Faculty
David Odde
Co-Director, Cancer Bioengineering Initiative, and Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Ten-year cancer research goal: Integrate modeling into clinical translation.
Paolo Provenzano
Co-Director, Cancer Bioengineering Initiative, and Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Ten-year cancer research goal: Cure pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by developing therapies that target physical mechanisms of the disease.
Samira Azarin
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Ten-year cancer research goal: Apply integrated engineering approach toward development of therapies for advanced stage ovarian cancer.
Jasmine Foo
Professor, School of Mathematics
Ten-year cancer research goal: Connect math modeling of cancer evolution and treatment response to the clinic.
Wendy Gordon
Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
Ten-year cancer research goal: Combine CRISPR screens and high-throughput molecular tension sensors to identify new cell surface receptor targets for mechanotherapeutics
David A. Largaespada
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Ten-year cancer research goal: Merge functional genomics with cellular mechanics to develop more mechanistically sound cancer therapies and to better understand pathogenesis.
Branden Moriarty
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Ten-year cancer research goal: Generate new cancer immunotherapies and more predictive model systems.
Laurie Parker
Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
Ten-year cancer research goal: Use sensors and probes in a translational setting.
Kaylee Schwertfeger
Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Ten-year cancer research goal: Use both in vivo and in vitro models, including bioengineered models, to define mechanisms by which the tumor microenvironment contributes to therapeutic resistance and promotes recurrence and metastasis in cancer patients.
Ingunn Stromnes
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Ten-year cancer research goal: Translate a novel, safe and effective TCR engineered T cell therapy for advanced pancreatic cancer patient treatment.
Beau Webber
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Ten-year cancer research goal: Generate new cancer immunotherapies and more predictive model systems.
David Wood
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Ten-year cancer research goal: Use tissue engineering (micro or otherwise) to improve the predictive power of preclinical models.