Our Science – POB Website
Organization
Chief |
| Crystal L. Mackall, M.D. |
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Office of the Chief Staff |
| Fidelia Acevedo, Program Assistant |
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| Sosipatros Boikos, Special Volunteer |
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| Andy Gillespie, Senior Nurse Specialist |
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| Clare M. Glynn, Executive Assistant |
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| Wendy Goodspeed, R.N., Nurse Specialist |
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| Anne Goodwin, R.N., Clinical Research Nurse |
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| David Janhofer, Special Volunteer |
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| Candace Menke, Protocol Coordinator |
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| Meera Murgai, Postdoctoral Fellow (CRTA) |
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| Rick Saunders, Information Technology Specialist |
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| Douglas Stewart, Adjunct Investigator |
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| Veronica Veschi, Postdoctoral Fellow (Visiting) |
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Investigators |
| Crystal L. Mackall, M.D., Branch Chief Head, Immunology Section |
Research Team: |
| • Donna Bernstein, R.N., Nurse Specialist |
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| • Yongzhi Cui, Ph.D., Research Biologist |
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| • Steven Highfill, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (CRTA) |
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| • Adrienne Hart Long, Postdoctoral Fellow (CRTA) |
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| • Paola Lopomo, Postbaccalaureate Fellow |
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| • Wangko Lundstrom, Special Volunteer |
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| • Melinda S. Merchant, M.D., Ph.D., Staff Clinician |
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| • Janna Minehart, Special Volunteer |
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| • Rimas J. Orentas, Ph.D., Associate Scientist |
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| • Elise Sylar, Postbaccalaureate Fellow |
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| • Hua Zhang, M.D., Research Biologist |
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| Terry J. Fry, M.D., Investigator Head, Blood and Marrow Transplantation |
Research Team: |
| • Tolu E Ariyo, Postbaccalaureate Fellow |
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| • Christopher Daniel Chien, Postdoctoral Fellow (Visiting) |
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| • Waleed Haso, Postbaccalaureate Fellow |
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| • Haiying Qin, M.S., Research Biologist |
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| • Jessica Shand, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
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| Lee J. Helman, M.D., Senior Investigator Head, Molecular Oncology Section |
Research Team: |
| • Barbara A. Caceda, Program Specialist |
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| • Lauren Long, R.N., Nurse Specialist |
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| • Amy McCalla, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (CRTA) |
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| • Arnulfo Mendoza, Ph.D., Research Biologist |
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| • Eyal Ramu, Postdoctoral Fellow (CRTA) |
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| • Xiaolin Wan, M.D., Ph.D., Research Fellow |
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| • Choh Yeung, B.S., Research Biologist |
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| Rosandra N. Kaplan, M.D., Investigator Head, Tumor Microenvironment Section |
Research Team: |
| • Amber Giles, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (CRTA) |
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| • Miki Kasai, Research Biologist |
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| • Christianne Persenaire, Postbaccalaureate Fellow |
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| • Yorleny Vicioso, Postbaccalaureate Fellow |
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| Javed Khan, M.D., Senior Investigator Head, Oncogenomics Section |
Research Team: |
| • Dominik Bogen, B.S., Predoctoral Fellow |
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| • Andrew Brohl, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
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| • Li Chen, Ph.D., Bioinformatics Specialist (Contr) |
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| • Jianbin He, Programmer / Analyst (Contr) |
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| • Laura Hurd, Research Biologist (Contr) |
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| • Samuel Qingshan Li, Postdoctoral Fellow (CRTA) |
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| • Hongling Liao, Research Biologist (Contr) |
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| • Christian S. Parry, Ph.D., Special Volunteer |
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| • Rajesh Patidar, M.S., Programmer / Analyst (Contr) |
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| • John Shern, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
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| • Sivasish Sindiri, Bioinformatics Specialist (Contr) |
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| • Young Song, Ph.D., Research Biologist |
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| • Catherine House Tolman, B.Sc., Research Biologist |
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| • Cindy Waldron, Special Volunteer |
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| • Jianjun Wang, Ph.D., Programmer / Analyst (Contr) |
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| • Jun S. Wei, Ph.D., Staff Scientist |
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| • Xinyu Wen, M.S., Programmer / Analyst (Contr) |
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| • Shile Zhang, Predoctoral Fellow |
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| Chand Khanna, D.V.M., Ph.D., Senior Investigator Head, Tumor and Metastasis Biology Section |
Research Team: |
| • Anita C. Epps, Secretary |
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| • Radhika Gharpure, Postbaccalaureate Fellow |
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| • Allyson Koyen, Postbaccalaureate Fellow |
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| • Michael Lizardo, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (CRTA) |
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| • Martin Mendoza, Ph.D., Special Volunteer |
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| • Ling Ren, Ph.D., Research Biologist |
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| Carol J. Thiele, Ph.D., Senior Investigator Head, Cell and Molecular Biology Section |
Research Team: |
| • Nancy Ding, Special Volunteer |
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| • Stanley He, Postbaccalaureate Fellow |
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| • Zhihui Liu, Ph.D., Staff Scientist |
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| • Doo-Yi Oh, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (Visiting) |
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| • Chunxi Wang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (Visiting) |
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| • Luke Wylie, Predoctoral Fellow |
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| • Shuang Yan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (Visiting) |
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| Katherine E. Warren, M.D., Investigator Head, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Section |
Research Team: |
| • Linda Ellison, Clinical Research Nurse |
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| • Cindy Lester McCully, B.S., Research Biologist |
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| • Jennifer Rabb, Secretary |
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| • Emilie Steffen-Smith, Research Biologist |
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| Brigitte C. Widemann, M.D., Senior Investigator Head, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Section |
Research Team: |
| • Srivandana Akshintala, Special Volunteer |
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| • Andrea Baldwin, R.N., Nurse Practitioner |
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| • Diane Cole, B.S., Research Biologist |
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| • Eva Dombi, Ph.D., Senior Research Assistant |
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| • Rachel Ershler, Clinical Fellow |
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| • Nalini Jayaprakash, M.S., Research Chemist |
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| • Aerang Kim, M.D., Special Volunteer |
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| • Holly Meany, M.D., Special Volunteer |
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| • Robert Murphy, B.S., Research Chemist |
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| • Patricia (Trish) Whitcomb, B.S., Nurse Specialist |
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Assistant Clinical Investigator |
| Fernanda I. Arnaldez, M.D., Assistant Clinical Investigator Molecular Oncology Section |
Research Team: |
| • Toby Terwilliger, Postbaccalaureate Fellow |
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Senior Clinician |
| Alan S. Wayne, M.D., Senior Clinician Head, Hematologic Diseases Section |
Research Team: |
| • Cynthia P. Delbrook, R.N., Senior Nurse Specialist |
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| • Kelly Richards, Nurse Specialist |
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| • Vicki M. Richmond, Fellowship Specialist |
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Associate Scientists |
| Rimas J. Orentas, Ph.D. Immunology Section |
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Staff Clinicians |
| Kristin Baird, M.D. Immunology Section |
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| Jason E. Levine, M.D. Hematologic Diseases Section |
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| Melinda S. Merchant, M.D., Ph.D. Immunology Section |
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Staff Scientists |
| Zhihui Liu, Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology Section |
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| Staci Martin Peron, Ph.D. Clinical Care and Education |
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| Melissa Paoloni, D.V.M. Tumor and Metastasis Biology Section |
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| Jun S. Wei, Ph.D. Oncogenomics Section |
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| Lori Wiener, Ph.D. Head, Pediatric Psychosocial Support and Research Program |
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| Pamela L. Wolters, Ph.D. Head, Neuropsychology Program |
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Other Groups and Programs |
| Behavioral Science Core |
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| Lori Wiener, Ph.D., Head |
| Pamela L. Wolters, Ph.D., Head |
| Brittany Abel, Special Volunteer |
| Alberta A. Aikin, Special Volunteer |
| Katherine Burns, Postbaccalaureate Fellow |
| Staci Martin Peron, Ph.D., Staff Scientist |
| MaryAnne Tamula, Nurse Specialist (Contr) |
| Kenneth Tercyak, Ph.D., Research Fellow (Contr) |
| Sima Zadeh, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (CRTA) |
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| Clinical Care and Education |
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| Alan S. Wayne, M.D., Head |
| Sama Ahsan, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Catherine Albert, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Nawal Alkharouf, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Colleen E. Annesley, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Wendy Chang, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Stacy Cooper, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Sherri L. Depollar, Patient Care Coordinator |
| Joanne Derdak, R.N., Nurse Practitioner |
| Ruchika Goel, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Masanori Hayashi, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Christine Heske, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Jeffery Huo, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Elad Jacoby, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Orly Klein, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Brian Ladle, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Nicolas Llosa, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Allison Marie Martin, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Lisa Mcreynolds, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Toshihiro Onishi, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Nirali Shah, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Diana Steppan, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Heather A. Wasserstrom, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
| Marielle Yohe, M.D., Clinical Fellow |
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| Comparative Oncology Program |
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| Chand Khanna, D.V.M., Ph.D., Head |
| Christina Mazcko, B.S., Research Biologist |
| Melissa Paoloni, D.V.M., Staff Scientist |
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