University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Lorenzo Cohen

Yoga for women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy

Breast

Radiation Oncology

Cathy Eng

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Network Lead Academic Participating Site (LAP)

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Gregory A Lizee

Using the MHC class I cytoplasmic tail to control tumor Ag presentation by DCs

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Stephen Y Lai

Using Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DCE-MRI) to Establish Objective Clinical Outcome Measures for Mandibular Osteoradionecrosis

Other pharynx Oesophagus Nasopharynx Lip, oral cavity Larynx

Radiation Oncology

Angabin Matin

Use of DND1 to counteract miRNA function in cancers

Pancreas

Aundrietta De Van Duncan

Understanding the Function of TRIM 24 in Mammary Epithelial Cells

Breast

Guang Peng

Understanding and Targeting the DNA Repair Network in Cancer

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Xiongbin Lu

Ubiquitin specific peptidases as redox sensor in oncogene-induced p53 signaling

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Jeffrey Nicholas Myers

Translating genomic alterations into novel therapeutic targets in head and neck cancer through computational and functional approaches

Other pharynx Oesophagus Nasopharynx Lip, oral cavity Larynx

Funda Meric-Bernstam

Training of Academic Surgical Oncologists

Pancreas

Surgery / Surgical oncology

Diane Bodurka

Training of Academic Gynecologic Oncologists

Ovary Corpus uteri Cervix uteri Breast

David S. Hong

Therapeutic Strategies for Patients With BRAF Mutant Colorectal Cancer

Colorectum

Robert C Bast

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Ovarian Cancer

Ovary

Michael Davies

The Role of the PI3K-AKT Pathway in Melanoma Brain Metastasis

Melanoma of skin

Patrick Hwu

The role of the PI3K pathway in immune resistance

Melanoma of skin

Angabin Matin

The genetics of SF1 (splicing factor 1) in cancers

Testis

Ronald Anthony Depinho

Telomerase in Development, Senescence and Neoplasia

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Hodgkin lymphoma

Zihua Gong

Targeting the DNA repair pathway choice in breast cancer treatment

Breast

Khandan Keyomarsi

Targeting the cell cycle in triple negative breast cancer

Breast

Raghu Kalluri

Targeting Pericytes in Cancer

Trachea, bronchus and lung

Bulent Ozpolat

Targeting Kras in Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreas

Marina Y Konopleva

Targeting hypoxic microenvironment in Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

Leukaemia

Jian Hu

Targeting glioma stem cells by perturbation of telomere maintenance mechanisms

Brain, nervous system

Ethan Dmitrovsky

Targeting Anaphase Catastrophe to Combat Lung Cancer

Trachea, bronchus and lung

Jing Yang

Targeting adipocyte-secreted chemerin for chemotherapy resistance in myeloma

Multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative diseases

Zahid H Siddik

Targeted Development of Platinum Drugs

Ovary Kidney, renal pelvis and ureter

Dihua Yu

Target p70S6K for Chemodietary Prevention/Early Intervention of ER- Breast Cancer

Breast

Han Liang

Systematic Functional Characterization of RNA Editing in Endometrial Cancer

Corpus uteri

Mala Pande

Susceptibility Markers for a Breast-Colon Cancer Phenotype

Colorectum Breast

Boyi Gan

Studying metabolic stress signaling in renal cancer

Kidney, renal pelvis and ureter

Junjie Chen

Study the Role of Chfr in Tumorigenesis

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Vidya Gopalakrishnan

Study of a Novel Deubiquitylase in Medulloblastoma

Brain, nervous system

Raghu Kalluri

Stromal Regulation of Bone Metastasis

Prostate

Pathology

Honami Naora

Stromal Interactions and Leukemic Risk in Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Leukaemia

Dihua Yu

Stromal activation in the progression of high ErbB2/1433zeta DCIS to IBC

Breast

Scott Kopetz

Stress Signaling Pathways and Resistance in Colorectal Cancer

Colorectum

Wenyi Wang

Statistical methods for genomic analysis of heterogeneous tumors

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Funda Meric-Bernstam

Southwest Early Clinical Trials Consortium

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Nicholas Navin

Single-Cell Sequencing of Breast Tumors to Investigate Genome Evolution

Breast

Pathology

Suyun Huang

Signal Integration of Transcriptional Pathways in Gliomagenesis

Brain, nervous system

Pathology

Susan K Peterson

Sensor-assisted prevention of dehydration in head and neck cancer patients

Other pharynx Oesophagus Nasopharynx Lip, oral cavity Larynx

Peng Huang

ROS, Redox Regulation and Novel Targets for Cancer Therapy

Leukaemia

Elsa R Flores

Roles of p63 in regulation of miRNA and LincRNA targets in metastatic cancer

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Andrew Andrew Futreal

Role of Tumor Stroma in Therapeutic Response and Resistance

Melanoma of skin

Pathology

Robert Zygmunt Orlowski

Role of TJP1 in Sensitivity and Resistance to Proteasome Inhibitors in Myeloma

Multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative diseases

Min Gyu Lee

Role of the Histone demethylase JARID1d in Epigenetic Events of Prostate Cancer

Prostate

Guillermina Lozano

Role of p53 Missense Mutations on Tumorigenesis in Vivo

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Carlos Caulin

Role of MYB and MYB-NFIB fusions in Salivary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

Lip, oral cavity

Hesham M Amin

Role of IGF-IR tyrosine kinase in NPM-ALK-expressing T-cell lymphoma

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Hodgkin lymphoma

Lopa Mishra

Role of Beta Spectrin and Smad in Alcohol Induced Liver and GI Cell Proliferation

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Shine Chang

Retention in Research Careers: Mentoring for Scientific Communication Skills

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Richard E. Champlin

Research Training in Academic Medical Oncology

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Patrick A Zweidler-Mckay

Regulation of Osteosarcoma Metastasis by Notch and Hes 1 Pathway Signaling

Sarcoma

Zhimin Lu

Regulation of nuclear Beta-catenin in EGFR-promoted tumor development.

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Jonathan M Kurie

Regulation of Lung Cancer Metastasis by ZEB1

Trachea, bronchus and lung

Jonathan M Kurie

Regulation of Lung Cancer Metastasis by miR-200

Trachea, bronchus and lung

Jonathan M Kurie

Regulation of Lung Cancer Metastasis by a Procollagen Lysine Hydroxylase

Trachea, bronchus and lung

Stephanie S Watowich

Regulation and function of nonlymphoid organ CD103 dendritic cells

Melanoma of skin

Karen M Basen-Engquist

Reducing Cancer Disparaties Among Latinos in Texas

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Sam Beddar

Real-time volumetric scintillation dosimetry for radiation therapy

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Radiation Oncology

Sunil Krishnan

Radiation response modulation of tumors using biocongjugated gold nanoparticles

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Radiation Oncology

Wong-Ho Chow

Racial/ethnic disparity in breast cancer: can metabolic profiles play a role?

Breast

George A Calin

Protein-coding and non-coding RNA biomarkers for early detection of CLL

Leukaemia

Marcel Alejandro De Dios

Project Impact: A Culturally-Tailored Adherence Intervention for Latino Smokers

Trachea, bronchus and lung

Jeffrey Nicholas Myers

Progression and Metastasis of Oral Tongue Cancer

Lip, oral cavity

Pathology

Khandan Keyomarsi

Proeolytic Processing of Cyclin E in Breast Cancer

Breast

Eugenie S Kleinerman

Preclinical Evaluation of ERBB Family Members as Therapeutic Targets in Osteosarcoma

Sarcoma

Joya Chandra

Preclinical evaluation of a novel combinatory epigenetics based therapy for glioblastoma

Brain, nervous system

Vahid Afshar-Kharghan

Platelets promote growth of ovarian cancer

Ovary

Vikas Kundra

Personalizing Nanoparticle Therapy

Ovary Breast

Lee M. Ellis

Paracrine Role of Endothelial Cells on the Colorectal Cancer Stem Cell Phenotype

Colorectum

Bingliang Fang

Overcoming Resistance to Anti-EGFR Therapy by Drug Repurposing

Trachea, bronchus and lung

Anil K Sood

Ovarian Cancer: Mechanisms of Neuroendocrine Regulation

Ovary

Stephen Y Lai

Optimizing Radiosensitization in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer with Metabolic Imaging

Thyroid

Kapil Bhalla

Novel Targeted Therapy for AML

Leukaemia

Peng Huang

Novel Strategies to Target Leukemia-Stromal Interactions

Leukaemia

Victor Krasnykh

Novel probes for near-infrared fluorescence imaging-guided oncologic surgery

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Surgery / Surgical oncology

Yuanqing Ye

Next generation sequencing to identify novel colorectal cancer genes

Colorectum

Sarah Prinsloo

Neuromodulation as a Treatment for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Robert Dantzer

Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Cancer-Related Symptoms in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Lip, oral cavity

Aysegul Sahin

Multidisciplinary Subspecialty Pathology Research Fellowship Program

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Xifeng Wu

Molecular pathways linking obesity and RCC tumorigenesis (PQ1)

Kidney, renal pelvis and ureter

Cielito C Reyes-Gibby

Molecular Epidemiology of Neuropathic Pain in Head and Neck Cancer

Other pharynx Oesophagus Nasopharynx Lip, oral cavity Larynx

Amy Beth Heimberger

Modulation of Microglia and T Cell Interactions in Malignant Glioma

Brain, nervous system

Ganesh Rao

Modeling Apoptotic Suppression in a Mouse Model of Brain Tumors

Brain, nervous system

Jian Wang

Method to analyze X-chromosomal genetic data

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Boyi Gan

Mechanistic studies of cancer cell adaptive response to PI3K/AKT inhibition

Kidney, renal pelvis and ureter

Liuqing Yang

Mechanistic Roles of Long mcRNA-regulated Gene Transcription in Prostate Cancer

Prostate

Mitchell J Frederick

Mechanisms and Consequences of NOTCH Dysfunction in Head and Neck Cancer

Other pharynx Oesophagus Nasopharynx Lip, oral cavity Larynx

David G. Johnson

MD Anderson Science Park Summer Program in Cancer Research SPCR

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Shelli R. Kesler

Machine Learning Comparison of Brain Anatomy in Cancer and Alzheimers Disease

Brain, nervous system

Shine Chang

M.D. Anderson Education Program in Cancer Prevention

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Ethan Dmitrovsky

Lung Cancer Prevention Mechanisms

Trachea, bronchus and lung

Katherine Arnold Hutcheson

Lingual Strength & Dysphagia after Oropharynx Cancer: Proton vs. Photon Radiation

Other pharynx

Radiation Oncology

Konstantin V Sokolov

Interdisciplinary Translational Pre/Postdoctoral Program in Cancer Nanotechnology

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Jaffer A Ajani

Inhibition of Hedgehog Signaling in Gli-1+Adeno CA of the Esoph or GE junction

Oesophagus

Guojun Li

Inflammatory Response miRNAs Predict HPV-associated Oropharyngeal Cancer Outcome

Other pharynx

Elizabeth J Shpall

IMPROVING CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION

Leukaemia

Pediatric oncology or childhood cancer

Sadhan Majumder

Implications of a novel glioblastoma classification defined by miR-21-Sox2 status

Brain, nervous system

Anirban Maitra

Imaging and Molecular Correlates of Progression in Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas

Pancreas

Powel Brown

VADIS TRIAL: PHASE II TRIAL OF E75 PEPTIDE VACCINE IN WOMEN WITH DCIS OF THE BREAST

Breast

Powel Brown

ALTERNATIVE DOSING OF EXEMESTANE IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH STAGE 0-II ER-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER: A RANDOMIZED PRESURGICAL TRIAL

Breast

Powel Brown

A MULTICENTER PHASE II STUDY OF DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID IN PATIENTS WITH A HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER, PREMALIGNANT LESIONS, OR BENIGN BREAST DISEASE

Breast

Hui-Kuan Lin

Identification of a new strategy for cancer therapy

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Chad Daniel Huff

High-throughput sequencing to identify novel melanoma susceptibility genes

Melanoma of skin

Manal Metwally Hassan

Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

Pancreas

Sharon Y. R. Dent

Functions of Mammalian Histone Modifiers

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Junjie Chen

Fanconi anemia pathway in DNA damage repair

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Raymond E Meyn

Extension of Radiotherapy Research

Trachea, bronchus and lung Stomach Other pharynx Oesophagus Nasopharynx Lip, oral cavity Larynx

Radiation Oncology

Jennifer A. Wargo

Exploring synergy of combined BRAF-targeted therapy & immunotherapy for melanoma

Melanoma of skin

Swathi Arur

Erk-mediated regulation of Dicer and Drosha function in C. elegans

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Scott E Evans

Epithelial mechanisms of inducible resistance to AML-associated pneumonia

Leukaemia

Kunal Rai

Epigenetics of Melanoma Metastasis

Melanoma of skin

Xifeng Wu

Epigenetic miRNA, SNP Signatures, and their Functions in Lung Cancer Outcomes

Trachea, bronchus and lung

Alexander V Prokhorov

Enhancing cancer outreach for low-income adults with innovative smoking cessation

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Sue-Hwa Lin

Endothelial-to-osteoblast transition in prostate cancer bone metastasis

Prostate

Pathology

Raghu Kalluri

Employing mouse models to translate early detection of pancreas cancer

Pancreas

Bisrat G Debeb

Elucidate the role of miR-141 in brain metastasis from breast cancer

Breast

Jae-Il Park

Dissecting PAF, an Accelerator of Colorectal Cancer

Colorectum

Paul A Scheet

Discovery of Risk Loci and Genomics of Pancreatic Cancer through Exome Sequencing

Pancreas

Michelle Hildebrandt

Discovery of Novel Rare Variants as Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Factors

Ovary

Eduardo Vilar-Sanchez

Discovering New Targets for Chemoprevention in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

Colorectum

Chandra Bartholomeusz

Development of Targeted Therapy for ERK Pathway in Breast Cancer

Breast

Michael J Galko

Development of a mechanical nociceptive sensitization model in Drosophila

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Ken Chen

Delineating Heterogeneous Structural Complexity in Cancer Genomes

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Shawn B Bratton

Degradation mechanisms for inhibitor of apoptosis proteins and their antagonists

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Sharon Y. R. Dent

Defining USP22 Functions During Mammalian Development

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Zhimin Lu

Deciphering the role of Cdc25A in cancer metabolism.

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Joseph H Mccarty

Deciphering mechanisms of perivascular tumor cell invasion in glioblastoma

Brain, nervous system

Kathrin Milbury

Couple-Based Mind-Body Program for Lung Cancer Patients and their Partners

Trachea, bronchus and lung

Ziding Feng

Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer: Coordinating and Data Management Center (CSCPDPC-CDMC)

Pancreas

Lorenzo Cohen

Community-Based, Phase III Trial of acupuncture to treat chronic Xerostomia

Melanoma of skin All cancers but non-melanoma skin cancer

Radiation Oncology