, Fei Jiang, Kwok-Kin Wong, J. Jack Lee, Vassiliki A. Papadimitrakopoulou, Ignacio I. Wistuba, Vincent A. Miller, Garrett M. Frampton, Jedd D. Wolchok, Alice T. Shaw, Pasi A. Jänne, Philip J. Stephens, Charles M. Rudin, William J. Geese, Lee A. Albacker and John V. Heymach
R. Tyler Hillman, M.D., Ph.D., and Andrew Futreal, Ph.D.
R. Tyler Hillman, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellow
Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine
Andrew Futreal, Ph.D.
Chair, Genomic Medicine
Robert A. Welch Distinguished University Chair
Authors
R. Tyler Hillman, Joseph Celestino, Christopher Terranova, Hannah C. Beird, Curtis Gumbs, Latasha Little,Tri Nguyen, Rebecca Thornton, Samantha Tippen, Jianhua Zhang, Karen H. Lu, David M. Gershenson, Kunal Rai, Russell R. Broaddus and P. Andrew Futreal
Left to right: Joseph Celestino, Tyler Hillman and Tri Nguyen
Jennifer Litton, M.D.
Jennifer Litton, M.D.
Associate Professor
Breast Medical Oncology
Left to right: Pamela Lewis, Babita Saigal, Christine Samuel, Marilyn Johnson, Jennifer Litton, Rachel Webster and Grace Tran
Not pictured: Banu Arun
Not pictured: Banu Arun
Hussein Tawbi, M.D., Ph.D.
Hussein Tawbi, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Melanoma Medical Oncology and Investigational Cancer Therapeutics
Left to right: Alissa Nguyen, Ingrid Boesch Arnold, Kourtney Hollbrook, Liz Burton, Rachel Trimier, Hussein A. Tawbi, Michael Davies and Courtney Brown
Eduardo Vilar Sanchez, M.D., Ph.D.
Immune Profiling of Premalignant Lesions in Patients With Lynch Syndrome
Authors
Kyle Chang, Melissa W. Taggart, Laura Reyes-Uribe, Ester Borras, Erick Riquelme, Reagan M. Barnett, Guido Leoni, F. Anthony San Lucas, Maria T. Catanese, Federica Mori, Maria G. Diodoro, Y. Nancy You, Ernest T. Hawk, Jason Roszik, Paul Scheet, Scott Kopetz, Alfredo Nicosia, Elisa Scarselli, Patrick M. Lynch, Florencia McAllister and Eduardo Vilar
Eduardo Vilar Sanchez, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Clinical Cancer Prevention and GI Medical Oncology
Left to right: Eduardo Vilar Sanchez, Kyle Chang, Patrick M. Lynch, Laura Reyes and Melissa W. Taggart