CEDAR Team

Meet our multidisciplinary team dedicated to the early detection of cancer:

Leadership

• • Nima Nabavizadeh, M.D.
  • OHSU Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center (CEDAR)
• • Laura M. Heiser, Ph.D.
  • Heiser Lab

Operational Leadership

• • Paul Howard, Ph.D.

Faculty and Scientists

• • Adem Yildirim, Ph.D.
  • Cancer Nanomedicine Lab
• • Alexander Davies, D.V.M, Ph.D.
• • Aysegul Ors, Ph.D.
• • Carolyn Schutt Ibsen, Ph.D.
  • Energy-Responsive Biomaterials Lab
• • Chris Sander, Ph.D.
• • Cristiane Miranda Franca, D.D.S., Ph.D. (She/her)
• • Sebnem Ece Eksi, Ph.D. (she/her)
  • Eksi Lab Website
• • Ellen Langer, Ph.D. (she/her)
• • Galip Gürkan Yardimci, Ph.D.
• • Gregory J. Baker, PhD, PharmD (he/him)
  • Visit the Baker Lab
• • Hisham Mohammed, Ph.D.
• • Jared Fischer, Ph.D.
• • Jeremy Copperman, Ph.D.
• • Jessica Riesterer McQuiston, Ph.D. (she/her)
• • Joshua Moreau, Ph.D. (he/him)
• • Joshua Saldivar, Ph.D.
  • Saldivar lab
• • Li Xiang, Ph.D.
• • Luiz E. Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D.
  • Knight Cancer Precision Biofabrication Hub
• • Mark Flory, Ph.D.
• • Michelle Gomes, Ph.D.
• • Ravi Thakur, Ph.D.
• • Rebekka Duhen, Ph.D.
• • Ruslan Strogantsev, Ph.D.
• • Sean D. Speese, Ph.D.
• • Srivathsan Ranganathan, Ph.D.
• • Stuart Ibsen, Ph.D.
• • Thuy Ngo, Ph.D.
  • The Ngo Lab
• • Yu-Jui (Roger) Chiu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholars

• • Abrar Samiea, Ph.D.
• • Alexandra Tihomirov, Ph.D.
• • Avathamsa Athirasala
• • Christopher Eddy, Ph.D.
• • Cigdem Ak, Ph.D.
• • Daniela Roth, Ph.D. (she/her)
• • Duygu Altinok Dindar, M.D., Ph.D. (she/her)
• • Erin Helms, Ph.D. (she/her)
• • Ishfaq Ahmad, Ph.D.
• • Jason P. Ware, Ph.D. (he/him)
• • Kylene Lowrey, Ph.D.
• • Mehrzad Sasanpour Yazdi, Ph.D.
• • Olivia Foster, Ph.D. (she/they)
• • Rashi Yadav, Ph.D.
• • Sean Hamilton, Ph.D.
• • Seung-Won Lee, Ph.D.
• • Stephen Coleman, Ph.D. (he/him)
• • Tana Gazdik, Ph.D. (she/her)
• • Travis Moore, Ph.D.

Graduate Students

• • Alec Gosiak, B.S. (he/him)
• • Augusto Chaves Murriello, M.S. (he/him)
• • Benjamin Skubi, M.S. (he/him)
• • Bryan Chong, B.S.
• • Celina Sanchez
• • Connor Mitchell Frankston, B.S.
• • Delaney Shea , B.S. (she/her)
• • Ella Stimson, B.S.
• • Emma Wolcott, B.S. (she/her)
• • Haylie Helms, M.S.
• • Holly Day
• • Joseph Hwang, B.S. (he/him)
• • Julia Somers
• • Julia Vanderstreet (she/they)
• • Kenneth Riley, B.A.
• • Kira Lynch, B.S.
• • Maddy Kuhn
• • Madeline Tomaske, B.S. (she/her)
• • Mahshid Hosseini, M.S. (she/her)
• • Maryam al-Ghezi (she/her)
• • Melissa McEvoy (she/her)
• • Michael I. Henderson, B.A.
• • Michaela Russo, B.A. (she/her)
• • Mustafa Akur, B.S. (he/him)
• • Pintu Rathod, B.S. (he/him)
• • Nikita Sehgal, M.S.
• • Pranav Kolluri (he/him/his)
• • Rawan Makkawi, M.S.
• • Rowan Callahan, B.S.
• • Sarah Mitchell, B.S.
• • Shuhao Wei, B.S.
• • Vaibhav Murthy, B.S.
• • William Scott
  • Mohammed Lab
• • Yujia Zhang, M.S.

Research

• • Aaron Doe, M.S.
• • Alan Weisgerber, Ph.D.
• • Amelia Binnett, B.S. (she/her)
• • Anissa Bartolome, M.S.
• • Anthony Tahayeri, B.S.
• • Benjamin Kingston, Ph.D.
• • Brooke Stoddard, B.S.
• • Carol Halsey, B.S. (she/her)
• • Eli Spiliotopoulos, B.A. (he/him)
• • Eli Wagnell, B.S.
• • Elise Manalo-Hall, B.S.
• • Eric Carlson, Ph.D.
• • Florian Goncalves, M.S., M.E.
• • Francis Anderson, M.S.
• • Greg Jensen, B.S. (he/him)
• • Gulsu Sener, Ph.D.
• • Hugo Cros, M.S.
• • Ian Vangordon, M.S.
• • Isabel Dengos, M.S. (she/her)
• • Jameson Cosgrove, M.S. (he/him)
• • Jamie Endicott, Ph.D. (she/her)
• • Jessica Maxey, Ph.D. (she/her)
• • Jessie May Cartier, B.S.
• • Jose Luis Montoya Mira, Ph.D.
• • Juyoung Lee, B.S.
• • Kailin Mooney, M.S. (she/her)
• • Kaoutar Ait-Ahmad, M.S.
• • Kevin Schilling, Ph.D.
• • Lillian Klug, Ph.D. (she/her)
• • Malwina Szczepaniak, Ph.D.
• • Mariah Erlick, M.D. (she/her/hers)
• • Mark Wang, M.S. (he/him)
• • Mauricio Sousa, D.D.S., MSc, Ph.D. (he/him)
  • Google Scholar
• • Morgan Stewart, M.S.
• • Ravi Thakur, Ph.D.
• • Roxanne Bahn-Bales, B.S. (she/her)
• • Sam Kupp, B.S.
• • Samuel Drennan, B.A.
• • Samuel Olson, M.S.
• • Sara Evans-Dutson
• • Trent Waugh, M.S.

Clinical Research

• • Diana Potts, MPA
• • Alexis Wolfe, B.S.
• • Christine Jensen, B.S.
• • Emerson Soles
• • Emily Neal, B.S. (she/her)
• • Francis De Asis, M.P.H.
• • Jo Yun Hsu, B.S.
• • Kathleen Forrester, M.A. (she/her)
• • Meara Arboren (she/they)
• • Olivia Hill, B.A.
• • Olivia Monestime, B.S. (she/her)
• • Rosalyn Minh, B.S. (she/her)
• • Sarah Clampitt, B.S. (she/her)
• • Teresa Roland, B.S.
• • Zara Preciado-Carrillo, M.S.

Operations and Research Support

• • James McGann, Ph.D.
• • Meghan Fitzgerald, M.P.H. (she/her)
• • Molly Brockway, Ph.D.
• • Philippe Marchand, Ph.D.

Administration

• • Talia Hardie, B.S. (she/her)
• • Vicky Wintheiser, B.S. (she/her)