Eppley Institute currently has 33 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.
Hamid Band
MD, PhD
Andrey Baranovskiy
PhD
Raymond Bergan
MD
Tadayoshi Bessho
PhD
Adrian Black
PhD
Jennifer Black
PhD
Gloria Borgstahl
PhD
Suyong Choi
PhD
Kenneth Cowan
MD, PhD
Jixin Dong
PhD
Dalia ElGamal
PhD
Paul Grandgenett
PhD
Michael A. (Tony) Hollingsworth
PhD
Keith Johnson
PhD
Adam Karpf
PhD
David Lee Kelly
PhD
Robert Lewis
PhD
Xu Luo
PhD
Michelle Lum
PhD
Grinu Mathew
PhD
Amar Natarajan
PhD
Katelyn O'Neill
PhD
Youri Pavlov
PhD
Prakash Radhakrishnan
PhD
Angie Rizzino
PhD
Polina Shcherbakova
PhD
Heather Jensen Smith
PhD
Joyce Solheim
PhD
Tahir Tahirov
PhD
Nicholas Woods
PhD
| 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 |
| Piero Bianco, PhD, College of Pharmacy |
| 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 |