Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Department of Cancer Biology

Faculty Members

The new Department of Cancer Biology, expected to grow over time to about 20 faculty, will begin with a core group of faculty from the current department of Cell Biology. Learn more about the core group who make up the Department of Cancer Biology.

	Lynn M. Matrisian, Ph.D., Chair

• Lynn M. Matrisian, Ph.D.
• Josiane Eid, M.D.
• Barbara Fingleton, Ph.D.
• Peng Liang, Ph.D.
• Harold L. Moses, M.D., Interim Chair
• Cathleen Pettepher, Ph.D.
• Vito Quaranta, Ph.D.
• Albert Reynolds, Ph.D.
• Ann Richmond, Ph.D.
• J. Michael Thomson, Ph.D.
• Alissa Weaver, M.D., Ph.D.
• Fiona Elizabeth Yull, D.Phil.

Research Faculty

• Joseph M.Amann, Ph.D.
• Kathy Amiri, Ph.D.
• Swati Biswas, Ph.D.
• Robert H. Carnahan, Ph.D.
• Rebecca S. Cook, Ph.D.
• Claire Shipman Edwards, Ph.D.
• Lourdes Estrada, Ph.D.
• Lisa Joy McCawley , Ph.D.
• Oliver McIntyre, Ph.D.
• Dayanidhi Raman, B. V. Sc., Ph.D.
• Jiqing Sai, Ph.D.
• Robbert Slebos, Ph.D. , M.H.S.
• Yingjun Su, M.D., Ph.D.
• Darren Tyson, Ph.D.
• Jinming Yang, Ph.D.

Secondary Appointees

• Sarki A. Abdulkadir, M.D., Ph.D.
• Donald J. Alcendor, Ph.D.
• Constantin Aliferis, M.D., Ph.D.
• Claudia D. Andl, Ph.D.
• Carlos Arteaga, M.D.
• Dan Beauchamp, M.D.
• Neil Adri Bhowmick, Ph.D.
• Timothy Blackwell, M.D.
• Stephen Brandt, M.D.
• David Carbone, M.D., Ph.D.
• Ravi Chari, M.D.
• Jin Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
• Christine H. Chung, M.D.
• Thao Dang, Ph.D.
• Punita Dhawan, Ph.D.
• Pran Datta, Ph.D.
• Utpal P. Davé, M.D.
• Mark deCaestecker, M.D., Ph.D.
• Christine Marie Eischen, Ph.D.
• Wael El-Rifai, M.D., Ph.D.
• Michael E. Engel, M.D., Ph.D.
• Michael Freeman, Ph.D.
• Vincent Giranda, M.D., Ph.D.
• David Lee Gorden, M.D.
• Volker H. Haase, M.D.,
• Zhaozhong Han, Ph.D.
• Dennis E. Hallahan, M.D.
• Simon Hayward, Ph.D.
• W. Gray Jerome, Ph.D.
• Jason R. Jessen, Ph.D.
• Susan Kasper, Ph.D.
• Dineo Khabele, M.D.
• Charles Lin, Ph.D.
• Bo Lu, M.D., Ph.D.
• Conor L. Lynch, Ph.D.
• Michelle D. Martin, Ph.D.
• Pierre Massion, M.D.
• Robert Matusik, Ph.D.
• Gregory R. Mundy, M.D.
• Richard Peek, M.D.
• Jennifer A. Pietenpol, Ph.D.
• Ambra Pozzi, Ph.D.
• C. Chad Quarles, Ph.D.
• Linda J. Sealy, Ph.D.
• Jeffrey Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
• Takamune Takahashi, M.D., Ph.D.
• Donna J. Webb, Ph.D.
• Christopher Shawn Williams, M.D., Ph.D.
• Keith T.Wilson, M.D.
• Fen Xia, M.D., Ph.D.
• Baogang Jonathan Xu, Ph.D.
• Elizabeth Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
• Thomas Yankeelov, Ph.D.
• Wendell G. Yarbrough, M.D., FACS
• Alexander Zaika, Ph.D.
• Roy Zent, Ph.D.
• Ming-Zhi Zhang, M.D.
• Andries Zijlstra, Ph.D.
• Sandra S. Zinkel, M.D., Ph.D.
• Mary M. Zutter, M.D.