Knight Cancer Institute Members | Knight Cancer Institute

The research membership of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is composed of researchers, scientists and clinicians working together to provide world-class patient care and groundbreaking research to reduce the morbidity and mortality of cancer.

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Cancer Biology
Cancer Prevention and Control
Quantitative Oncology
Translational Oncology

- Andrew C. Adey, Ph.D.
- Anupriya Agarwal, Ph.D.
- Christopher Amling, M.D., FACS
- Sudarshan Anand, Ph.D.
- Nicole Andeen, M.D.
- Sarah Andres, Ph.D.
- Joseph E. Aslan, Ph.D., FAHA
- Steffani R. Bailey, Ph.D.
- Gregory J. Baker, PhD, PharmD (he/him)
- Ramon Barajas, M.D.
- Eric Barklis, Ph.D.
- Kimberly E. Beatty, Ph.D.
- Neal Bennett, B.S.E, Ph.D. (he/him)
- Elizabeth Berry, M.D. (she/her)
- Luiz E. Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D.
- Charles D. Blanke, M.D., FACP, FASCO
- Ted Braun, M.D., Ph.D.
- Jonathan R. Brody, Ph.D.
- Amanda Bruegl, M.D. (she/her)
- Megan L. Burger, Ph.D. (she/her)
- Katelyn Byrne, Ph.D.
- Sha Cao, Ph.D. (she/her)
- Lucia Carbone, Ph.D.
- Jeremy Paul Cetnar, M.D., M.S.H.P.R.
- Bill Hoon Chang, M.D., Ph.D.
- Young Hwan Chang, Ph.D. (he/him)
- Andy Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
- Emerson Y. Chen, M.D.
- Siyu Chen, Ph.D.
- Yabing Chen, Ph.D., MBA, FAHA
- Koei Chin
- Yoon-Jae Cho, M.D.
- Esther G. Chong, M.D. (she/her)
- Daniel Robert Clayburgh, M.D., Ph.D., FACS
- Daniel Cleary, M.D., Ph.D. (he/him)
- Kristin G. Cloyes, Ph.D., M.N., RN (she/they)
- Fergus Coakley, M.B. B.Ch
- Michael S. Cohen, Ph.D.
- Donald F. Conrad, Ph.D.
- Rachel J. Cook, M.D., M.S.
- Tomas Cordova, M.D.
- Gregory A. Coté, M.D., M.S.
- Erika K. Cottrell, Ph.D.
- Lisa M. Coussens, Ph.D., FAACR, FAIO
- Seth D. Crockett, M.D., M.P.H.
- Jessica Currier, Ph.D. (she/her)
- Jevon Cutler, Ph.D.
- Mushui Dai, M.D., Ph.D.

- Monika Davare, Ph.D.
- Alexander Davies, D.V.M, Ph.D.
- Melinda M. Davis, Ph.D., M.C.R. (she/her)
- Andrea E. DeBarber, Ph.D.
- Victor R. DeFilippis, Ph.D.
- Thomas G. DeLoughery, M.D., M.A.C.P., FAWM
- Patrick DeMartino, M.D., M.P.H.
- Emek Demir, Ph.D.
- Quin Denfeld, Ph.D., RN, FAHA, FAAN, FHFSA
- Amrita Desai, M.D., M.P.H. (she/her)
- Jennifer E. DeVoe, M.D.
- Yee-Cheen Doung, M.D.
- Brian J. Druker, M.D.
- Karen B. Eden, Ph.D. (she/her)
- Robert L. Eil, M.D.
- Sebnem Ece Eksi, Ph.D.
- Diane L. Elliot, M.D.
- Kyle Ellrott, Ph.D.
- Andrew Emili, Ph.D.
- Caroline Enns, Ph.D
- Sadik Esener, Ph.D.
- Guang Fan, M.D., Ph.D. (she/her)
- Khashayar Farsad, M.D., Ph.D.
- Maros Ferencik, M.D., Ph.D., M.C.R.
- Elizabeth A. Fialkowski, M.D., FACS, FAAP
- Jenny Lynn Firkins, Ph.D., RN
- Jared Fischer, Ph.D.
- Susan Flocke, Ph.D.
- Klaus Früh, Ph.D.
- Rongwei (Rochelle) F. Fu, Ph.D.
- Catherine G. Galbraith, Ph.D.
- James A. Galbraith, Ph.D.
- Arpita Gandhi, M.D., M.S.
- Mark Garzotto, M.D.
- Summer L. Gibbs, Ph.D.
- Sara Golden, Ph.D., M.P.H. (she/her)
- Joe W. Gray, Ph.D.
- Kenton W. Gregory
- Markus Grompe, M.D.
- Aaron Grossberg, M.D., Ph.D.
- Alexander Guimaraes, M.D., Ph.D., FACR
- Kenneth R. Gundle, M.D.

- Brigit Hatch, M.D., M.P.H. (she/her)
- Brandon Hayes-Lattin, M.D., FACP
- Michael C. Heinrich, M.D.
- John David Heintzman, M.D., M.P.H.
- Laura M. Heiser, Ph.D.
- Noah Hornick, M.D., Ph.D. (he/him)
- Shawn Y. Hsu, M.D., M.S.C.I. (he/him)
- David Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
- Nathalie Huguet, Ph.D.
- Arthur Y. Hung, M.D.
- Carolyn Schutt Ibsen, Ph.D.
- Stuart Ibsen, Ph.D.
- Sudhir Isharwal, M.D., M.B.A.
- Yifan Jian, Ph.D.
- Jessica Jou, M.D., M.S., FACOG (she/her)
- Stefanie Kaech Petrie, Ph.D.
- Adel Kardosh, M.D., Ph.D.
- Lisa A. Karstens, Ph.D. (she/her)
- Hagen Kennecke, M.D., M.H.A., FRCPC (he/him)
- Erin S. Kenzie, PhD, MSc (she/they)
- Vishesh Khanna, M.D. (he/him)
- Claymore Kills First, Pharm.D. (He/Him)
- Aimee Kohn, M.D., Ph.D.
- Ben Kong, Pharm.D. (he/him)
- Leonidas G. Koniaris , M.D., F.A.C.S, M.B.A
- Ryan Kopp, M.D.
- James E. Korkola, Ph.D.
- Hannah Kornfeld, M.D. (she/her)
- Rajan Kulkarni, Ph.D., M.D. (he/him)
- Shivaani Kummar, M.D., FACP
- Stephen E. Kurtz, Ph.D.
- Curtis Lachowiez, M.D. (he/him)
- Ellen Langer, Ph.D. (she/her)
- Eric Lau (Le-Lau), Ph.D. (he/him/they/them)
- Haerim Lee, Ph.D., M.S.N., RN
- Peter Lee, M.D., M.H.S. (he/him)
- Jessica Leonard, M.D.
- Bingbing Li, M.D., Ph.D. (she/her)
- Ryan J. Li, M.D., M.B.A.
- Jeong Youn Lim, Ph.D (She/her)
- Evan F. Lind, Ph.D.
- Jen-Jane Liu, M.D.

- Charles D. Lopez, M.D., Ph.D.
- Claudia S. López, Ph.D.
- Marc M. Loriaux, M.D., Ph.D.
- Olivia Lucero, M.D.
- Shiuh-Wen Luoh, M.D., Ph.D.
- Patrick Lyons, M.D.
- Sanjay Malhotra, Ph.D., FRSC
- Nadine Mallak, M.D. (she/her)
- Miguel Marino, Ph.D.
- Julia Maxson, Ph.D.
- Skye C. Mayo, M.D., M.P.H., FACS
- Richard T. Maziarz, M.D.
- Owen J.T. McCarty, Ph.D., FAHA
- Lisa Marriott, Ph.D.
- Shannon McWeeney, Ph.D.
- Eva Medvedova, M.D.
- Justin L. Merritt, Ph.D.
- Gabrielle Meyers, M.D.
- Gordon Mills, M.D.,Ph.D.
- Jessica Minnier, Ph.D
- Timur Mitin, M.D., Ph.D.
- Erik S. Mittra, M.D., Ph.D.
- Hisham Mohammed, Ph.D.
- Amy Moran, Ph.D.
- Joshua Moreau, Ph.D. (he/him)
- Terry Morgan, M.D., Ph.D.
- Catherine W. Morgans, Ph.D.
- Cynthia Morris, Ph.D., M.P.H.
- Michael W. Munks
- John L. Muschler, Ph.D.
- Arpana M. Naik, M.D., FACS
- Xiaolin Nan, Ph.D.
- Willscott Naugler, M.D.
- Alex Nechiporuk, Ph.D.
- Marie Martinelli, M.D.
- Nima Nabavizadeh, M.D.

- Eneida R. Nemecek, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.
- Laura Newell, M.D.
- Thuy Ngo, Ph.D.
- Timothy J. Nice, Ph.D.
- Olga Nikolova, Ph.D.
- Shannon Nugent, Ph.D.
- Craig Okada, M.D.
- Alex Ortega Loayza, M.D., M.C.R.
- Naoki Oshimori, Ph.D.
- Byung S. Park, Ph.D.
- Bret J. Pearson, Ph.D.
- Guillaume Pegna, M.D.
- Cindy Perry, Ph.D., RN, FAHA
- Martin M. Pike, Ph.D.
- Rodney F. Pommier, M.D., FACS, FSSO
- Carl Post, M.D. (he/him)
- Richard D. Press, M.D., Ph.D.
- Jonathan Pruneda, Ph.D.
- Sushant Puri, M.B.B.S. (he/him)
- David Z. Qian, Ph.D.
- Alia Qureshi, M.Sc., M.D., FACS, FRCSC
- Jacob Raber, Ph.D.
- Phil Raess, M.D., Ph.D.
- Duncan Ramsey, M.D., M.S.
- Jennifer Raybin, Ph.D., RN, CPNP
- Ashok Reddy, Ph.D. (he/him)
- Stephen Roberts, M.D. (he/him)
- Flavio G. Rocha, M.D., FACS, FSSO
- Eric Roeland, M.D., FAAHPM, FASCO (he/him)
- Charlotte (Charlie) Roscoe, Ph.D., M.Sc. (she/her)
- Donald A. Ross, M.D.
- Kamalika Roy, M.D., M.C.R. (She/her)
- Megan Ruhland, Ph.D.
- Christopher W. Ryan, M.D.
- Joshua Saldivar, Ph.D.
- Jennifer Saultz, D.O.
- Pepper J. Schedin, Ph.D.
- Robert P. Searles, Ph.D.
- Rosalie C. Sears, Ph.D.
- Olga Senashova, M.D.
- Jackilen Shannon, Ph.D. (she/her)
- Joseph Shatzel, M.D., M.C.R.

- Brett C. Sheppard, M.D., FACS
- Evan B. Shereck, M.D., M.Ed.
- Larry Sherman, Ph.D.
- Tanaya Shree, M.D., Ph.D. (she/her)
- Rebecca Silbermann, M.D., M.M.S.
- Alison Skalet, M.D., Ph.D., FACS
- Christopher G. Slatore, M.D., M.S.
- Alexandra Sokolova, M.D.
- Xubo Song, Ph.D.
- Divya Sood, M.D.
- Eliot Spindel, M.D., Ph.D.
- Stephen E.F. Spurgeon, M.D.
- Melissa L. Stewart, Ph.D. (she/her)
- Anne Stone, M.D.
- Linda C. Stork, M.D.
- Daniel N. Streblow, Ph.D.
- Andrea M. Stroud, M.D., M.S.
- Don Sullivan, M.D., M.A., MC.R.
- Ronan Swords, MD., Ph.D., FRCPI, FRCPath
- Rajat Thawani, M.D.
- Mathew Thayer, Ph.D.
- George V. Thomas, M.D.
- Molly Thomas, M.D., Ph.D. (she/her)
- Reid F. Thompson, M.D., Ph.D. (he/him)
- Philippe Thuillier, Ph.D.
- Deanne Tibbitts, Ph.D., M.C.R. (she/her)
- Nishant Tiwari, M.D., M.S.
- Elie Traer, M.D., Ph.D.
- Kristi Tredway, Ph.D.
- V. Liana Tsikitis, M.D., M.B.A., M.C.R., FACS, FASCRS (she/her)
- Shelley Tworoger, Ph.D.
- Jeffrey W. Tyner, Ph.D.
- Vivek K. Unni, M.D., Ph.D.
- Chetan Vakkalagadda, M.D. (he/him)
- Cristian D. Valenzuela, M.D., FACS, FSSO
- Angelina V. Vaseva, MSc, Ph.D. (she/her)
- Cirila Estela Vasquez Guzman, Ph.D.
- John T. Vetto, M.D., FACS, FASA
- Huan Vo, M.D. (he/him)
- Tania Q. Vu, Ph.D.
- Jacqueline Vuky, M.D.
- Josh Walker, M.D., Ph.D.
- Lei G. Wang, Ph.D.
- Sintawat Wangsiricharoen, M.D.
- Kevin Watanabe-Smith, Ph.D.
- Mark K. Wax, M.D., FACS, FRCS
- Jason Allen Webb, M.D., DFAPA, FAAHPM, FACP (he/him)
- Caren Weinhouse, Ph.D.

- Robert M. Wilechansky, M.D. (he/him)
- Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D.
- Cancer Survivorship Research
- Melissa Hirose Wong, Ph.D.
- Wong Lab
- Scott W. Wong, Ph.D.
- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute
- Matthew Wood, M.D., Ph.D. (he/him)
- Patrick J. Worth, M.D., M.C.R., FACS, FSSO (he/him)
- Associate Professor of Surgery
- the Worth Lab @ OHSU
- Guanming Wu, Ph.D.
- Melinda Wu, M.D., M.C.R.
- Zheng Xia, Ph.D.
- Xia Lab
- Xiangshu Xiao, Ph.D.
- Xiao lab
- Wei Xie, M.D., Ph.D.
- Wassana Yantasee, Ph.D.
- Yantasee Lab
- Galip Gürkan Yardimci, Ph.D.
- Adem Yildirim, Ph.D.
- Wesley Yu, M.D.
- An-Sheng Zhang
- Chi Zhang, Ph.D. (he/him)
- Haijiao Zhang, M.D.
- Zhang Lab
- Zhenzhen Zhang, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Med. (she/her)
- Alexandra Zimmer, M.D., M.Sc. (she/her)
- Teresa A. Zimmers, Ph.D. (she/her)
- Zimmers Lab
- Daniel Zuckerman, Ph.D.
- Zuckerman Lab