About

Faculty

Shrikant Anant, PhD

Professor, Cancer Biology

Ryan Barnes, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Stefan Bossmann, PhD

Department Chair

Obdulia Covarrubias, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Prasad Dandawate, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Jennifer Davis, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Joan Lewis-Wambi, PhD

Associate Professor, Cancer Biology

Kalyani Pyaram, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Michaella Rekowski, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Michael VanSaun, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Michael Washburn, PhD

Professor, Cancer Biology

Scott Weir, PharmD, PhD

Professor, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics

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

Fariba Behbod, PharmD, Ph.D.

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

James Calvet, PhD

Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Nikki Cheng, PhD

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Dan Dixon, Ph.D.

Professor, Molecular Biosciences

Bret Freudenthal, PhD

Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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

Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology

Andrew Godwin, Ph.D.

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Christy Hagan, PhD

Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Roy Jensen, M.D.

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Warren Nothnick, PhD, HCLD

Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology

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

Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology

Shane Stecklein, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology

Weijing Sun, MD, FACP

Professor, Medical Oncology

John Taylor, M.D., MS

Professor, Urologic Surgery

Sufi Thomas, PhD

Associate Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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

Professor, Surgery

Jun Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Medical Oncology

Volunteer Cancer Biology Faculty

Tom Curran, Ph.D., FRS
Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the Children's Research Institute,Children's Mercy, Kansas City
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
Alejandro Parrales, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Children’s Mercy, Kansas CityResearch Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Tomi Pastinen, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine (CPGM), Children's Mercy, Kansas City
Atul Ranjan, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Children’s Mercy, Kansas City Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
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