Developmental Biology and Solid Tumor Program Members
Armita Bahrami, MD
Department of Pathology
Research interests: Pediatric bone and soft tissue tumors
Rachel C. Brennan, MD
Department of Oncology
Research interests: retinoblastoma therapy and late effects; translating preclinical research into clinical trials; Phase I clinical trials; complications of chemotherapy
Taosheng Chen, PhD
Department of Chemical Biology & Therapeutics
Research interests: small-molecule transcription factor drug discovery
Andrew Davidoff, MD
Department of Surgery
Research interests: angiogenesis inhibition for cancer therapy
Michael Dyer, PhD
Department of Developmental Neurobiology
Research interests: retinal development and retinoblastoma
Sarah Federico, MD
Department of Oncology
Research interests: biology and clinical investigation of pediatric soft tissue tumors; translational research and novel drug development of pediatric solid malignancies
Kevin W. Freeman, PhD
Department of Oncology
Research interest: genetic interactions that give rise to neuroblastoma; preclinical models of neuroblastoma
Naoaki Fujii, PhD
Department of Chemical Biology & Therapeutics
Research interests: medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, PDZ domain
Wayne Furman, MD
Department of Oncology
Research interests: new drug development, neuroblastoma, liver tumors
R. Kip Guy, PhD
Department of Chemical Biology & Therapeutics
Research interests: chemical biology and orphan disease drug discovery
Mark Hatley, MD, PhD
Department of Oncology
Research interests: Cellular and molecular origins of rhabdomyosarcoma
Jesse Jenkins, MD
Department of Pathology
Research interests: childhood tumor diagnosis by molecular techniques
Robert Kaufman, MD, FACR
Department of Radiological Sciences
Research interests: Dose reduction in CT studies in infants and children with cancer: strategies, risks and benefits
Matthew Krasin, MD
Department of Radiological Sciences
Research interests: developing local therapy strategies for sarcomas
Mary McCarville, MD
Department of Radiological Sciences
Research interests: solid tumor imaging and contrast-enhanced sonography
Fariba Navid, MD
Department of Oncology
Research interests: treatment of pediatric sarcomas and melanoma
Alberto Pappo, MD
Department of Oncology
Research Interests: Development of novel therapies for pediatric solid tumors with special interest in: pediatric melanoma; soft tissue sarcomas; pediatric gastrointestinal stromal tumors
Philip Potter, PhD
Department of Chemical Biology & Therapeutics
Research interests: anticancer drug hydrolysis by carboxylesterases
Bhaskar Rao, MD
Department of Surgery
Research interests: surgical management of sarcomas and rare tumors
John Sandoval, MD
Department of Surgery
Research interests: Pediatric surgical oncology
Victor Santana, MD
Department of Oncology
Research interests: novel therapeutics, neuroblastoma, research ethics
David Shook, MD
Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
Research interests: Transplantation for solid tumors; cellular therapy
Barry Shulkin, MD
Department of Radiological Sciences
Research interests: PET CT imaging and evaluation of pediatric tumors
Scott Snyder, PhD
Departments of Radiological Sciences and Chemical Biology & Therapeutics
Research interests: design of radioactive drugs for medical imaging
Alex Sparreboom, PhD
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research interests: drug uptake carriers in kidney and liver
Sheri Spunt, MD
Department of Oncology
Research interests: soft tissue sarcomas of childhood
Clinton Stewart, PharmD
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research interests: pharmacology of anticancer drugs in children
Thomas Webb, PhD
Department of Chemical Biology & Therapeutics
Research interests: pursing anti-tumor drug discovery projects with a focus on compounds that inhibit the sliceosome
Matthew W. Wilson, MD
Department of Surgery
Research interests: surgical ophthalmology
Jianrong Wu, PhD
Department of Biostatistics
Research interests: design and analysis of preclinical and clinical trials