CCR Milestones - 2021

Kazusa Ishii, M.D., M.P.H. Kazusa Ishii, M.D., M.P.H., has joined the Genitourinary Malignancies Branch as part of CCR’s Physician-Scientist Early Investigator Program. Dr. Ishii researches cell therapy for various hematologic malignancies and non-malignant diseases. James N. Kochenderfer, M.D. James N. Kochenderfer, M.D., has been awarded tenure at NIH and appointed to Senior Investigator in the Surgery Branch. Dr. Kochenderfer is a physician-scientist working to develop immunotherapies for lymphoma, leukemia and multiple myeloma. Jadranka Loncarek, Ph.D. Jadranka Lončarek, Ph.D., has been awarded tenure at NIH and appointed to Senior Investigator in the Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling. Dr. Lončarek studies the fundamentals of centrosome biology: their biogenesis, architecture and cellular processes associated with their activity. Christian T. Mayer, Ph.D. Christian T. Mayer, Ph.D., has joined the Experimental Immunology Branch as a Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator. His research explores immunoregulatory networks, particularly those involving cell death, in health and disease. Jordan L. Meier, Ph.D. Jordan L. Meier, Ph.D., has been awarded tenure at NIH and appointed to Senior Investigator in the Chemical Biology Laboratory. Dr. Meier’s work focuses on the development of chemical approaches to study epigenetic signaling and its rela- tionship to cellular metabolism. 27