CancerQuest Researcher Interviews

CancerQuest presents interviews with researchers and clinicians involved in cancer research and in the development of new cancer treatments. The interviews provide insight into their motivations and the results of their efforts. Meet the people behind the medicines:

Dr. Alex Adjei sitting in an office Dr. Alex Adjei
 Senior Vice President of Clinical Research, Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, The Katherine Anne Gioia Chair in Cancer Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Dr. Kevin Ault in his office Dr. Kevin Ault
 Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emory University School of Medicine
Dr. Allan Balmain at his office Dr. Allan Balmain Barbara Bass Bakar Distinguished professorship in Cancer Genetics Co-Leader, Cancer Genetics Program Director, Genome Analysis Core Facility UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jonathan Beitler sitting in office Dr. Jonathan Beitler Professor of Oncology and Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, The Emory Clinic
Gerold Bepler Dr. Gerold Bepler CEO, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Associate Dean of Cancer Programs, Chairman, Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Roberd Bostick Dr. Roberd Bostick
 Dr. Roberd "Robin" Bostick, Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Professor of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Emory University's School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute
Michael Burke Dr. Michael Burke Assistant Professor, Clinical Director of Psychiatric Services, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Atlanta VA Medical Center
Jing Chen in office Dr. Jing Chen Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
Suephy Chen sitting in office Dr. Suephy Chen Associate Professor of Dermatology, Director of the Dermatology Clinical and Outcomes Research Unit, Emory University, Staff Physician, Atlanta VAMC
Gabriela Chiosis sitting in office Dr. Gabriela Chiosis Lab Head, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Michael Comb sitting in an office Dr. Michael Comb President & CEO, Cell Signaling Technology, Inc
Gail Eckhardt sitting in office Dr. Gail Eckhardt Dr. S. Gail Eckhardt, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus.
Jeffrey Engleman sitting in office Dr. Jeffrey Engleman Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Gerard Evan sitting in office Dr. Gerard Evan Gerson and Barbara Bass Bakar Distinguished Professorship in Cancer Research, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of California at San Francisco
David Flockhard sitting in office Dr. David Flockhart Harry and Edith Gladstein Chair in Cancer Genomics, Professor of Medicine, Medical Genetics and Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine &, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Wishard Memorial Hospital
David Fry sitting in office Dr. David Fry Roche Research Center, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
Haian Fu sitting in an office Dr. Haian Fu Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Professor, Department of Hematology & Oncology, Director, Molecular Discovery-Cancer Drug Discovery and Development Program, Winship Cancer Institute, Co-Director, Drug Development & Pharmacogenomics Academy, Winship Cancer Institute & Department of Pharmacology, Director, Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center, Emory University School of Medicine
Ralph Garippa sitting in an office Dr. Ralph Garippa Head of Cell-Based High Throughput Screening (HTS) and Microscopic Imaging-based High Content Screening, Roche Discovery Technologies
Susan Goodin sitting in an office Dr. Susan Goodin Director of Pharmacy and Professor of Medicine, Medical Oncology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Mark Goodman sitting in an office Dr. Mark Goodman Professor of Radiology, Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Hematology and Oncology, Director of Emory University PET Core, Director of PET Chemistry, Director of Radiopharmaceutical Discovery Lab
Kun-Liang Guan sitting in an office Dr. Kun-Liang Guan Department of Pharmacology, Cancer Biology Program, University of California- San Diego
William Hahn sitting in an office Dr. William Hahn Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Senior Associate Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Dr. Samir Hanash Program Head, Molecular Diagnostics, Public Heath Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Ira Horowitz Dr. Ira Horowitz Willaford Ransom Leach Professor in Gynecologic Oncology, Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Chief Medical Officer, Emory University Hospital, Associate Director, The Emory Clinic
Jean-Pierre Issa sitting in an office Dr. Jean-Pierre Issa Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Bruce Johnson sitting in an office Dr. Bruce Johnson Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Fadlo Khuri sitting in an office Dr. Fadlo Khuri Deputy Director for Clinical and Translational Research, Chair and Blomeyer Professor of Hematology and Oncology, co-Director, Cancer Drug Discovery, Development, and Delivery Program, Professor  of Otolaryngology & Medicine and Pharmacology,, Chief Medical Officer at Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
Fadlo Khuri sitting in an office Dr. Fadlo Khuri 12/15/2010
 Dr. Fadlo Khuri,, Deputy Director for Clinical and Translational Research,,, Winship Cancer Institute,, Professor and Chairman, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology,,, Emory University School of Medicine
Edward Kipreos sitting in an office Dr. Edward Kipreos Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, University of Georgia - Athens
Jeanne Kowalski sitting in an office Dr. Jeanne Kowalski Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Emory University School of Medicine
Brian Leyland-Jones sitting in an office Dr. Brian Leyland-Jones
 Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
Dennis Liotta sitting in an office Dr. Dennis Liotta
 Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Chemistry, Emory University
Scott Lippman sitting in an office Dr. Scott Lippman Chair, Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Professor, Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Shakun Malik sitting in an office Dr. Shakun Malik Dr. Shakun Malik, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Dr. Alfred Merrill Georgia Tech, Professor and Smithgall Chair in Molecular Cell Biology
Bill Nelson sitting in an office Dr. Bill Nelson Professor, Departments of Oncology, Urology, Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Medicine, Pathology, and Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, John's Hopkins School of Medicine
Mary Newell sitting in an office Dr. Mary Newell Assistant Professor, Radiology Assistant Director, Division of Breast Imaging Emory Clinic Physician
Margaret Offermann sentado en una oficina Dr. Margaret Offermann Professor, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
Tomi Ogunleye sitting in an office Dr. Tomi Ogunleye Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
John Petros sitting in an office Dr. John Petros Associate Professor of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine &, Veterans Administration Hospital
Michael Pierce sitting in an office Dr. Michael Pierce Director and Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA Cancer Center
Veena Rao sitting in an office Dr. Veena Rao Professor and Co-Director of the Cancer Biology Program, Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar, Department of OB/GYN, Morehouse School of Medicine
Peter Rossi sitting in an office Dr. Peter Rossi Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
Joel Saltz sitting in an office Dr. Joel Saltz Director, Center for Comprehensive Informatics, Professor in the Departments of Pathology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, and Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University, Chief Medical Information Officer at Emory Health-care, Adjunct Professor of Computational Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Biomedical Informatics, Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar
Dr. Walter Schmidt Associate Professor, University of Georgia - Athens
Steven Sherman sitting in an office Dr. Steven Sherman
 Naguib Samaan Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Hyunsuk Shim sitting in an office Dr. Hyunsuk Shim Associate Professor of Radiology, Associate Professor of Winship Cancer Institute Chair, Pharmacology graduate program faculty membership committee
Lillian Siu sitting in an office Dr. Lillian Siu Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Hospital, Professor of Oncology
Frank Slack sitting in an office Dr. Frank Slack Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Yale University
James Snyder sitting in an office Dr. James Snyder Director of Biostructural Research, Department of Chemistry, Emory University
Alex Sparreboom sitting in an office Dr. Alex Sparreboom Faculty Member, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Keqiang Ye sitting in an office Dr. Keqiang Ye Professor, Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine