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.
Beitel, Greg
Professor
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Drosophila tracheal system as a genetically tractable, in vivo, model for investigating epithelial tube size control (Beitel and Krasnow, 2000). The size of epithelial tube is critical to th... [more]
Ben-Sahra, Issam
Associate Professor
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My current research is geared toward understanding the impact of metabolic pathways controlled by mTOR, a nutrient-sensing regulator of cell growth, on the properties of cells and tumors with specific... [more]
Benson III, Al B.
Professor
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Al B. Benson III, MD, FACP, FASCO, is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Director for Cooperative Groups at th... [more]
Bentrem, David J.
Professor
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My research interests are in translational efforts in GI oncology. I am the head of the pancreas cancer tissue bank and NU pancreas cancer database. In addition, we study quality measures for cancer s... [more]
Bharat, Ankit
Professor
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My research is focused on lung preservation, transplant immunology and airway biology, achieved through collaboration with the Kovler Comprehensive Transplant Center and the Division of Pulmonary and ... [more]
Borden, Katherine
Professor
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Our lab's work focuses on understanding the mechanisms and impact of dysregulated RNA metabolism in cancer focusing on Acute Myeloid Leukemia. RNA metabolism can be hijacked by cancer cells to re... [more]
Bowen, Randy
Assistant Professor
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My goal is to achieve novel treatments for ophthalmic cancers through integrative collaboration, bioinnovative device applications, and carefully designed clinical trials in an effort to bring hope to... [more]
Brat, Daniel
Professor
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Project 1. We investigate mechanisms of progression to glioblastoma (GBM), the highest grade astrocytoma, including genetics, hypoxia, and angiogenesis. Progression is characterized by tumor... [more]
Braun, Rosemary
Associate Professor
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I am a computational biologist with an interest in the development of methods for integrative, systems-level analysis of multi-omics data. These methods incorporate bioinformatic information with expe... [more]
Brickner, Jason
Professor
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DNA zip codes; these elements, when inserted at an ectopic locus, cause targeting to the nuclear periphery. Interaction of genes with the NPC also impacts the spatial organization of the yeast genome;... [more]