CCR Milestones - 2020

Sridhar Hannenhalli, Ph.D. Sridhar Hannenhalli, Ph.D., has joined the Cancer Data Science Laboratory as a Senior Investigator. His lab harnesses a variety of high-throughput omics data to address fundamental biological questions as they pertain to both normal organismal functions and diseases with a special emphasis on cancer. Peng Jiang, Ph.D. Peng Jiang, Ph.D., has joined the Cancer Data Science Laboratory as its first Stadtman Tenure Track Investigator. His research focuses on developing integrative frameworks that leverage big-data resources in public domains to identify regulators of cancer therapy resistance. Mary Kearney, Ph.D. Mary Kearney, Ph.D., has been appointed as a Senior Scientist in the Host-Virus Interaction Branch of the HIV Dynamics Replication Program. She conducts research on the emergence of HIV drug resistance, the persistence of HIV during antiretroviral treatment (ART) and the sources of rebound viremia after stopping ART. Laurie Krug, Ph.D. Laurie Krug, Ph.D., has joined the HIV and AIDS Malignancies Branch as a Stadtman Tenure Track Investigator. She applies novel molecular approaches to define the gammaherpesvirus proteins and host signaling networks that are required for different stages of chronic infection. Ashish Lal, Ph.D. Ashish Lal, Ph.D., has been awarded tenure at NIH and appointed to Senior Investigator in the Genetics Branch. Dr. Lal is an expert on noncoding RNAs and cancer. He has extensively studied miRNAs in the p53 pathway and in the regulation of differentiation in colorectal cancer. Daniel Larson, Ph.D. Daniel Larson, Ph.D., has been awarded tenure at NIH and appointed to Senior Investigator in the Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression. Dr. Larson’s research focuses on understanding gene expression in eukaryotic cells, starting from the mechanistic behavior of individual macromolecules and proceeding to their regulation in cells and tissue. Vanja Lazarevic, Ph.D. Vanja Lazarevic, Ph.D., has been awarded tenure at NIH and appointed to Senior Investigator in the Experimental Immunology Branch. She researches how transcription factors regulate differentiation and effector function of CD4+ T helper cells in the context of autoimmune disorders with an emphasis on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, a model for multiple sclerosis. New Faculty 22