Cancer Research Faculty

Felix Aikhionbare, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Differences between human ovarian and colorectal cancer in normal and cancerous tissue.
Email: faikhionbare@msm.edu

Ruben Rene Gonzalez-Perez, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Signal transduction; Cytokines and leptin signaling in cancer and reproductive biology.
Email: rgonzalez@msm.edu

James Lillard, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Role of chemokines in modulating mucosal immunity, inflammation, and cancer cell metastasis.
Email: jlillard@msm.edu

Veena N. Rao, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Molecular and functional dissection of ELK-1 and BRCA-1 tumor suppressor genes: Role in cell growth, differentiation, signal transduction and apoptosis in breast, ovarian and prostate cancers.
Email: vrao@msm.edu

E. Shyam P. Reddy, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Functional role of ets, fusion oncoproteins and tumor suppressors in leukemias, lymphomas and sarcomas. Function-based therapeutic approaches t human cancer.
Email: ereddy@msm.edu

Rajesh Singh, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Chemoprotective strategies for cancer using targeted delivery of natural and synthetic agents.
Email: rsingh@msm.edu

Shailesh Singh, Ph.D.
Research Interest: The role of chemokines in cancer metastasis.
Email: shsingh@msm.edu

Winston Thompson, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Cell and reproductive biology, molecular mechanisms of ovarian follicular development and cyst formation, cell and animal models.
Email: wthompson@msm.edu

Xuebiao Yao, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Mechanisms of mitotic chromosome segregation. Establishemnt and maintenance of cell polarity.
Email: xyao@msm.edu