Molly Kulesz-Martin, Ph.D. - Professor Emeritus

Dermatology, Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology

E-3 ligases in skin carcinogenesis, tumor suppressor p53, p73

Sudarshan Anand, Ph.D.

Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology

mRNA, tumor microenvironment, cell engineering

Pamela Cassidy, Ph.D.

Dermatology

Melanoma, chemoprevention and translational research

Sara Courtneidge, Ph.D.

Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology, Dermatology

Cancer metastasis

Lisa M. Coussens, Ph.D.

Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology, Dermatology, Knight Cancer Institute

Molecular and cellular pathways regulating cancer-associated inflammation accompanying solid tumor development

Mu-Shui Dai, M.D., Ph.D.

Molecular & Medical Genetics

p53 tumor suppression; c-Myc oncogenic pathways

Brian Druker, M.D.

Knight Cancer Institute

Cutaneous T cell lymphoma

Arup Indra, Ph.D.

Dermatology, OHSU; Pharmaceutical Sciences, Oregon State University

Transcriptional regulation of skin organogenesis, chemical and physical carcinogen (UV) induced melanomagenesis, AD pathogenesis

David B. Jacoby, M.D.

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Eosinophil-nerve interactions in inflammatory pathways; airway TLRs

Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D.

Dermatology, Knight Cancer Institute

Genetic predisposition and prevention of melanoma

Yuangang Liu, Ph.D.

Dermatology

Innate immune response in psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and cancer

R. Stephen Lloyd, Ph.D.

Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences

DNA repair mechanisms

Owen J.T. McCarty, Ph.D. 

Biomedical Engineering

Circulating tumor cell biology

Amanda McCullough, Ph.D.

Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences

DNA repair, UV-induced skin cancer, oxidative stress

Shannon K. McWeeney, Ph.D.

Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, Public Health & Preventive Medicine

Development and application of statistical and computational methodologies for functional genomics data

Ashlee V. Moses, Ph.D.

Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Kaposi's Sarcoma, cKIT, HHV8 virology & pathobiology

Rosalie C. Sears, Ph.D.

Molecular & Medical Genetics

Cancer genetics, regulating the c-Myc oncoprotein in head & neck and skin SCC

Mark K. Slifka, Ph.D.

Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, National Primate Research Center

T cell and B cell-mediated immunity, memory cells in cancer

Philip J.S. Stork, M.D.

Vollum Institute

Ras and B-Raf signaling in growth and apoptosis

Melissa Wong, Ph.D.

Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology, Dermatology

Beta-catenin pathway, tumor stem cells of intestinal mucosa

Associate Mentors:

Xiaolin Nan, Ph.D.

Biomedical Engineering

Spatial and temporal organization of biological molecules; novel imaging tools for localizing and tracking biological molecules at the nanometer and single-molecule scales

Naoki Oshimori, Ph.D.

Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology, Dermatology, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery

Cancer stem cell-immune cell crosstalk in tumor-promoting niche development; transcriptional regulation of therapy-resistant, cancer stem cells of squamous cell carcinoma

Rajan Kulkarni, M.D., Ph.D.

Dermatology, CEDAR, Biomedical Engineering

Circulating tumor cells (lung, melanoma, prostate); immune-related adverse events

Sophia Bornstein, M.D., Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2007 – 2008

Project: Role of Smad4 in HNSCC tumorigenesis

Mentor: Xiao-Jing Wang (former faculty)

Marcus Calkins, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2011 – 2013

Project: Activation of base excision repair for ultraviolet light-induced DNA damage

Mentors: Lloyd & McCullough

Tim Carey, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2016

Project: Role of USP36 in skin inflammation and cancer

Mentor: Dai

Evan Carpenter, Ph.D. Candidate

Predoctoral trainee, 2018 – 2019

Project: The role of thioredoxin reductase 1 (TR1) in melanocyte homeostasis

Mentors: Indra & Cassidy

Daniel Coleman, Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2012 – 2013

Project: Functional signaling between keratinocytes and melanocytes altered during UV induced melanomagenesis

Mentor: Indra

Paige Davies, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2004 – 2005, 2006 – 2007

Project: Role of Wnt and Notch signaling pathways in IBD disease pathology and re-establishment of epithelial homeostasis

Mentor: Wong

Nathaniel Evans, Ph.D. Candidate

Predoctoral trainee, 2019 – 2020

Project: Improving drug response predictions to support precision oncology

Mentor: McWeeney

Amy Farrell, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2008 – 2010

Project: Role of altered c-Myc phosphorylation and stability in the generation of SCC

Mentor: Sears

Erin Fitch Foster, M.D., Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2007 – 2008

Project: Role of interleukin (IL)-23 in psoriasis and cancer

Mentors: Andrew Blauvelt (former faculty) & Jacoby

Jayme Gallegos, Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2004 – 2005

Project: Regulation of the transcription factor p63   

Mentor: Shi-Long Lu (former faculty)

Gloria Garcia, Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2013 – 2014

Project: Function of vitamin D receptor in UV induced homeostasis and melanocyte melanomagenesis

Mentor: Indra 

Dan Gareau, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2009 – 2011

Project: Advancing skin cancer detection by microscopy

Mentor: Steven Jacques (former faculty)

Charlie Gast, M.D., Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2015 – 2016

Project: Cancer-macrophage fusion as a mechanism for metastases

Mentors: Coussens & Wong

Cecil Gomes, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2018 – 2019

Project: Complement C5a in squamous carcinogenesis

Mentor: Coussens

Sean Gross, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2013 – 2014

Project: Biasing stem cell fate through IGF/AKT pathway

Mentor: Peter Rotwein (former faculty)

David Halladin, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2017

Project: Non-genetic mechanisms in tumor progression in a murine model of squamous cell carcinoma

Mentors: Oshimori & Coussens

 

Clayton Hudson, Ph.D. Candidate

Predoctoral trainee, 2019 – 2020

Project: A microRNA-target network in endothelial DNA damage and angiogenesis

Mentor: Anand

Stephen Hyter, Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2011 – 2012

Project: Cooperative effects of keratinocytic RXRa and activated CDK4 in carcinogen induced melanomagenesis

Mentor: Indra

Jodi Johnson, Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2004 – 2007

Project: The p53 family interacting pathways in carcinogenesis and cellular response to DNA damage

Mentor: Kulesz-Martin

Chelsey Kline, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2015 – 2018

Project: Genetic determinants of antioxidant response in human melanocytes—effects on efficacy of melanoma chemoprevention agents

Mentors: Leachman & Cassidy

Ryan Lane, Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2015 – 2019

Project: Role of lymphatic endothelial cells within melanoma tumors, in tumor tolerance by the immune system, and as potential clinical therapeutic targets for treatment of melanoma and possible biomarkers for risk stratification

Mentors: Amanda Lund (former faculty) & McCarty

Trevor Levin, Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2008 – 2011

Project: Cancer stem cells: expression patterns and disease prognosis

Mentor: Wong

Yanping Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2010

Project: The role of Rap1 in nuclear transport

Mentor: Stork

Chris Loo, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2015 – 2016

Project: T lymphocyte modulation of PD-L1 expression on lymphatic vessels and the consequent localized adaptive immune response in melanoma

Mentors: Amanda Lund (former faculty) & Coussens

Quentin Low, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2006 – 2007

Project: Rap1 and adhesion

Mentor: Stork

Olivia Lucero, M.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2018 – 2020

Project: Genomic and functional screening approaches toward the identification of mechanistic and novel therapeutic targets in CTCL

Mentor: Druker

Stephen Malkoski, M.D., Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2005 – 2006

Project: Mechanisms by which defective TGF-beta signaling leads to the development of lung squamous cell carcinoma

Mentor: Xiao-Jing Wang (former faculty)

Terry Medler, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2012 – 2014

Project: Role and functional consequences of CD8+ T cells in regulating the vascular (re)programming of angiogenic signaling pathways in neoplastic skin

Mentor: Coussens 

Marcus Monroe, M.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2010

Project: Cancer stem cell expression and its relationship to head and neck prognosis

Mentor: Wong

Phil Owens, Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2005 – 2007

Project: Smad4 functions in the skin 

Mentor: Xiao-Jing Wang (former faculty)

Elyse Paterson, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2015 – 2018

Project: Mechanisms of melanoma invasion and metastasis

Mentor: Courtneidge

Carey Phelps, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2015 – 2017

Project: Spatiotemporal regulation of drug-induced dimerization of Raf isoforms in melanoma

Mentors: Nan & Stork

Kevin Phillips, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2008 – 2010

Project: Application of novel optical methods use in imaging cancers, inflammatory responses and wound healing

Mentor: Steven Jacques (former faculty)

Quinn Roth-Carter, Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2016 – 2018

Project: Eosinophil and sensory nerve interactions in the immune response

Mentor: Jacoby

Michael Siegel, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2013 – 2014

Project: Correlative electron and fluorescence microscopy to study cell signaling in cancer

Mentor: Steven Jacques (former faculty)

Alain Silk, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2012

Project: Tumor cell fusion in cancer progression

Mentor: Wong

Nick Smith, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2011 – 2014

Project: Investigating the role of the stem cell niche marker CD166 in intestinal homeostasis

Mentor: Wong

Maria Steele, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2017 – 2019

Project: Determining the kinetics of intratumoral T cell egress and the molecular mechanisms governing lymphocyte egress in melanoma microenvironments

Mentor: Amanda Lund (former faculty)

Erin Harper Stevens, Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2005 – 2008

Project: Involvement of IL-23 and the Th17 T cell immune response in human cutaneous inflammatory disease

Mentor: Andrew Blauvelt (former faculty)

Sara Tokarz, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2006 – 2007

Project: Collaboration between Skp2 and c-Myc in epithelial carcinogenesis

Mentor: Sears

Garth Tormoen, M.D., Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2011 – 2012

Project: Characterization of the physical parameters of epithelial cells as a function of malignant progression

Mentor: McCarty

James Tucker, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2019

Project: Analysis of TGF-beta-induced gene expression in treatment-resistant, stem-like tumor cells

Mentors: Oshimori & Kulesz-Martin

Meghan Lindauer Vyleta, Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2008 – 2009

Project: The role of alveolar macrophages in the inflammatory response in lung epithelium

Mentor: Bruce Magun (former faculty)

Josh Walker, M.D., Ph.D.

Predoctoral trainee, 2010 – 2011

Project: Characterization, and optimization of CD8+ T cell responses to inactivated viral antigens

Mentor: Slifka 

Cortny Williams, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral trainee, 2007 – 2009

Project: Role of T cells in TGF-beta 1 mediated skin inflammation

Mentor: Xiao-Jing Wang (former faculty)

Aaron Wortham, M.S.

Predoctoral trainee, 2012 – 2015

Project: Role of Trim32 in squamous cell carcinoma

Mentor: Kulesz-Martin