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Hamon Center Laboratories

John D. Minna, M.D.

John D. Minna, M.D.

Director, Nancy B. and Jake L. Hamon Center For Therapeutic Oncology Research

Professor of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology
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Kim Avila Sr. Research Associate
Luc Girard, Ph.D. Associate Professor
Kenneth (Buddy) Huffman, Ph.D. Research Scientist
Long Shan Li, M.D., Ph.D. Instructor
Mahboubeh Papari-Zareei Sr. Research Associate, Lab Manager
Michael Peyton, Ph.D. Sr. Research Scientist
Victor Stastny (also in Drapkin lab) Research Scientist
Rolf A. Brekken, Ph.D.

Rolf A. Brekken, Ph.D.

Deputy Director, Nancy B. and Jake L. Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research

Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology
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Dina Alzhanova, Ph.D. Research Scientist
Blake Schwettmann Graduate Student
Jason Toombs Research Associate, Lab Manager
Madelyn Ward Medical Student
Jill Wescott, Ph.D. Research Scientist
Destinee Williams POST BACC Research Intern
Michael Dellinger, Ph.D.

Michael Dellinger, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery

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Lorenzo Fernandes, Ph.D. Research Scientist
Jeffrey (J.D.) Tresemer Research Technician II, Lab Manager
Angelica Vallejo Research Assistant II
Alice Yao Research Technician II
Benjamin Drapkin, M.D., Ph.D.

Benjamin Drapkin, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

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Alyssa Cordes Graduate Student
Bratati Mukherjee, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher
Shreoshi Pal Choudhuri, Ph.D. Research Scientist, Lab Manager
Darshini Rajendran Research Technician II
Venkata Sree Harini Repaka Research Technician II
Victor Stastny (also in Minna Lab) Research Scientist
Matthew Trevino Research Technician II
Di Yang Graduate Student
Huocong Huang, M.D., Ph.D.

Huocong Huang, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery

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Yiyue Jia, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher
Seunghyun Lim Graduate Student
Zeynep Yazgan Research Technician II, Lab Manager
Alex Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

Alex Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery

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Lauren Tyler Research Resident
Zhuan Zhou, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
James Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

James Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

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Cara Anderson Research Technician II
Thomas Salisbury Research Technician II, Lab Manager
Ravikanth Maddipati, M.D.

Ravikanth Maddipati, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

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Valli Annamalai Graduate Student
Saurav Bhattacharya, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher
Angad Kumar, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher
Ciara Newman Graduate Student
Fei Peng Research Associate, Lab Manager
Elisabeth Martinez, Ph.D.

Elisabeth Martinez, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

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Gokul Gopinath, Ph.D. Research Scientist
Clarissa Nunez Graduate Student
Tram (Anh) Tran, Ph.D. Research Scientist, Lab Manager

Tao Zou, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

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Catherine Yeager Research Technician II, Lab Manager