Team
Center for Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy (CCII) is overseen by Drs. Yan and Chesney who direct all administrative, fiscal, scientific and educational operations of the Center. They are supported by a team of senior faculty with expertise and experience in relevant areas. Administrative and Research Cores, Advisory Committees, and Projects are integral units of CCII. Each unit interacts with all other units and with the UofL community.
Leadership
Jason Chesney, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
Jun Yan, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
Administrative, Support & Mentors
Haribabu Bodduluri, Ph.D., Mentor, Co-Director (Research) |
Paula Bates, Ph.D., Co-Investigator |
Norman Lehman, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Investigator |
Nejat Egilmez, Ph.D., Mentor |
John Trent, Ph.D., Co-Investigator |
Huang-Ge Zhang, Ph.D., Mentor |
Robert Mitchell, Ph.D., Mentor |
Shesh Rai, Ph.D., Biostatistician |
Eric Rouchka, D.Sc. Bioinformatics, Co-Investigator |
David Tieri, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate |
Jianmin Pan, Ph.D, Biostatistician Hong Li, Ph.D, Research Core Manager Aaron Puckett, B.S., Research Core Technician David Lian, M.A., Program Coordinator |
Researchers
Kavitha Yaddanapudi, Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
Qingsheng Li, Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
Corey Watson, Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
Chuanlin Ding, Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
James Cripps, Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
Chi Li, Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
Nobuyuki Matoba, Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
Melissa Smith, Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
Rebecca Redman, M.D., Co-Investigator |
Howard Donninger, Ph.D., Co-Investigator |
Sham Kakar, Ph.D., Co-Investigator |
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Jingzhi Wang, Research Technician, Project 1 Qian Zhong, Post-Doctoral Associate, Project 1 Jamie Seo, Research Technician, Project 2 Assoad Mannan, Research Assistant, Project 2 Kamile Rasche, Graduate Research Assistant, Project 3 Omar Sarkar, Graduate Research Assistant, Project 4 Lewis Chew, Research Technician, Pilot Project 1 Aaron Whitt, Graduate Research Assistant, Pilot Project 2 Matthew Dent, Graduate Research Assistant, Pilot Project 3 Katarina Mayer, Technician, Pilot Project 3 Easton Ford, Graduate Research Assistant, Pilot Project 4 |
Internal Advisory Committee Members
Michele Kosiewicz, Ph.D. |
Richard Lamont, Ph.D. |
Donald Miller, M.D., Ph.D. |
Thomas Mitchell, Ph.D. |
Elizabeth Riley, M.D., FACP |
Hui Shao, Ph.D. |
Victor van Berkel, M.D., Ph.D. |
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External Advisory Committee
Four internationally renowned researchers in the field of cancer immunology and immunotherapy have been invited to establish the EAC to guide and evaluate CCII strategy and operations. The EAC members are
Jose Conejo-Garcia, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chairman
Department of Immunology, Moffitt Cancer Center
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Mary Jo Turk, Ph.D., O.Ross McIntyre MD Professor
Norris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
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Weiping Zou, M.D., Ph.D., Charles B. de Nancrede Professor of Surgery, Immunology and Biology, Director
Center for Excellence for Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Michigan School of Medicine
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George Miller, M.D. Professor of Surgery
Co-leader, Tumor Immunology Research Program, Perlmutter Cancer Center
NYU Langone Health
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