Integrated Cancer Biology (ICB)
Scientific Scope
The Integrated Cancer Biology (ICB) Hub offers a learning platform that will give the next generation of cancer researchers the knowledge and skills to interrogate the biology of the tumor cell within the context of the host, both micro and macro. A deep understanding of the biological processes driving tumor initiation, heterogeneity, malignant conversion, and metastasis will pair with the tremendous clinical resources of the Knight Cancer Institute to allow opportunities for efficient translation of laboratory results into new preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic methods in the prevention and treatment of cancer. Students in this program learn to use the scientific method for acquisition and evaluation of data, leading to dissemination of new knowledge concerning cancer biology and the host responses to cancer. The Knight Cancer Institute at OHSU is made up of numerous programs centered around cancer prevention and control, hormonal and reproductive malignancies, hematologic malignancies, experimental therapeutics, cancer biology and the physiology of the host response to cancer, all functioning to foster interdisciplinary interactions between basic and clinical researchers. This hub exposes students to all facets of the Knight Cancer Institute and helps promote interdisciplinary research throughout OHSU.
Focus Groups
- Tumor Microenvironment and Immunology
- Functional Genomics
- Quantitative Oncology
Faculty
Hub Director(s): Jeffrey Tyner, Ph.D.; Sudarshan Anand, Ph.D.
- Andrew Adey, Ph.D.
- Anupriya Agarwal, Ph.D.
- Sudarshan Anand, Ph.D.
- Shelley Barton, Ph.D.
- Kimberly Beatty, Ph.D.
- Katelyn Byrne, Ph.D.
- Jonathan Brody, Ph.D.
- Theodore Braun, Ph.D.
- Megan Burger, Ph.D.
- Young Hwan Chang, Ph.D.
- Yoon-Jae Cho, Ph.D.
- Michael Cohen, Ph.D.
- Lisa Coussens, Ph.D.
- Mushui Dai, Ph.D.
- Monika Davare, Ph.D.
- Brian Druker, M.D.
- Robert L. Eil, M.D.
- Amy Moran, Ph.D.
- Joshua Moreau, Ph.D.
- Naoki Oshimori, Ph.D.
- Ferdinando Pucci, Ph.D.
- David Qian, Ph.D.
- Megan Ruhland, Ph.D.
- Pepper Schedin, Ph.D.
- Rosalie Sears, Ph.D.
- Tanaya Shree, Ph.D.
- Matt Thayer, Ph.D.
- Molly Thomas, M.D., Ph.D.
- Jeff Tyner, Ph.D.
- Josh Walker, M.D., Ph.D.
- Melissa Hirose Wong, Ph.D.
- Patrick Worth, M.D., FACS, FSSO
- Wassana Yantasee, Ph.D.
- Haijiao Zhang, M.D.
In addition to the PBMS core curriculum, students who join the Integrated Cancer Biology (ICB) hub will be encouraged to take the following core course(s) and 3 credits of electives based on the student's individual training plan/research interests. Additionally, students will participate in their hubs seminar series, journal club(s) / grand rounds, and annual retreat / symposia.
Courses
Core
- Advanced Topics in Cancer Biology
Electives
- Drug Discovery and Development
- Advanced Topics Genome Sciences
- Development, Differentiation, and Disease
- Current Topics in Quantitative and Experimental Cancer Biology
Seminar Series
- Basic and Translational Seminar Series (BTS)
Journal Club(s)
- Tumor Microenvironment JC
- Mechanisms/Cancer JC
Annual Meeting(s) and Symposia(s)
- Annual Combined Graduate Retreat
Jeffrey Tyner, Ph.D. - Hub Director
Phone: 503-346-0603
Sudarshan Anand, Ph.D. - Hub Director
Phone: 503-494-8043