Team

Faculty

David Odde

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

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

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

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

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 Largaespada

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 Moriarity

Branden Moriarty

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Ten-year cancer research goal: Generate new cancer immunotherapies and more predictive model systems.

Laurie Parker

Laurie Parker

Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

Ten-year cancer research goal: Use sensors and probes in a translational setting.

Kaylee Schwertfeger

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

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

Beau Webber

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Ten-year cancer research goal: Generate new cancer immunotherapies and more predictive model systems.

David Wood

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.

Staff

Bo Connelly

Bo Connelly

Role: Strategy
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Cathy Cruz Muneton

Cathy Cruz Muneton

Role: Administration
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