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All program mentors are distinguished cancer researchers with strong record of mentorship and with appointments in UTHealth Houston. They represent 6 schools (McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cizik School of Nursing, UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry) and several organized research centers (such as UTHealth Houston CGC, DISCCR).

Tentative List of BIG-TCR Faculty Mentors

We initially searched a list of cancer researchers within UTHealth Houston. They could tentatively serve as the BIG-TCR Faculty mentor. Applicants may contact them to serve as the primary mentor and complementary co-mentor. This list is tentative and to be updated.

Biomedical Informatics, Genomics (BIG) Faculty

Faculty List

Faculty Name Title Research Field
Elmer Bernstam, MDProfessorClinical Informatics
Jeffrey Chang, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorCancer biology & Genomics
Licong Cui, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorBiomedical Informatics, Ontology, DS
Xiaoqian Jiang, Ph.D.ProfessorGenome Privacy, AI, DS
Pora Kim, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorFusion Gene, Cancer Genomics
Hui Li, PhDAssistant ProfessorBiomedical Informatics, Data Science, AI
Hongfang Liu, PhDProfessorBiomedical Informatics, Data Science, AI
Songjian Lu, PhDAssistant ProfessorBioinformatics, Single-Cell Omics, AI
Sahiti Myneni, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorSocial Network Informatics, DS
Sheng Pan, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorCancer Proteomics
Kirk Roberts, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorBiomedical Informatics, DS
Shayan Shams, PhDAssistant ProfessorBig Data, AI, DL/ML
Kuang-Lei Tsai, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorStructural Omics
Jinlian Wang, PhDAssistant ProfessorBioinformatics, Clinical Genomics
Xiaosheng Wang, PhDAssistant ProfessorBioinformatics, Cancer Genomics
Guo-Qiang Zhang, Ph.D.ProfessorDS, Biomedical Informatics
Zhongming Zhao, Ph.D.ProfessorGenomics, Cancer Precision Medicine, AI
W. Jim Zheng, Ph.D.ProfessorBioinformatics, Functional Genomics, DS
Degui Zhi, PhDProfessorBioinformatics, Genetics, AI
Xiaobo Zhou, Ph.D.ProfessorBioinformatics, Systems Biology, AI, Imaging
Hulin Wu, Ph.D.ProfessorBiostatistics, Bioinformatics, DS
Jiaqian Wu, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorGenomics, Single Cell Omics, Stem Cell

Translational Cancer Research (TCR) Faculty

Faculty List

Faculty Name Title Research Field
Mellissa Aldrich, PhD Assistant Professor Immunology, NIRF Imaging
Zhiqiang An, PhD Professor Cancer Drug Discovery
Kendra Carmon, PhD Assistant Professor Cancer Antibody Drug
Catherine Denicourt, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Cell Cycle, Cancer Biology
Guangwei Du, PhD Professor Metabolism
Yoshua Esquenazi Levy, MD Associate Professor Brain Tumors, Effects of chemotherapy and cranial irradiation on brain tissue
Jeffrey Frost, PhD Professor Cancer Biology
Alemayehu Gorfe, PhD Professor Cancer Pharmacology
John Hagan, PhD Assistant Professor Therapeutic Target, MicroRNA
John Hancock, PhD Professor Cancer Drug Discovery, Translational Cancer Research
Cynthia Ju, PhD Professor Liver Cancer, Liver Disease
Sunil Krishnan, MD Professor Radiation Therapy, Nanotechnology, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancer
Dung-Fang Lee, PhD Assistant Professor Stem Cell, Therapeutic Target, Cancer Drug
TJ Lee, PhD Assistant Professor Cancer biology, microRNA, drug
Wenbo Li, PhD Assistant Professor Functional Genomics, Cancer Genomics, Biotech
Wenliang Li, PhD Associate Professor Cancer Drug Discovery
Qingyun Liu, PhD Professor Cancer Drug Discovery, Cancer Stem Cell
Hui-Wen Lo, PhD Professor Breast Cancer, Brain Tumors
Kristin Mahan, PhD Assistant Professor Circadian, Cancer Metabolism
Nami McCarty, PhD Associate Professor Lymphoma, Therapeutic Target
Eva Sevick, PhD Professor Cancer Molecular Imaging
Kai Sun, MD, PhD Associate Professor Obesity and Cancer
Varaha Tammisetti, MD Associate Professor Prostate Cancer Imaging
Ji Young Yoo, PhD Assistant Professor Cancer therapeutical study, drug, genomics
Xiaotian Zhang, PhD Assistant Professor 3D Genome
Jay-Jiguang Zhu, MD, PhD Professor Brain Tumors

Abbreviations: AI: Artificial Intelligence. DS: Data Science. NIRF: Near-Infrared Fluorescence.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the BIG-TCR Executive Committee via [email protected].