Lurie Cancer Center Members
Membership in the Lurie Cancer Center is based on the investigator's cancer research focus and scholarly activity. A program assignment recommendation is made by the Executive Committee with final approval issued by the cancer center's director. Full members are assigned to a program in the Basic Science Research Division, the Clinical Science Research Division or the Cancer Prevention & Control Research Division. All members are welcome and encouraged to participate in any educational activities initiated by the Lurie Cancer Center.
Wolf, Michael
Professor
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My work focuses on 1) the study of cognitive, psychosocial, and health system factors that affect a person's ability to successfully manage health, and 2) the design of practical, scalable interventio... [more]
Woloschak, Gayle E.
Professor
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Dr. Woloschak is developing for intracellular use a new type of bio-nanocomposite that has novel functional properties inside cells and in vitro. These nanocomposites are composed of metal oxide (TiO2... [more]
Wong, Waihay
Assistant Professor
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My research focuses on how gene alterations affect hematopoiesis and the development of hematologic disease. My laboratory uses genetic mouse models, cell biology tools and multi-omics approaches to s... [more]
Wu, Jennifer
Professor
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Research in my laboratory include these specific aspects: 1) mechanisms of cancer immune evasion; 2) development of novel cancer immunotherapy; 3) Immune therapy-related mucosal toxicity; 4) mechanism... [more]
Yanez, Betina
Associate Professor
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An emerging area of her work involves patient-centered precision oncology. Her ongoing work in this area aims to develop a patient-centered intervention that is feasible, scalable and embedded within ... [more]
Yang, Guang-Yu
Professor
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The long-term objective of our research is to study molecular mechanism and chemoprevention of chronic inflammation-driven carcinogenesis. The specific areas of interest are 1) to develop a molecular ... [more]
Yang, Rendong
Associate Professor
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The Yang Lab is interested in the integrative analysis of large-scale datasets to understand the initiation and progression of diseases. The research projects involve in the development of highly accu... [more]
Yi, Rui
Professor
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Mammalian skin and its appendages function as the outermost barrier of the body to protect inner organs from environmental hazards and keep essential fluid within. Our research program studies mechani... [more]
Yi, Yang
Assistant Professor
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The goal of Dr. Yi's research centers on uncovering the previously unrecognized functions of epigenetic modification during normal and pathological bioprocesses, and decoding the potential crosst... [more]
Yue, Feng
Professor
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The long-term goal of Dr. Yue's group is to use a combination of high throughput genomics, computational modeling, and functional assays to study how genetic variants contribute to the pathogenes... [more]