Cancer Biology Concentration

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The Cancer Biology Program, an interdisciplinary program leading to a Ph.D. degree, was established in 2001 to provide students with training in a variety of areas of cancer biology research. Cancer is a multi-step disease resulting from a series of genetic and epigenetic changes that abrogate normal cellular controls. The goal of the program is to provide a framework in which to develop the necessary skills needed to becoming an independent investigator in the field of cancer biology.

The Cancer Biology Program is composed of MUSC faculty whose interests include basic studies in molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, cell biology and immunology and those whose translational research is focused on problems of immediate clinical applicability. The Cancer Biology curriculum provides an overview of cancer biology and allows students the opportunity to pursue research under faculty mentors who conduct research relevant to understanding the molecular or cellular basis of any aspect of the cause, characteristics and treatment of cancer. Thus, the Cancer Biology Program provides research opportunities in many areas of Cancer Biology including Functional Genetics, Molecular Biology of Cancer, Experimental Therapeutics and Cancer Immunology. Students are encouraged to use the resources and expertise of several laboratories during the development of their cancer related dissertation projects, providing an enhanced experience that increases the expertise and competitiveness of our graduates. Following training in the first year common curriculum students are able to take additional coursework, participate in both formal seminar presentations and journal clubs to hone scientific knowledge and methodologies. Successful students complete a publishable research project under a faculty mentor and present the research as a thesis.

The Cancer Biology Program has faculty with divergent research areas including:

Apoptosis
Angiogenesis
Migration and Invasion
Metastasis Tumor
Microenvironment
Molecular Profiling
Immunotherapy
Small Molecule Intervention and Drug Discovery

Cancer Biology Faculty

Members

Faculty Name	Membership Start Date	Email Address
Thibaut Barnoud	10/14/2021	barnoud@musc.edu
Steven L. Carroll	3/25/2014	carrolst@musc.edu
Aguirre De Cubas	10/14/2021	decubas@musc.edu
Joseph Delaney	12/21/2018	delaneyj@musc.edu
Stephen A. Duncan	9/1/2015	duncanst@musc.edu
Amy Engevik	8/19/2022	engevika@musc.edu
Mindy Engevik	2/19/2021	engevik@musc.edu
Carol Feghali-Bostwick	12/20/2017	feghalib@musc.edu
Leonardo Ferreira	8/12/2021	ferreirl@musc.edu
Wenjian Gan	10/1/2018	ganw@musc.edu
Vamsi K. Gangaraju	10/18/2013	gangaraj@musc.edu
Xueliang Gao	1/21/2022	gaox@musc.edu
Robert M. Gemmill	7/18/2007	gemmill@musc.edu
Silvia Guglietta	9/12/2022	gugliett@musc.edu
Whitney S. Graybill	12/31/2017	graybill@musc.edu
Radhika Gudi	10/24/2022	gudi@musc.edu
Denis C. Guttridge	3/14/2018	guttridg@musc.edu
Jessica Hartman	4/22/2020	hartmanj@musc.edu
Elizabeth G. Hill	8/25/2006	hille@musc.edu
Aaron Hobbs	9/1/2020	hobbsg@musc.edu
Philip H. Howe	5/6/2011	howep@musc.edu
Andrew G. Jakymiw	11/10/2010	jakymiw@musc.edu
Antonis Kourtidis	6/27/2016	kourtidi@musc.edu
Amanda C. LaRue	8/15/2008	laruerc@musc.edu
David T. Long	12/8/2014	longdt@musc.edu
Jorge Munera	1/22/2019	munera@musc.edu
Richard O'Neil	8/12/2021	oneilr@musc.edu
Michael C. Ostrowski	6/1/2017	ostrowsk@musc.edu
Sophie Paczesny	7/1/2020	paczesns@musc.edu
Viswanathan Palanisamy	9/1/2009	visu@musc.edu
Janardan P. Pandey	3/18/2004	pandeyj@musc.edu
Jezabel Rodriguez-Blanco	3/20/2020	rblanco@musc.edu
Natalie Saini	12/18/2020	sainina@musc.edu
Stephen Tomlinson	4/13/2004	tomlinss@musc.edu
Paula Traktman	9/1/2015	traktman@musc.edu
Chenthamarakshan Vasu	8/8/2011	vasu@musc.edu
Brent A. Wilkerson	6/18/2021	wilkersb@musc.edu
Cynthia F. Wright	6/28/2022	wrightcf@musc.edu
Hai Yao	11/15/2019	yaoh@musc.edu
Ozlem Yilmaz	8/12/2021	yilmaz@musc.edu
Angela J. Yoon	7/7/2022	yoona@musc.edu
Je-Hyun Yoon	2/3/2016	yoonje@musc.edu

Affiliates

Faculty Name	Membership Start Date	Email Address
Mahtabuddin Ahmed	10/1/2020	mahmed2@scsu.edu
Alexander Awgulewitsch	10/21/2005	awgulewa@musc.edu
Narayan R. Bhat	10/29/2019	bhatnr@musc.edu
Alice M. Boylan	1/7/2003	boylana@musc.edu
Shanora Brown	10/1/2020	sglymph@scsu.edu
David J. Cole	3/1/2008	coledj@musc.edu
Scott T. Eblen	2/4/2013	eblen@musc.edu
Dirk Elston	6/8/2018	elstond@musc.edu
Ashley Evans-Knowell	10/12/2020	aevans10@scsu.edu
Daping Fan	8/19/2022	daping.fan@uscmed.sc.edu
Shibnath Ghatak	9/1/2009	ghatak@musc.edu
Monika Gooz	2/15/2008	beckm@musc.edu
Azizul Haque	7/19/2004	haque@musc.edu
Kristi L. Helke	1/17/2018	helke@musc.edu
Lorne Hofseth	11/1/2016	hofseth@cop.sc.edu
Hippokrastis Kiaris	11/26/2014	kiarish@sccp.sc.edu
Dhandapani Kuppuswamy	10/9/2019	kuppusd@musc.edu
Bidyut Mohanty	10/9/2019	mohanty@musc.edu
Robin C. Muise-Helmericks	12/1/2015	musehelm@musc.edu
Natalia V. Oleinik	1/17/2018	oleinikn@musc.edu
Oleg Palygin	8/19/2022	palygin@musc.edu
Diandra Randle	6/18/2021	drandle@scsu.edu
Baerbel M. Rohrer	9/15/2009	rohrer@musc.edu
Inderjit Singh	10/29/2019	singhi@musc.edu
Demetri D. Spyropoulos	12/1/2015	spyropdd@musc.edu
Courtney Thomas	10/12/2020	cthoma17@scsu.edu

Program Co-Leaders

Cancer Biology Concentration

Cancer Biology Faculty