About

Faculty

Shrikant Anant, PhD

Professor, Cancer Biology

Ryan Barnes, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Stefan Bossmann, PhD

Department Chair

Natalia Cestari Moreno, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Obdulia Covarrubias, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Prasad Dandawate, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Jennifer Davis, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Thais Sielecki -Dzurdz, Ph.D.

Professor, Cancer Biology

Hindole Ghosh, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Divya Kamath, Ph.D

Research Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Joan Lewis-Wambi, PhD

Associate Professor, Cancer Biology

Macy Payne, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Kalyani Pyaram, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Michaella Rekowski, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Katy Swancutt, DVM, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Michael VanSaun, PhD

Associate Professor, Cancer Biology

Michael Washburn, PhD

Professor, Cancer Biology

Scott Weir, PharmD, PhD

Professor, Cancer Biology

Danny Welch, PhD

Professor, Cancer Biology

Ben Woolbright, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Cancer Biology Joint Appointment Faculty

David Akhavan, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology

Ramesh Balusu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapeutics

Fariba Behbod, Pharm.D, Ph.D.

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Nikki Cheng, PhD

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Punita Dhawan, Ph.D.

Professor, Surgery

Bret Freudenthal, PhD

Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Gregory Gan, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology

Andrew Godwin, Ph.D.

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Christy Hagan, PhD

Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Yiduo Hu, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology

Roy Jensen, M.D.

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Warren Nothnick, PhD, HCLD

Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology

John. M. Perry, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Subhrajit Saha, Ph.D., M.Tech, MSc

Professor, Radiation Oncology

Weijing Sun, MD, FACP

Professor, Medical Oncology

John Taylor, M.D., MS

Professor, Urologic Surgery

Sufi Thomas, PhD

Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center , Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Shahid Umar, Ph.D., A.G.A.F.

Professor, Surgery

Volunteer Cancer Biology Faculty

Inamul Haque, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Kansas City VA Medical Center
Tomoo Iwakuma, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Translational Laboratory Oncology Research Program at the Children's Mercy Research Institute
Sonny T. M. Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology, Kansas State University
Thomas Mueller, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology, Montclair State University
Taeju Park, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Children's Mercy Research Institute
Tomi Pastinen, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine (CPGM), Children's Mercy, Kansas City
Alejandro Parrales, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Children’s Mercy, Kansas City Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Irina Pushel, Ph.D.
Senior Bioinformatic Scientist, Children's Mercy Research Institute
Atul Ranjan, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Children’s Mercy, Kansas City Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Anuradha Roy, Ph.D.
Director, High Throughput Screening Laboratory, University of Kansas
Paul Toren, Ph.D.
Director-Analytical Chemistry Core, Children's Mercy Research Institute
Malgorzata A. Witek, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Kansas
Vivekanand Yadav, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children’s Mercy Research Institute