Michael Papagikos, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My clinical interest is primarily focused on using advanced radiation therapy techniques in the treatment of kidney, bladder, and prostate cancer. I strongly support enrolling on cooperative group cli … Read more |
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MARKET(S): CoastalINSTITUTE(S): Cancer |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Cancer, Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials, Comparative Effectiveness, Health Informatics, Implementation Science, Prostate Cancer, Quality and Patient Safety |
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Samantha Pattenden, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Pattenden lab is focused on the development of innovative techniques in chromatin-based therapeutic target discovery and cancer diagnostics. As Director of Applied Epigenetic Screening Technologie … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Other, Pharmaceutical Sciences |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Chemical Biology, Drug Discovery, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Molecular Biology, Translational Medicine |
Chad Victor Pecot, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The development of metastases is the cause of death in nearly all cancer patients, yet the mechanisms driving metastatic biology remain poorly understood. Also, few cancer therapeutics are being devel … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Nanomedicine, Pathology, Translational Medicine |
Mark Peifer |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Cell adhesion, signal transduction, and cytoskeletal regulation during embryogenesis and in cancer. We focus on the regulation of cadherin-based cell-cell adhesion, and on Wnt signaling and its regul … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics |
Charles M. Perou, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The focus of my lab is to characterize the biological diversity of human tumors using genomics, genetics, and cell biology, and then to use this information to develop improved treatments that are spe … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Computational Medicine Program, Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Translational Medicine |
Gary J. Pielak |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My graduate students and I use the formalism of equilibrium thermodynamics and the tools of molecular biology and biophysics to understand how nature designs proteins.,My graduate students and I use t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Chemistry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Structural Biology |
Jeremy Purvis, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We study the behavior of individual cells with a specific focus on “irreversible” cell fate decisions such as apoptosis, senescence, and differentiation. Why do genetically identical cells choose diff … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Signaling, Computational Biology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology |
Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research focuses on understanding the mechanisms by which tumors co-opt the immune system to facilitate emergence and progression of cancer. I am particularly interested in biology of pancreatic ca … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Gastrointestinal Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Translational Medicine |
Jesse Raab, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Chromatin regulators are among the most frequent mutations in hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma. We are interested in how disruption of normal chromatin regulation gives rise to t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Cancer Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics |
Nancy Raab-Traub |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our laboratory investigates the role of the Epstein-Barr virus in the etiology of human disease. EBV is a ubiquitous infectious agent, which is associated with specific malignancies including Burkitt’ … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Virology |
Dale Ramsden |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The end joining pathway is a major means for repairing chromosome breaks in vertebrates. My lab is using cellular and cell-free models to learn how end joining works, and what happens when it doesn’t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology |
Scott Randell, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Lung and Airway Biology and Disease, Innate Immunity, Stem Cells, Gene and Cell Therapy, Infectious Diseases, Cystic Fibrosis, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Head and Neck and Lung Cancer, Inhalation Tox … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center, Marsico Lung Institute, Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Gene Therapy, Pathogenesis & Infection, Physiology, Pulmonary, Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells, Toxicology |





