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Cancer Biology

Human biology deviating into uncontrolled cellular growth.

Cancer Biology Research Team

Anthony Disher, MD

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research

(615) 327-5617
adisher@mmc.edu

Amosy M'Koma, M.D., MS., Ph.D.

Associate Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6796
amkoma@mmc.edu

Ann Richmond, PhD

Professor of Cancer Biology, Cell & Developmental Biology, and Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Ann.Richmond@Vanderbilt.edu

Aramandla Ramesh, Ph.D, Ph.D

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, National Center for Medical Education Development & Research

(615) 327-6486
aramesh@mmc.edu

Amos Sakwe, PhD, MSCI

Associate Professor
School of Graduate Studies and Research
Center for Women's Health Research

(615) 327-6064
asakwe@mmc.edu

Anil Shanker, PhD

Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation, Professor
Meharry Medical College
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6460
VP-Research@mmc.edu

Akiko Shimamoto, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6291
ashimamoto@mmc.edu

Billly Ballard, BS, DDS, MD, CAP, AAOMP, ABOMP

Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 308-0390
brballard@mmc.edu

Clivel Charlton, Ph.D.

Director, Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6971
ccharlton@mmc.edu

Chandravanu Dash, PhD, MSc

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6996
cdash@mmc.edu

Carlos Virgous, Master of Laboratory Animal Science and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Assistant Professor
School of Graduate Studies and Research

(615) 327-6070
cvirgous@mmc.edu

Donald Alcendor, MS, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Tennessee Area Health Education Centers Program

(615) 327-6449
dalcendor@mmc.edu

Dana Marshall, MS, PhD, FSSCI

Associate Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6549
dmarshall@mmc.edu

Deok-Soo Son, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 327-6189
dson@mmc.edu

Harold L. Moses, MD

Professor, Emeritus Director, Vanderbilt-Ingram Comprehensive Cancer Center
Vanderbilt University

Hal.Moses@vanderbilt.edu

James Cade, DDS, FACD, DABOM, FAAOMP

Associate Professor
School of Dentistry

(615) 327-6360
jcade@mmc.edu

Jennifer Cunningham Erves, PhD, MPH, MAEd, MS, CHES

Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-5692
jerves@mmc.edu

Shawn Goodwin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6686
jgoodwin@mmc.edu

LaMonica Stewart, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6749
lstewart@mmc.edu

Maureen Sanderson, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research

(615) 321-2977
msanderson@mmc.edu

Mohammad Tabatabai, PHD, MSStat, MSEcon

Professor
School of Graduate Studies and Research
National Center for Medical Education Development & Research

(615) 327-6622
mtabatabai@mmc.edu

Richard L. Martin, III, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Center Co-Director and Medical Director of Meharry Sickle Cell Center, Co-Director of Clinical Oncology Trials Network
School of Medicine
Sickle Cell Center

(615) 327-5894
rlmartin@mmc.edu

Samuel Evans Adunyah, PhD

Professor and Chair
Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology

sadunyah@mmc.edu

Sanika Chirwa, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6934
schirwa@mmc.edu

Salil Das, Sc.D., D.Sc., Fellow: AAAS; Royal Society of Medicine (UK)

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Sickle Cell Center, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6988
sdas@mmc.edu

Shyamali Mukherjee, M.Sc, Ph.D

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Sickle Cell Center

(615) 327-6299
smukherjee@mmc.edu

Subodh Nag, PhD

Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6926
snag@mmc.edu

Zhenbang Chen, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 327-5775
zchen@mmc.edu

Cancer Biology Team Publications

Establishing a Cohort and a Biorepository to Identify Biomarkers for Early Detection of Lung Cancer: The Nashville Lung Cancer Screening Cohort.
Lakhani DA, Chen SC, Antic S, Muterspaugh A, Cook C, Liu N, Shujat H, Jouan S, Winston B, Fields K, Wenstrup J, Block SL, Hinton A, Miller A, Atmajoana S, Helton JT, Patel K, Balar AB, Brewer K, Nag S, Singh R, Disher A, Huerta L, Fremont R, Rickman O, Chen H, Eisenberg R, Sandler KL, Paulson A, Walker RC, Shah C, Smith GT, Landman B, Deppen S, Grogan EL, Aldrich MC, Massion PP

The Use of Religion in the Management of Depression in Sickle Cell Disease: A Systematic Review.
Quasie-Woode DP, Cunningham-Erves J, Mayo-Gamble TL

Astrocyte-specific deletion of the transcription factor Yin Yang 1 in murine substantia nigra mitigates manganese-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity.
Pajarillo E, Johnson J Jr, Rizor A, Nyarko-Danquah I, Adinew G, Bornhorst J, Stiboller M, Schwerdtle T, Son DS, Aschner M, Lee E

KDM5B Is Essential for the Hyperactivation of PI3K/AKT Signaling in Prostate Tumorigenesis.
Li G, Kanagasabai T, Lu W, Zou MR, Zhang SM, Celada SI, Izban MG, Liu Q, Lu T, Ballard BR, Zhou X, Adunyah SE, Matusik RJ, Yan Q, Chen Z

Phase II Study of Immunotherapy With Tecemotide and Bevacizumab After Chemoradiation in Patients With Unresectable Stage III Non-Squamous Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NS-NSCLC): A Trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (E6508).
Patel JD, Lee JW, Carbone DP, Wagner H, Shanker A, de Aquino MTP, Horn L, Johnson ML, Gerber DE, Liu JJ, Das MS, Al-Nsour MA, Dakhil CSR, Ramalingam S, Schiller JH

Dysregulation of Endothelin-1: Implications for Health Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease.
Alcendor DJ