Mike and Josie Harper Cancer Research Institute
People
Office of the Director:
M. Sharon Stack, Ph.D
Ann F. Dunne and Elizabeth Riley Director of the Harper Cancer Research Institute
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame
S. Andrew Bullock
Associate Director
Angela M. Cavalieri
Administrative Coordinator
Researchers:
Ani Aprahamian
Isotopes for cancer therapy and immuno-diagnosis
Brandon L. Ashfeld
Design and Delivery of Novel Therapeutics for Brain Tumors
Brian Baker
Development of improved immunological therapies for cancer based on cellular immunity
Basar Bilgicer
Developing biomolecules and nanoparticles that target chemotherapeutic drugs
Suzanne Bohlson
Inflammation in cancer
Steven Buechler
Prognosis in breast cancer through gene expression
Frank Castellino
Hemostasis and cancer
Hseuh-Chia Chang
Micro/Nanofluidics and molecular sensing for cancer diagnostics
Mayland Chang
Mechanism-based gelatinase inhibitors for the treatment of metastasis
Danny Z. Chen
Computational Geometry Algorithms for Medical Problems in Radiation Therapy and Medical Imaging
Greg Crawford
Active sunscreen, UV- damaged skin repair
Karen Cowden Dahl
Gene Regulation in Ovarian Cancer
Richard Dahl
Regulation of Gene Expression in Blood Development
Norman Dovichi
Chemical cytometry for more accurate cancer prognosis
Crislyn D’Souza-Schorey
New insights into tumor progression: biology and clinical promise
Paul Helquist
Collaborative research in development of new anticancer drug therapies
Reginald Hill
Genetic models of pancreatic cancer
Bei Hu
Modeling tumor growth
Amanda Hummon
The proteomics of cancer cells
W. Matthew Leevy
ND Integrated Imaging Facility
Jiahan Li
Statistical genetics, statistical genomics and bioinformatics
Laurie Littlepage
Tumor/stroma interaction in mammary gland development and breast cancer progression
Thomas V. Merluzzi
Coping processes in people with cancer
Marvin Miller
Iron chelation as a breast cancer therapy
Shahriar Mobashery
Mechanism-based gelatinase inhibitors for the treatment of metastasis
Rudolph M. Navari
Techniques for assuaging chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
Vicky Ploplis
Hemostasis and cancer
Morris Pollard-Deceased (2011)
Prevention and therapy of prostate cancer
Jenifer R. Prosperi
Loss of APC in breast tumor progression and response to therapy
Ryan K. Roeder
Functionalized nanoparticles as imaging probes
Zachary Schafer
Tumor cell metabolism and survival
Molly Duman Scheel
Analysis of axon guidance genes: the intersection of nervous system
Robert Schulz
A genetic model for research on leukemia
Zonggao Shi
HCRI Biorepository Director; microRNAs in oral cancer progression
Bradley Smith
Imaging tumors and determining the efficacy of anticancer therapies in the early stages of treatment
M. Sharon Stack
Proteinase regulation in the tumor microenvironment
Robert Stahelin
Investigating lipids in cancer etiology
Mark Suckow
Tissue vaccines for cancer treatment
Tetsuya Tanaka
Induced pluripotent stem cells and cancer development
Richard Taylor
Cancer chemotherapeutic agents inspired by biosynthesis
Tracy Vargo-Gogola
Investigating Rho GTPases in breast cancer
Kevin Vaughan
Cell division errors and cancer initiation
Peter Velázquez
Chronic inflammatory diseases and cancer
Olaf Wiest
Isoform selective HDAC inhibitors as anticancer reagents
Siyuan Zhang
Impact of tumor microenvironment on metastasis and resistance to targeted therapies
Clinical Research Resources
Cindy Nagy
Clinical Research Nurse and on-site resource for establishing clinical research protocol.
Zonggao Shi
HCRI Biorepository Director and tissue procurement coordinator; microRNAs in oral cancer progression
