Eppley Institute currently has 25 faculty members who conduct basic and translational cancer research in state-of-the-art laboratories. The Cancer Research Doctoral Program includes the faculty of the Eppley Institute as well as faculty members in other departments at UNMC who are involved in cancer research. Summaries of research, research interests and contact information may be found on the individual faculty web pages below.

Non-Eppley Institute Cancer Research Doctoral Program Faculty

Vimla Band, PhD, Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy

Janina Baranowska-Kortylewicz, PhD, Radiation Oncology

Surinder K. Batra, PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

Ann Berger, PhD, College of Nursing

Kishor Kumar Bhakat, PhD, Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy

Shannon Buckley, PhD, Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy

Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD,  Pharmacology

Mark A. Carlson, MD, Surgery

Kishore Challagundla, PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

Pi-Wan Cheng, PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

Samuel M. Cohen, Ph.D, Pathology/Microbiology

Leah Cook, Ph.D, Pathology/Microbiology

Martin Conda-Sheridan, PhD, Pharmacy

Kaustubh Datta, PhD, Biochem/Molecular Biology

John Davis, PhD, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Rebecca Oberley- Deegan, PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

Punita Dhawan, PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

Bin Duan, PhD, Cardiovascular Medicine

Melissa Teoh- Fitzgerald, PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

Jered Garrison, PhD, Pharmacy

Chittibabu (Babu) Guda, PhD, Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy

Kyle Hewitt, PhD, Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy

Sarah Holstein, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine

Kate Hyde, PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

Javeed Iqbal, PhD, Pathology/Microbiology

Maneesh Jain, PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

So-Youn Kim, PhD, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Ming-Fong Lin, PhD, Biochem/Molecular Biology

Quan Ly, MD, F.A.C.S., Surgery Oncology

Yuri Lyubchenko, PhD, DSc, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Richard G. MacDonald, PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

Luis Marky, PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Benita McVicker, PhD, Internal Medicine

Jane Meza, PhD, Public Health

Aaron Mohs, PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Justin Mott, PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

Gregory Oakley, PhD, Oral Biology

Michel Ouellette, PhD, Internal Medicine

David Oupicky, PhD, Pharmacy

Aimin Peng, PhD, Dentistry

Larisa Poluektova, MD,PhD, Pharmacology

Moorthy Ponnusamy, PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

Eleanor Rogan, PhD, Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health.

John G. Sharp, PhD, Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy

Amar Singh , PhD,Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

Rakesh Singh, PhD, Pathology/Microbiology

Paul Sorgen, PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

James E. Talmadge , PhD, Pathology/Microbiology

Ashley Wysong, MD, MS, Dermatology

Chi (Kevin) Zhang, MD, Radiation/Oncology