Research Labs

Physician-scientist Omar Abdel-Wahab studies the functional genomics of hematopoietic malignancies.

Physician-scientist Prasad S. Adusumilli studies tumor immunology and the development of T-cell‒mediated immunotherapy for thoracic malignancies and pleural-based diseases.

The Akhmanova laboratory studies cell invasion and migration through tissues, and how it is controlled by surrounding tissue cells.

Heeseon An’s lab studies protein degradation in health and disease using chemical, biological, and proteomics tools.

The Antonsecu lab focuses on translocation-associated sarcoma pathogenesis and generating in vitro models.

Chemical biologist Daniel Bachovchin designs selective inhibitors to study enzymes and pathways in cancer and immune system signaling.

Surgeon scientist Vinod Balachandran develops novel immunotherapies for pancreatic cancer.

The Bao laboratory investigates how the genome dictates development using C. elegans as a model.

The Baylies laboratory studies the mechanisms that form and maintain muscle both during normal development and in disease.

Biostatistician Colin Begg has research interests spanning cancer epidemiology and statistical methods that are applicable to clinical research more broadly.