Basic Science Team

Our laboratory investigators are engaged full-time in cutting-edge basic science research to identify ways to improve the treatment of malignant CNS tumors. The laboratories of full, associate, and secondary Neuro-oncology Program members comprise the basic science team.

Researchers

David Ashley, MBBS, FRACP, PhD

Director, Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center

Darell D. Bigner, MD, PhD

Edwin L. Jones, Jr. and Lucille Finch Jones Cancer Research Professor (Focus Group: Immunoconjugates)

Satish Chitneni, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology (Focus Group: Molecular Studies)

Matthias Gromeier, MD

Professor of Neurosurgery, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Medicine (Focus Group: Virotherapy)

Yiping He, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pathology (Focus Group: Molecular Studies)

Stephen Keir, DrPH, MPH

Professor of Neurosurgery (Focus Group: Pre-Clinical Drug Testing)

Chay Kuo, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, and Pediatrics (Focus Group: Molecular Studies)

Roger McLendon, MD

Professor of Pathology (Focus Group: Biobanking)

John Sampson, MD, PhD

Dr. Robert H. Wilkins and Gloria Wilkins Professor of Neurosurgery (Focus Group: Active Immunotherapy)

Mark Dewhirst, DVM, PhD

Gustavo S. Montana Professor of Radiation Oncology (Focus Group: Pre-Clinical Drug Testing)

Simon Gregory, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Research Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (Focus Group: Molecular Studies)

Sally Kornbluth, PhD

James B. Duke Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology (Focus Group: Molecular Studies)

Ganesan Vaidyanathan, PhD

Professor of Radiology (Focus Group: Immunoconjugates)

Michael Zalutsky, PhD

Jonathan Spicehandler, MD, Professor of Neuro-oncology Research (Focus Group: Radio-Immunotherapy)

Basic Science Team

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Researchers